Andrea Kneppers (born 24 February 1993) is a Dutch competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who specialises in freestyle. At the

2016 European Aquatics Championships The 2016 European Aquatics Championships took place from 9 to 22 May 2016 in London, United Kingdom, in the London Aquatics Centre. It was the thirty second edition of the event, and the second held in the same year as a Summer Olympics. Hosts Gr ...

in London, Kneppers won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, together with her teammates

Esmee Vermeulen Esmee Vermeulen (born 21 April 1996) is a Dutch swimmer. Vermeulen made her international senior debut at the 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Szczecin, Poland. At the 2014 short-course world championships in Doha, she won th ...

Robin Neumann Robin Neumann (born 12 December 1997) is a Dutch competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle. Neumann competed at the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, where she swam individually in the backstroke events. Since then she has changed he ...

, and

Femke Heemskerk Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk (; born 21 September 1987) is a former Dutch competitive swimmer2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro. In the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, her team finished 14th in the heats.

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1993 births Living people Dutch female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Louisville Cardinals women's swimmers Dutch expatriate swimmers in the United States 21st-century Dutch women {{ULouisville-stub