Coby van Baalen
Dutch equestrian (born 1957) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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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External links
- 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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