Bettine Vriesekoop

Hubertina Petronella Maria "Bettine" Vriesekoop (born 13 August 1961) is a former table tennis player from the Netherlands.

She competed at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics in singles and women doubles with the best achievement of seventh place in both events in 1988.

[4] She retired from competition in 1997,[5] and in 1999 gave birth to a son, but her husband died shortly before that.

While training in China she became interested in the culture and then studied Chinese language and philosophy in Leiden.

Between 2006 and 2009 she worked in Beijing as a freelance correspondent for several Dutch newspapers including NRC Handelsblad.

Bettine Vriesekoop in 1986