Marlies van Baalen

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Baalen, not Baalen.

Marlies Anne van Baalen (born 30 August 1980 in Den Bosch, North Brabant) is a Dutch Dressage equestrian. She is Coby van Baalen's daughter.

Marlies van Baalen

Marlies van Baalen riding Kigali (2007)
Personal information
Birth name	Marlies Anne van Baalen
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1980-08-30) 30 August 1980 Den Bosch, Netherlands
Website	www.dressuurstalvanbaalen.nl
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Dressage
Coached by	Coby van Baalen, Nicole Werner
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	Athens 2004, Tokyo 2020

Van Baalen represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she finished in 43rd position in the individual rankings. With the Dutch dressage team, in which she featured with Anky van Grunsven, Sven Rothenberger and Imke Bartels, she finished just outside the medal spots with the fourth place.

She was the first reserve for the Dutch team during the European Championships in Rotterdam 2011. In 2021, she represented The Netherlands at the Olympic Games in Tokyo with her horse Go Legend, finishing 20th in both Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special.

Dressage results

Olympic Games

Event	Team	Individual	Freestyle	Horse
Athens 2004	4th	43rd	—	Idocus
Tokyo 2020	5th	20th	—	Go Legend

European Championships

Event	Team	Individual	Freestyle	Horse
2021 Hagen	5th	26rd	—	Go Legend
2023 Riesenbeck	5th	17th	15th	Habibi DVB

World Cup

Final

Event	Rank	Horse
2003 Gothenburg	10th	Idocus
2004 Düsseldorf	7th	Idocus
2007 Las Vegas	9th	Kigali
2013 Gothenburg	12th	Miciano

External links

• Marlies van Baalen at FEI
• Marlies van Baalen at FEI (alternative link)
• Marlies van Baalen at Olympics.com
• Marlies van Baalen at Olympedia
• Marlies van Baalen at the Dutch Olympic Archive