Johanna Friederike "Frieke" Buys (later ''Waterloo'', born 7 June 1954) is a retired

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

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from the

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, who represented her native country at the

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. There she was eliminated in the semifinals of the 100 m butterfly, and in the heats of the 200 m butterfly. With the 4 × 100 m medley relay team she ended up in fifth place, clocking 4:29.99. At the European championships, Buys placed fourth with the 4 × 100 m medley relay team in 1970.

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1954 births Living people Dutch female butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Vlaardingen 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub