Miep de Vries

Dutch volleyball player

Hermina “Miep” van Zweeden-de Vries (born 3 April 1928) is a former Dutch volleyball player. She played with Boemerang, Amsterdam, and the Netherlands women's national volleyball team. In her last year, she played with RVC Rotterdam.

Miep de Vries
Personal information
Full nameHermina de Vries
NationalityDutch
Born(1928-04-03)3 April 1928
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Career
YearsTeams

1959-1960
Boemerang, Amsterdam
RVC
National team
1948–1955Netherlands Netherlands

She was a player on the earliest Netherlands women's national volleyball team. She represented the Netherlands at the 1949 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 1951 Women's European Volleyball Championship. She was captain of the national team.[1]

With Boemerang, she became multiple times national champion in 1951.[2] With RVC she also became national champion in 1960.

Biography change

De Vries participated at the 1949 Women's European Volleyball Championship, the inaugural European Volleyball Championships. As the national didn’t have at the time on their own shirts, they borrowed the shirts of the national basketball team.[3] Two years later she was also part of the team at the 1951 Women's European Volleyball Championship.[4]

In the later years no main international championships held. During these years she competed with the national team at international invitation matches, including against Belgium in January 1953[5][6] and in June 1953.[7]

Due to an undesirable altitude at a training of the national team in 1953, she was suspended by the Dutch Volleyball Association for two years, just like six other women and five men.[8] In may 1954 the conflict was resolved and the suspension was lifted. The same month she was called-up for the international match against Belgium.[9] In October 1954 she played at the international volleyball tournament (Italy, France, Belgium and the Netherlands) in Paris.[10] In November 1954 she played her 15th international match in the match against Belgium.[1][11]

In February 1955 she played against France.[12][13] [14] Her last international match was in May 1955 against Belgium.[15] [16]

After the birth of her third child in 1959 she played with RVC Rotterdam.[17] With RVC, where she was one of the key players, she became Dutch Women's Volleyball League champion in 1960.[18]

Personal life change

De Vries was born on 3 April 1928 in Amsterdam. She married to international volleyball player Jan van Zweeden (1925-2001) on 13 July 1954, who was the brother of the head coach of the women’s team Cees van Zweeden.[19][2] They had three children.[19]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Volleybalteams voor België". Het vrije volk (in Dutch). 15 November 1954. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Boemerang: succes sinds 1951". Trouw (in Dutch). 23 May 1961. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  3. "Historie. Ook dames". volaren.nl. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. "1951 dames. Jaaroverzicht". volaren.nl. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  5. "Volleybal-teams voor Antwerpen gekozen". Nieuw Utrechtsch dagblad (in Dutch). 10 January 1953. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  6. "Het Ned. damesteam". Nieuw Utrechtsch dagblad (in Dutch). 19 January 1954. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  7. "Ned. damesteam tegen België". Het vaderland (in Dutch). 29 May 1953. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  8. "Twaalf volleybalspelers geschorst". De waarheid (in Dutch). 13 November 1953. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  9. "Volleybal-interland". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 7 May 1954. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  10. "Damesteam naar volleybal-toernooi te Parijs". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 21 September 1954. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  11. "Dames-volleybalteam versloeg België (3-0)". Het Rotterdamsch parool (in Dutch). 22 November 1954. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  12. "Volleyballers in training Voor wedstrijd tegen de Fransen". Nieuwe Haarlemsche courant (in Dutch). 7 January 1956. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  13. "Ned. volleybal-teams". Het Rotterdamsch parool (in Dutch). 31 January 1955. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  14. "Nederlandse teams tegen Frankrijk". Friese koerier (in Dutch). 31 January 1955. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  15. "Nederland-België — volleybal — 7 Mei in Den Haag". Het Rotterdamsch parool (in Dutch). 16 February 1955. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  16. "Weer winst voor dames en verlies voor heren". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 9 May 1955. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  17. "Concordia moest buigen voor RVC". Het Parool (in Dutch). 2 November 1959. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  18. "Kampioenschap van dames RVC". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 28 March 1960. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  19. 19.0 19.1 "Hermina de Vries Miep". geneanet.org (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 July 2022.