Linda Faber (born 29 February 1960 in

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) is a former

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from the

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who competed for her native country at the

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, Canada. She was eliminated in the preliminaries for 400m freestyle. As part of the freestyle team, she came 4th in the 4 × 100 m relay, with

Enith Brigitha Enith Sijtje Maria Brigitha (born 15 April 1955) is a former leading competitive swimmer in the 1970s. She twice represented the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 (Munich, West Germany). She won two bronze medals at the 1976 S ...

Ineke Ran Ineke Yvonne Ran (born 20 April 1962, in Badhoevedorp) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was eliminated in the ...

and

Annelies Maas Annelies Maas (born 25 January 1960 in Wageningen) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1976. At her second Olympic app ...

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1960 births Living people Dutch female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics People from Veenendaal Sportspeople from Utrecht (province) 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub