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.
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 EventTeamIndividualFreestyleHorse Athens 2004 4th 43rd — Idocus Tokyo 2020 5th 20th — Go Legend
European Championships EventTeamIndividualFreestyleHorse 2021 Hagen 5th 26rd — Go Legend 2023 Riesenbeck 5th 17th 15th Habibi DVB
World Cup Final EventRankHorse 2003 Gothenburg 10th Idocus 2004 Düsseldorf 7th Idocus 2007 Las Vegas 9th Kigali 2013 Gothenburg 12th Miciano
References
External links
Marlies van Baalen at the Dutch Olympic Archive