fullname updated years currentteammate teammates birth_place weight location resultyears height result birth_date article_title hometown name currentyears
rebekka de kogel-kadijk 6 september 2006 2005-present merel mooren debora schoon-kadijk marieke veldhuizen marrit leenstra werkendam , the netherlands 68 kg lb on dutch nationals lianyungang world cup 1997-2002 , 2004-2006 2003 1.75 m ftin 0 on 1st 1st 16 june 1979 rebekka kadijk
 rotterdam , the netherlands rebekka kadijk 2005-present
rebekka kadijk

rebekka de kogel-kadijk -lrb- born june 16 , 1979 -rrb- 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 -lrb- belgium -rrb- 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 -lrb- china -rrb- .
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 -lrb- moscow -rrb- and 2006 -lrb- scheveningen -rrb- 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 .
