Annabel Kosten (born 23 May 1977) is a retired freestyle swimmer from the

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, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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Career

Kosten made her international debut at the European LC Championships 2000 in

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where she ended fifth in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, she did so alongside Thamar Henneken,

Chantal Groot Chantal Groot (born 19 October 1982) is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who has represented her country in many international championships since 1999. The best distance of Chantal Groot is the 50 m butterfly in which ...

and

Wilma van Hofwegen Willemina ("Wilma") Cornelia Adriana van Rijn-van Hofwegen (born 17 July 1971) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Team that won the silver medal a ...

. At the

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in Antwerp,

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she won the silver medal in the 4×50 meter freestyle, together with Suze Valen,

Hinkelien Schreuder Hinkelien Schreuder (born 13 February 1984) is a former butterfly, freestyle and backstroke swimmer from The Netherlands, who also competed in the medley events. Schreuder won the Olympic gold medal in the 4×100 freestyle relay at the 2008 Olym ...

and

Inge de Bruijn Inge de Bruijn (; born 24 August 1973) is a Dutch former competitive swimmer. She is a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record-holder. Personal De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, Netherlands. Inge is the sister of Olympic water ...

. She ended fourth in 4×50 meter freestyle at the

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alongside

Marleen Veldhuis Magdalena Johanna Maria "Marleen" Veldhuis (born 29 June 1979) is a retired swimmer from the Netherlands. She was world record holder in four events (one individual event and three relay events). Veldhuis won eight world championships gold medals ...

, Suze Valen and Chantal Groot.

2003-2005

At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in

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Kosten teamed up with Manon van Rooijen, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot for the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, in which they reached the fourth position. She became European champion in the 4×50 meter freestyle relay at the

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together with Hinkelien Schreuder, Chantal Groot and Marleen Veldhuis. At the European LC Championships 2004 in

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, Spain she took home the silver of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, her teammates were Chantal Groot,

Inge Dekker Inge Dekker (born 18 August 1985) is a Dutch former competitive swimmer who specialised in butterfly and freestyle events. She won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens ...

and Marleen Veldhuis. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in

Kosten swam in the heats of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay alongside Inge Dekker, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot. In the final she was replaced by Inge de Bruijn, who won the bronze medal together with the three other girls, afterwards Kosten received the bronze medal for her heat swim. After the national championships in April 2005 Kosten retired from competitive swimming.

Personal bests

References

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