Kirsten Vlieghuis (born 17 May 1976 in

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, Overijssel) is a former freestyle swimmer from

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, who won two bronze medals at the

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, in the 400m and 800m freestyle competition. She also competed in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

. Vlieghuis won the 1991

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in the 400m and 800m freestyle, and won a bronze medal in the 800m freestyle at the

1998 World Aquatics Championships The 8th FINA World Championships or the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held from 8 to 17 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia. The championships features competition in all five of FINA's disciplines: Swimming, Diving, Water Polo ...

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, Australia. She won the 800m freestyle event in the

1998 Goodwill Games The 1998 Goodwill Games was the fourth edition of the international sports competition the Goodwill Games, which were created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. The competition was held i ...

. She retired from competitive swimming in 2001.

References

External links

Profile on Zwemkroniek.com (in Dutch)

Dutch Olympic Committee
1976 births Living people Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Hengelo Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Dutch female freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub