Hinkelien Schreuder (born 13 February 1984) is a former

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 ...

, freestyle and

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from

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, who also competed in the medley events. Schreuder won the Olympic gold medal in the 4×100 freestyle relay at the

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

in Beijing, and a silver in the same event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. She is a former world record holder in the 100 m individual medley, and former European record holder in the 50 m butterfly short course.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schreuder, Hinkelien 1984 births Living people People from Hof van Twente World record setters in swimming Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Dutch female freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Dutch female backstroke swimmers Dutch female medley swimmers Dutch female butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Overijssel 21st-century Dutch women

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