Anthonia Marie "Anke" Rijnders (born 23 August 1956) is a former

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

and

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from the

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, who competed for her native country at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. As a member of the Dutch relay teams she finished in fifth place, both in the 4 × 100 m medley and the 4 × 100 m freestyle. On her personal starts, Rijnders finished in seventh (200 m freestyle) and eighth (400 m freestyle) place. The same year she set three European records, in the 200 m and 400 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley relay. She married the water polo player Wouter Gerritse and changed her last name to Gerritse. Their son,

Willem Wouter Gerritse Willem Wouter Gerritse (born 1 January 1983 in Amersfoort) is a Dutch ex-water polo player, who played for Hungarian top division side Egri VK and the Dutch national team. He ended his career as player at UZSC in Utrecht, where he made his debut ...

, is also a water polo player.

References

Anke Rijnders and Hansje Bunschoten 1972

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rijnders, Anke 1956 births Living people Dutch female butterfly swimmers Dutch female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Amersfoort 20th-century Dutch women