Annelies Maas (born 25 January 1960 in

Wageningen Wageningen () is a municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specialises in life sciences. The municipality had a population of in , of which many ...

) is a former freestyle swimmer from the

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, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in

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At her second Olympic appearance she won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, alongside

Conny van Bentum Cornelia "Conny" van Bentum (born 12 August 1965, in Barneveld) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands. Swimming career Van Bentum competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980 ...

, Reggie de Jong and Wilma van Velsen. Her best individual finish was the fourth place in the 200 m freestyle at the Montreal Games (1976).Annelies Maas
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1960 births Living people Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands People from Wageningen Sportspeople from Gelderland Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Dutch female freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for the Netherlands Universiade silver medalists for the Netherlands Universiade bronze medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub

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