Willemina ("Wilma") Cornelia Adriana van Rijn-van Hofwegen (born 17 July 1971) is a former freestyle

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from the

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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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, Australia. Van Hofwegen was born in

Vlaardingen Vlaardingen () is a city in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is located on the north bank of the Nieuwe Maas river at the confluence with the Oude Maas. The municipality administers an area of , of which is land, with residents in . Geogr ...

, and is married to former swimmer Michael van Rijn, who also competed for Holland. She competed in the silver medal-winning relay team 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 ...

Thamar Henneken Thamar Nanette Henneken (born 2 August 1979 in Delft, South Holland) 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 at the 2000 Summer Olympi ...

and Manon van Rooijen. She also competed at the

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1971 births Living people Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands People from Vlaardingen Dutch female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Sportspeople from South Holland {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub