Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...
) is a Dutch Olympic
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 ...
.Athlete biography: Linda Bank 2008 Olympics website (beijing2008.cn), ret: Aug 14, 2008
Bank mainly focuses on the freestyle distances and is part of the Dutch national team that swims races at the larger international tournaments. In 2007, she took part at the World Championships in Melbourne where she was eliminated in the heats at the 200m freestyle. However, in the 4 × 200m freestyle relay she and her teammates reached the final in which they finished in 8th position. At the 2008 European Championships in
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,
Bank qualified for the
2008 Summer 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 Na ...
in Beijing in which she formed a team with swimmers like
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, ...
Femke Heemskerk
Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk (; born 21 September 1987) is a former Dutch competitive swimmerSaskia de Jonge
Saskia de Jonge (born 22 November 1986 in Scheerwolde) is a Dutch swimmer who specializes in freestyle distances of up to 200 m and is part of the Dutch national team. She is currently training in Amsterdam under the guidance of Martin Truijen ...
Jolijn van Valkengoed
Jolijn van Valkengoed (born August 26, 1981 in Lelystad) is a Dutch swimmer, who is mainly specialized in breaststroke. She is currently training in her hometown Lelystad together with her younger brother Thijs. At the age of 24 she made her inte ...
and Marleen Veldhuis. She did not qualify for an individual event and did not swim in an relay either. She was not chosen to swim in the freestyle relays and saw her teammates win the gold medal in the 4 × 100m freestyle.