Iris Tjonk (born 13 April 2000 in

Almelo Almelo () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek. Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle o ...

) is a Dutch

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. She won the silver medal in the 100m backstroke at the Swimming at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival. At the

2015 European Games The 1st European Games (), also known as the 2015 European Games or Baku 2015 (), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the Europe ...

in Baku, Azerbaijan, she won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay event.

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2000 births Living people Dutch female backstroke swimmers Sportspeople from Almelo Swimmers from Overijssel European Games medalists in swimming European Games silver medalists for the Netherlands Swimmers at the 2015 European Games 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub

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