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Marrit Leenstra
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1973-10-18) 18 October 1973 (age 51) Emmen, Netherlands
Hometown	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate Tours (points) 2005–present Sanne Keizer 26 (1569)
Previous teammates
Years Teammate Tours (points) 2001–2004 Rebekka Kadijk 42 (2923)
Best results
Years Location Result 2001, 2002, 2004 2003 Dutch nationals Lianyungang World Cup 1st 1st
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Netherlands European Championships 1995 Arnhem Team competition Women's beach volleyball European Championships 2002 Basel with Rebekka Kadijk
Last updated: 6 September 2006

Marrit Leenstra (born 18 October 1973) is a Dutch professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player born in Emmen, Drenthe.

Leenstra started her career in 1983 playing indoor volleyball for OSV Pegasus Ter Apel. She also played for Etiflex Ommen, Martinus Amstelveen, Vini Monteschiavo Jesi, Granzotto San Dona, Fiqurella Firenze and Mirabi Iandia Teodora Ravenna. From 1988 to 1992 she was part of Dutch youth teams. In 1992 she joined the Dutch senior volleyball team and was selected for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, finishing sixth. Four years later, during the 1996 Summer Olympics she and her team finished fifth. Leenstra remained in the Dutch team until 1998.

After finishing her indoor contract in Italy, she started her international beach volleyball career. She teamed up with Dutch star Rebekka Kadijk, whose sister Debora decided to quit beach volleyball after the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2001, 2002 and 2004, Kadijk and Leenstra won three Dutch national titles. In Basel 2002 they reached the final of the European Championships. They lost this final, but still won a silver medal. Their main achievement was made in 2003 when they won the World Cup meeting in Lianyungang (China). They qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics. After the Olympics they decided to part ways. Leenstra's next partner was Sanne Keizer with whom she did not reach any notable results, except a fourth place at a tournament in Montreal.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marrit Leenstra". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

External links

• Official site
• Marrit Leenstra at FIVB.com
• Marrit Leenstra at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Marrit Leenstra at Olympedia (archive)

v t e Netherlands – 1995 European Championship (1st title)
Cintha Boersma Erna Brinkman Marjolein de Jong Jolanda Elshof Riëtte Fledderus Jerine Fleurke Petra Groenland Marrit Leenstra Elles Leferink Irena Machovcak Ingrid Visser Henriëtte Weersing Coach: Bert Goedkoop

v t e Netherlands – 1996 Summer Olympics (fifth place)
1 Jerine Fleurke 3 Saskia van Hintum 4 Erna Brinkman 5 Cintha Boersma (c) 7 Irena Machovcak 9 Marjolein de Jong 10 Henriëtte Weersing 11 Marrit Leenstra 12 Elles Leferink 13 Claudia van Thiel 14 Riëtte Fledderus 15 Ingrid Visser Coach: Bert Goedkoop

• 1973 births
• Living people
• Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Dutch women's beach volleyball players
• Dutch women's volleyball players
• Olympic beach volleyball players for the Netherlands
• Olympic volleyball players for the Netherlands
• Sportspeople from Emmen, Netherlands
• Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Italy