Coby van Baalen
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| Born | 6 April 1957 (age 67) Werkhoven, Utrecht, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Equestrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Dressage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jacoba ("Coby") Maria Jozina van Baalen-Dorresteijn (born 6 April 1957 in Werkhoven, Utrecht) is an equestrian from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She did so alongside Anky van Grunsven, Ellen Bontje, and Arjen Teeuwissen. In the Individual Competition Van Baalen finished in fifth position. Her daughter Marlies van Baalen is also an Olympic equestrian. Van Baalen competed in the Olympics with a KWPN stallion called Ferro, also known as Olympic Ferro.
External links
[edit]- Dutch Olympic Committee
- Coby van Baalen (and here) at FEI
- Coby van Baalen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Coby van Baalen at Olympics.com
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Dutch dressage riders
- Dutch female equestrians
- Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic equestrians for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- People from Bunnik
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Utrecht (province)
- 20th-century Dutch sportswomen
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