Debora Schoon-Kadijk
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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. Partnering her sister Rebekka Kadijk
she claimed the bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships
in Bilbao, Spain, after having won silver two years earliers on Rhodos
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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....
player from the Netherlands
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...
, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. Partnering her sister Rebekka Kadijk
Rebekka Kadijk
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 and AMVJ. She was also part of the Dutch...
she claimed the bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships
2000 European Beach Volleyball Championships
The 2000 European Beach Volleybal Championships were held from August 24 to August 27, 2000 in Bilbao, Spain. It was the eighth official edition of the men's event, which started in 1993, while the women competed for the seventh time.-Men's competition:...
in Bilbao, Spain, after having won silver two years earliers on 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....
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