Bettine Vriesekoop

Bettine Vriesekoop in 1992

Bettine Vriesekoop (born August 13, 1961 in Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland) is a former table tennis player from the Netherlands. She was European Champion in 1982 and 1992.

Vriesekoop started playing table tennis in 1972. From 1977 until 2002 she played at the top level. She won the European Championship twice and was a Dutch Champion fourteen times in the singles and sixteen times in the doubles. Until 1989 she worked with coach Gerard Bakker. After that she worked successfully with coach Jan Vlieg.

She studied Chinese and philosophy. Since June 2006 Vriesekoop has worked as a freelance correspondent for the Dutch daily quality-newspaper NRC Handelsblad in China.

Career highlights

Summer Olympic Games

1988, Seoul, women's singles, 7th

1988, Seoul, women's doubles, 7th

1992, Barcelona, women's singles, last 16

1992, Barcelona, women's doubles, quarter final

1996, Atlanta, women's singles, 1st round

1996, Atlanta, women's doubles, 1st round

World Championships

1979, Pyongyang, women's singles, last 16

1979, Pyongyang, women's doubles, last 16

1979, Pyongyang, mixed doubles, last 16

1981, Novi Sad, women's singles, last 16

1983, Tokyo, women's singles, last 16

1983, Tokyo, women's doubles, last 16

1983, Tokyo, mixed doubles, quarter final

1983, Tokyo, team competition, 8th

1985, Gothenburg, women's singles, last 16

1985, Gothenburg, women's doubles, last 16

1985, Gothenburg, team competition, 4th

1987, New Delhi, team competition, 4th

1995, Tianjin, women's doubles, last 16

World Doubles Cup:

1992, Las Vegas, women's singles, quarter final

World Team Cup:

1994, Nîmes, 3rd

Pro Tour Grand Finals

1996, Tianjin, women's singles, last 16

Pro Tour Meetings

1996, Kettering, women's singles, quarter final

1996, Kitaku-Shu, women's singles, quarter final

1996, Kitaku-Shu, women's doubles, quarter final

1998, Beirut, women's doubles, quarter final

European Championships

1980, Bern, women's singles, semi final

1982, Budapest, women's singles, winner

1982, Budapest, women's doubles, runner-up

1982, Budapest, mixed doubles, winner

1984, Moscow, women's singles, quarter final

1984, Moscow, women's doubles, semi final

1984, Moscow, mixed doubles, semi final

1986, Prague, women's singles, quarter final

1986, Prague, women's doubles, runner-up

1988, Paris, mixed doubles, runner-up

1990, Gothenburg, women's doubles, quarter final

1992, Stuttgart, women's singles, winner

1992, Stuttgart, women's doubles, semi final

1992, Stuttgart, team competition, 2nd

1996, Bratislava, women's doubles, runner-up

1998, Eindhoven, women's singels, quarter final

European Youth Championships

1977, Vichy, women's singles, winner (juniors)

1978, Barcelona, women's singles, semi final (juniors)

1979, Rome, women's singles, winner (juniors)

European Top-12 Championships

1978, Prague, 2nd

1979, Kristianstad, 8th

1980, Munich, 2nd

1981, Miskolc, 2nd

1982, Nantes, 1st

1983, Cleveland, 3rd,

1984, Bratislava, 2nd

1985, Barcelona, 1st

1986, Sodertalje, 5th

1987, Basel, 4th

1988, Ljubljana, 2nd

1991, Den Bosch, 3rd

1992, Vienna, 9th

1993, Copenhagen, 5th

1994, Arezzo, 7th

1995, Dijon, 5th

1996, Charleroi, 3rd

1997, Eindhoven, 5th

1999, Split, 11th

Awards
Preceded by Annie Borckink	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1981	Succeeded by Annemarie Verstappen
Preceded by Ria Stalman	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1985	Succeeded by Nelli Cooman

External links

• (in Dutch)
• ITTF Profile