Anthonia Marie "Anke" Rijnders (born 23 August 1956) is a former

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

and

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from the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, who competed for her native country at the

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. 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. The same year she set three European records, in the 200 m and 400 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley relay. She married the water polo player Wouter Gerritse and changed her last name to Gerritse. Their son,

Willem Wouter Gerritse Willem Wouter Gerritse (born 1 January 1983 in Amersfoort) is a Dutch ex-water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in whi ...

, is also a water polo player.

References

Anke Rijnders and Hansje Bunschoten 1972

1956 births Living people Dutch female butterfly swimmers Dutch female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Amersfoort Swimmers from Utrecht (province) 20th-century Dutch people 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub