Celina Johanna Maria Lemmen (born March 2, 1985) is a Dutch swimmer who specialized in freestyle events. She is a single-time Olympian (2004), and a double medalist in sprint freestyle at the 2001 European Junior Championships in

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. Lemmen grew up in

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, where she attended Ronald Reagan High School and competed for their swim team. She then attended

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in Dallas, Texas, where she majored in management, and swam for the

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under head coach Steve Collins. While studying in the United States on an athletic scholarship, Lemmen has earned numerous high school and state titles, and received two-year All-American honors in college swimming. Lemmen made swimming history in the international scene at the 2001 European Junior Championships in

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, Malta, where she won a total of two medals: a silver in the 200 m freestyle (2:03.27), and a bronze in the 100 m freestyle (57.47). Three years later, at the

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in Athens, Lemmen qualified only for the women's 4×200 m freestyle relay as a member of the Dutch team. She posted a relay entry time of 2:02.37 from the ConocoPhillips Spring National Championships in Orlando, Florida. Teaming with

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 ...

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

Haike van Stralen Haike Eva van Stralen (born 22 April 1983) is a Dutch former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and double Dutch short-course champion in the 200 and 400 m freestyle. Van Stralen also played ...

in heat two, Lemmen swam a lead-off leg and recorded a split of 2:02.21. Lemmen and the entire Dutch team missed the top 8 final by almost two seconds, finishing only in fifth place and ninth overall with a final time of 8:08.96.

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Player Bio – SMU Mustangs
1985 births Living people Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Dutch female freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Amsterdam SMU Mustangs women's swimmers 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub