Marianne Heemskerk
Appearance
Marianne Heemskerk in 1960 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Women's Swimming | ||
Representing the Netherlands | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1960 Rome | 100 m butterfly | |
European Championships[1] | ||
1962 Leipzig | 100 m butterfly |
Marianne Yvonne Heemskerk (born 28 August 1944 in Rotterdam, South Holland) is a former butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. She was also part of the 4 × 100 m medley relay team that finished fourth. She also participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics but did not reach the finals.[2] Heemskerk broke the world record in the women's 200m butterfly on 12 June 1960 in Leipzig, East Germany.
References
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- ^ EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN). gbrathletics.com
- ^ Marianne Heemskerk. www.sports-reference.com
Categories:
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands
- Dutch female butterfly swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Swimmers from Rotterdam
- World record setters in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- 20th-century Dutch women
- Dutch swimming biography stubs
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs