Esmee Vermeulen (born 21 April 1996) is a Dutch

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. Vermeulen made her international senior debut at the

2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held in Szczecin, Poland, from December 8 to 11, 2011. The event featured competition in a short course (25m) pool. The event was held over four days with heats, semifinals and a final f ...

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, Poland. At the 2014 short-course world championships in

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, she won three gold medals for swimming in the heats of all three freestyle relays. Together with her teammates

Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo (; born 20 August 1990) is a retired Dutch swimmer of mixed Dutch- Javanese Surinamese origin who mainly specialises in sprint freestyle events. She is a triple Olympic champion, winning the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m free ...

Maud van der Meer Maud van der Meer (born 20 May 1992) is a former Dutch competitive swimmer. She won the gold medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (she only competed in the heats) and the silver medal at the 2015 ...

, and

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, ...

, she broke the

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in the heats of the 4×50 m freestyle relay. Vermeulen qualified for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay, where the team finished 14th in the heats.

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1996 births Living people Dutch female long-distance swimmers Dutch female freestyle swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Sportspeople from Zaanstad 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub