Anna Maria Theodora Petra "Annemarie" Verstappen (born 3 October 1965, in
Rosmalen
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) is a female former
freestyle
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swimmer
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from the
Netherlands
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.
Swimming career
Verstappen won a total number of three medals at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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in
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. In 1982, she became world champion in the 200 metres freestyle at the
World Aquatics Championships
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in
Ecuador
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. At the end of that same year, she was named Dutch Sportswoman of the Year. In July 1983, she broke the
world record in the 50 m freestyle.
Despite being of Dutch nationality she won the
200 metres medley title in 1981 at the
ASA National British Championships.
Personal life
Her son
Vincent Janssen
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He began his professional career in the Eerste Divisie with Almere City before playing in ...
is a professional football player.
See also
*
World record progression 50m freestyle
*
List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Women's events
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
200 ...
*
References
External links
Dutch Olympic Committee*
1965 births
Living people
Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands
Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
People from Rosmalen
World record setters in swimming
Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
Dutch female freestyle swimmers
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in swimming
Swimmers from North Brabant
20th-century Dutch sportswomen
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