Coby van Baalen

Coby van Baalen
Personal information
Born6 April 1957 (1957-04-06) (age 67)
Werkhoven, Utrecht, Netherlands
Sport
SportEquestrian
EventDressage
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team dressage
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1998 Rome Team dressage
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Arnhem Team dressage

Jacoba ("Coby") Maria Jozina van Baalen-Dorresteijn (born 6 April 1957 in Werkhoven, Utrecht) is an equestrian from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She did so alongside Anky van Grunsven, Ellen Bontje, and Arjen Teeuwissen. In the Individual Competition Van Baalen finished in fifth position. Her daughter Marlies van Baalen is also an Olympic equestrian. Van Baalen competed in the Olympics with a KWPN stallion called Ferro, also known as Olympic Ferro.