Marlies van Baalen

Marlies Anne van Baalen (born 30 August 1980 in Den Bosch, North Brabant) is a Dutch Dressage equestrian. She is Coby van Baalen's daughter.

Marlies van Baalen
Marlies van Baalen riding Kigali (2007)
Personal information
Birth nameMarlies Anne van Baalen
NationalityDutch
Born (1980-08-30) 30 August 1980
Den Bosch, Netherlands
Websitewww.dressuurstalvanbaalen.nl
Sport
Country Netherlands
SportDressage
Coached byCoby van Baalen, Nicole Werner
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsAthens 2004, Tokyo 2020

Van Baalen represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she finished in 43rd position in the individual rankings. With the Dutch dressage team, in which she featured with Anky van Grunsven, Sven Rothenberger and Imke Bartels, she finished just outside the medal spots with the fourth place.

She was the first reserve for the Dutch team during the European Championships in Rotterdam 2011. In 2021, she represented The Netherlands at the Olympic Games in Tokyo with her horse Go Legend, finishing 20th in both Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special.[1]

Dressage results

Olympic Games

Event Team Individual Freestyle Horse
Greece Athens 2004 4th 43th Idocus
Japan Tokyo 2020 5th 20th Go Legend

European Championships

Event Team Individual Freestyle Horse
Germany 2021 Hagen 5th 26rd Go Legend
Germany 2023 Riesenbeck 5th 17th 15th Habibi DVB

Final

Event Rank Horse
Sweden 2003 Gothenburg 10th Idocus
Germany 2004 Düsseldorf 7th Idocus
United States 2007 Las Vegas 9th Kigali
Sweden 2013 Gothenburg 12th Miciano

References


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