Anke Rijnders
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![]() Rijnders in 1971 | ||||||||||||
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Full name | Anthonia Marie Rijnders | |||||||||||
Born | Amersfoort, the Netherlands | 23 August 1956|||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
Club | AZ&PC, Amersfoort | |||||||||||
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Anthonia Marie "Anke" Rijnders (born 23 August 1956) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics. As a member of the Dutch relay teams she finished in fifth place, both in the 4 × 100 m medley and the 4 × 100 m freestyle. On her personal starts, Rijnders finished in seventh (200 m freestyle) and eighth (400 m freestyle) place.[1]
The same year she set three European records, in the 200 m and 400 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley relay.[2]
She married the water polo player Wouter Gerritse and changed her last name to Gerritse.[1] Their son, Willem Wouter Gerritse, is also a water polo player.[3]
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anke Rijnders". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ Anke Rijnders Archived 2014-04-21 at the Wayback Machine. zwemmenindepolder.nl
- ^ Vijf dagen op een heel levenMoest tijdens naar Duitsland voor de ArbeitseinsatzJan Rijnders. epaper.bdu.nl (12 January 2011)
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