Belinda Chantalle Zijderveld (born 17 September 2000) is a retired Dutch

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. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's 200 metre individual medley SM10, winning a gold medal; Women's 50 metre freestyle S10 and Women's 100 metre freestyle S10, winning silver medals; and Women's 100 metre butterfly S10, winning a bronze medal.

Personal history

Zijderveld was born in Zwijndrecht, Netherlands in 2000. She was born without a right hand.

International career

Zijderveld made her international debut in 2013, during the World Championships in Montréal. She competed in S10 classification freestyle events, but her specialty is the SB9 breaststroke, taking three European and two World titles in the 100m distance.

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* 2000 births Living people Dutch female breaststroke swimmers Dutch female butterfly swimmers Dutch female freestyle swimmers Dutch female medley swimmers S10-classified para swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Sportspeople from Zwijndrecht, Netherlands Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic swimmers for the Netherlands 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub