- Marianne Heemskerk
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Medal record Women's Swimming Competitor for the Netherlands Olympic Games Silver 1960 Rome 100 m butterfly European Championships Bronze 1962 Leipzig 100 m butterfly Marianne Yvonne Heemskerk (born 28 August 1944 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a former butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Heemskerk broke the world record in the women's 200m butterfly on 12 June 1960 in Leipzig, East Germany.
References
Records Preceded by
Becky CollinsWomen's 200 metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
12 June 1960 – 13 August 1961Succeeded by
Becky CollinsCategories:- 1944 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands
- Dutch swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- People from Rotterdam
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Dutch swimming biography stubs
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs
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