Bettine Vriesekoop

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

Vriesekoop started playing table tennis in 1972. From 1977 until 2002 she played at 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 works 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, Nimes, 3rd brca;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 goca:1982, Budapest, women's doubles, runner-up sica:1982, Budapest, mixed doubles, winner goca: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 sica:1988, Paris, mixed doubles, runner-up sica:1990, Gothenburg, women's doubles, quarter final:1992, Stuttgart, women's singles, winner goca:1992, Stuttgart, women's doubles, semi final:1992, Stuttgart, team competition, 2nd sica:1996, Bratislava, women's doubles, runner-up sica:1998, Eindhoven, women's singels, quarter final;European Youth Championships::1977, Vichy, women's singles, winner goca (juniors):1978, Barcelona, women's singles, semi final (juniors):1979, Rome, women's singles, winner goca (juniors);European Top-12 Championships::1978, Prague, 2nd sica:1979, Kristianstad, 8th:1980, Munich, 2nd sica:1981, Miskolc, 2nd sica:1982, Nantes, 1st goca:1983, Cleveland, 3rd, brca:1984, Bratislava, 2nd sica:1985, Barcelona, 1st goca:1986, Sodertalje, 5th:1987, Basel, 4th:1988, Ljubljana, 2nd sica:1991, Den Bosch, 3rd brca:1992, Vienna, 9th:1993, Copenhagen, 5th:1994, Arezzo, 7th:1995, Dijon, 5th:1996, Charleroi, 3rd brca:1997, Eindhoven, 5th:1999, Split, 11th

External links

* [http://www.bettinevriesekoop.nl/index.html (in Dutch)]
* [http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=7567&NAMES=VRIESEKOOP+Bettine+%28NED%29&Assoc1=NED&Assoc=NED&s_Gender=Female&s_Names=& ITTF Profile]