Thamar Nanette Henneken (born 2 August 1979 in Delft, South Holland) is a former freestyle swimmer from

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, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team that won the silver medal at the

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in Sydney, Australia. She did so alongside

Inge de Bruijn Inge de Bruijn (; born 24 August 1973) is a Dutch former competitive swimmer. She is a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record-holder. Personal De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, Netherlands. Inge is the sister of Olympic water ...

Wilma van Hofwegen Willemina ("Wilma") Cornelia Adriana van Rijn-van Hofwegen (born 17 July 1971) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Team that won the silver medal a ...

and Manon van Rooijen. After the Sydney Games she tried to succeed as a

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, but she soon returned to swimming. She is engaged to former world champion Marcel Wouda. The couple had a baby in early 2005.

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1979 births Living people Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Delft Dutch female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Dutch female rowers Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub