Personal information | |
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Full name | Madelon Judith Beek |
Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Bussum, Netherlands | 28 March 1970
Sport | |
Sport | Softball |
Position | infielder |
Club | HCAW |
Madelon Judith Beek (born 28 March 1970) is a Dutch former softball player.
Beek started playing softball when she was young in the mid-1970s with Huizense Zuidvogels. [1] At elite level, she played as a infielder for the Netherlands women's national softball team and HCAW. She won multiple national and international prizes, [1] and was captain of the national team. [2]
With HCWA she became European Champion in 1988, [3] [4] and won the European Cup in 1994. [5] [6] She finished with the national team second at the 1992 ESF Women's Championship. [7] She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [8] [9] She also competed in World Championships, including at the 1994 championships. [10]
In December 1994 she received the Dutch award for most home runs of the year. [11]
After her playing career she became head coach of the men’s softball team BSV de Zuidvogels in Huizen that plays in the highest division in the Netherlands. [1]
She played together with sister Petra Beek with the national team and HCAW.
Beek works as a civil servant at the municipality of Almere as a social domain area specialist. She is married and has two children. [1]