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Conny van Bentum Personal information Full name Cornelia van Bentum Nationality Netherlands
Born August 12, 1965
Barneveld, Gelderland, NetherlandsSport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Butterfly Medal recordOlympic Games Silver 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1988 Seoul 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1980 Moscow 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Bronze 1982 Guayaquil 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1986 Madrid 100 m freestyle Bronze 1986 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1986 Madrid 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 1986 Madrid 4×100 m medley European Championships (LC) Silver 1983 Rome 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1983 Rome 4×100 m medley Silver 1985 Sofia 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 1981 Split 100 m freestyle Bronze 1981 Split 200 m freestyle Bronze 1981 Split 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1983 Rome 100 m freestyle Bronze 1983 Rome 200 m freestyle Bronze 1983 Rome 200 m butterfly Bronze 1983 Rome 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 1985 Sofia 100 m freestyle Bronze 1985 Sofia 4×100 m freestyle Summer Universiade Gold 1985 Kobe 100 m freestyle Gold 1985 Kobe 200 m freestyle Cornelia ("Conny") van Bentum (born August 12, 1965 in Barneveld, Gelderland) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980. At each of those swimming tournaments she won a medal with the 4×100 m freestyle relay team: one bronze (1980), and two silvers (1984 and 1988).
During her career, Van Bentum won a total number of eleven medals at the European LC Championships (two silvers, nine bronze), and five medals (bronze) at the World Aquatics Championships. In 1983, she was named Dutch Sportswoman of The Year. In the 1980s she trained for two years in the United States, at the University of California, Berkeley, alongside famous swimmers like Matt Biondi and Mary T. Meagher. After her career, she returned at the highest level in sports, by becoming the team doctor of the Dutch Women's Field Hockey Team.
See also
- Dutch records in swimming
Awards Preceded by
Annemarie VerstappenDutch Sportswoman of the Year
1983Succeeded by
Ria StalmanReferences
Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 100 m Freestyle 1959: N. Sacco (ITA) · 1961: Anna-Karin Larsson (SWE) · 1963: Csilla Madarász (HUN) · 1965: Csilla Madarász (HUN) · 1967: Linda Gustavson (USA) · 1970: Mirjana Segrt (YUG) · 1973: Sally Tuttle (USA) · 1977: Jutta Weber (FRG) · 1979: Tracy Caulkins (USA) · 1981: Jill Sterkel (USA) · 1983: Irina Laricheva (URS) · 1985: Conny van Bentum (NED) · 1987: Mitzi Kremer (USA) · 1991: Zhuang Yong (CHN) · 1993: Le Jingyi (CHN) · 1995: Martina Moravcová (SVK) · 1997: Martina Moravcová (SVK) · 1999: Ioana Diaconescu (ROM) · 2001: Petra Dallmann (GER) · 2003: Petra Dallmann (GER) · 2005: Petra Dallmann (GER) · 2007: Britta Steffen (GER) · 2009: Hannah Wilson (HKG) 2011: Tang Yi (CHN)
Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 200 m Freestyle 1979: Annelies Maas (NED) • 1981: Jill Sterkel (USA) • 1983: Irina Laricheva (URS) • 1985: Conny van Bentum (NED) • 1987: Noemi Lung (ROM) • 1991: Karen Kraemer (USA) • 1993: Heike Lünenschloss (GER) • 1995: Lisa Jacob (USA) • 1997: Martina Moravcová (SVK) • 1999: Kim Black (USA) • 2001: Camelia Potec (ROM) • 2003: Yana Klochkova (UKR) • 2005: Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) • 2007: Federica Pellegrini (ITA) • 2009: Sara Isakovič (SLO) • 2011: Melania Costa Schmid (ESP)
Categories:- 1965 births
- Living people
- People from Barneveld
- Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands
- Dutch swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Female freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Dutch swimming biography stubs
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