Rebekka Kadijk
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Rebekka de Kogel-Kadijk is a Dutch
professional beach volleyball
and indoor volleyball
player born in Werkendam
.
In indoor volleyball Kadijk started her career in 1992 at Foranto Werkendam. Other teams she played for were Sliedrecht Sport
, Cornix Schelle (Belgium
) and AMVJ. She was also part of the Dutch youth team in 1995. She quit indoor volleyball in 2001 to concentrate 100% on beach volleyball.
She started her international beach volleyball career in 1997, exploring the sand around the world with her sister Debora
. Together they were a talented team. Between 1997 and 2000 they were Dutch national champions. They won the silver medal at the European Championships in Rhodos
1998 and a bronze medal in 2000. They also participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics
, where they lost both of their matches, eliminated in the second preliminary round by Lina and Petia Yanchulova, also sisters. At the end of the Olympic tournament Debora decided to quit volleyball and the team was broken up. Rebekka wanted to continue and searched for a new partner, which she found in Marrit Leenstra. In 2001, 2002 and 2004 another three Dutch national titles were won. In Basel
2002 Kadijk/Leenstra reached the final of the European Championships. They lost this final, earning a silver medal. Their main achievement was made in 2003 when they won the World Cup meeting in Lianyungang
(China
). They qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics
, but met with little success there. After the Olympics they decided to split up. Kadijk's next partner was Merel Mooren
and, like Rebekka's earlier teams, Kadijk/Mooren were nearly unbeatable in their own country. In 2005 and 2006 they became Dutch national champions. In both 2005 (Moscow
) and 2006 (Scheveningen) they reached the final of the European Championships. They lost on both occasions, earning two more silver medals. In 2007 they won the final of the German Masters in Hamburg
, their first European Tour Tournament win.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
professional beach volleyball
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
and indoor volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
player born in Werkendam
Werkendam
Werkendam is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. The municipality contains a large part of the Biesbosch area.- Population centres :*Dussen*Hank*Nieuwendijk*Sleeuwijk*'t Zand*Werkendam- Transport :...
.
In indoor volleyball Kadijk started her career in 1992 at Foranto Werkendam. Other teams she played for were Sliedrecht Sport
Sliedrecht Sport
Sliedrecht Sport is a volleyball club from Sliedrecht, located in Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands. It is one of the largest volleyball clubs in the Netherlands, which was started in 1956 and has over 500 members....
, Cornix Schelle (Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
) and AMVJ. She was also part of the Dutch youth team in 1995. She quit indoor volleyball in 2001 to concentrate 100% on beach volleyball.
She started her international beach volleyball career in 1997, exploring the sand around the world with her sister Debora
Debora Schoon-Kadijk
Debora Schoon-Kadijk is a former professional beach volleyball player from the Netherlands, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000...
. Together they were a talented team. Between 1997 and 2000 they were Dutch national champions. They won the silver medal at the European Championships in Rhodos
Rhodos
In Greek mythology, Rhodos or Rhodus also known as Rhode was the goddess of the island of Rhodes and wife of Helios, she was the daughter of Aphrodite and Poseidon. -References:* Grimal, Pierre, , Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, ISBN 9780631201021....
1998 and a bronze medal in 2000. They also participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, where they lost both of their matches, eliminated in the second preliminary round by Lina and Petia Yanchulova, also sisters. At the end of the Olympic tournament Debora decided to quit volleyball and the team was broken up. Rebekka wanted to continue and searched for a new partner, which she found in Marrit Leenstra. In 2001, 2002 and 2004 another three Dutch national titles were won. In Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
2002 Kadijk/Leenstra reached the final of the European Championships. They lost this final, earning a silver medal. Their main achievement was made in 2003 when they won the World Cup meeting in Lianyungang
Lianyungang
Lianyungang is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. It borders Yancheng to its southeast, Huai'an and Suqian to its south, Xuzhou to its southwest, and the province of Shandong to its north...
(China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
). They qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
, but met with little success there. After the Olympics they decided to split up. Kadijk's next partner was Merel Mooren
Merel Mooren
Merel Mooren is a Dutch professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player born in Haarlem.In indoor volleyball Mooren started her career in 1989 at Allides Haarlem where she was part of the youth teams. The Dutch youth team called her up in 1996 and she was part of the team until 2000,...
and, like Rebekka's earlier teams, Kadijk/Mooren were nearly unbeatable in their own country. In 2005 and 2006 they became Dutch national champions. In both 2005 (Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
) and 2006 (Scheveningen) they reached the final of the European Championships. They lost on both occasions, earning two more silver medals. In 2007 they won the final of the German Masters in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, their first European Tour Tournament win.