Linda Bank

Linda Bank (born January 24, 1986 in Haarlem) is a Dutch swimmer. [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/217796.shtml Athlete biography: Linda Bank] , 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 x 200m freestyle relay she and her team mates reached the final in which they ended in 8th position. At the 2008 European Championships in Eindhoven she also took part in the 4x 200m freestyle relay, swimming in the heats and helping the Dutch to achieve the final spot. In this final she was replaced and did not swim, but her team mates finished fourth.

Bank qualified herself for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in which she forms a team with swimmers like Inge Dekker, Chantal Groot, Femke Heemskerk, Saskia de Jonge, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Manon van Rooijen, Hinkelien Schreuder, Jolijn van Valkengoed and Marleen Veldhuis. She did not qualify for an individual event, but is able to swim for the team in the three relay events (4 x 100m freestyle, 4 x 200m freestyle, 4 x 100m medley). She was not chosen to swim in the freestyle relays and saw her team mates win the gold medal at the 4 x 100m freestyle.

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