Aartje Johanna "Atie" Voorbij (20 September 1940 – 3 March 2024) was a Dutch butterfly swimmer whose specialty was 100 meter butterfly. She won a gold medal in the 4×100 m medley team event (together with

Ada den Haan Adelaïde Henriette "Ada" den Haan (14 May 1941 – 17 March 2023) was a Dutch breaststroke swimmer. She dominated the 200m breaststroke event in the 1950s, setting four world records in 1956–1957, one under the old rules and three under the ...

Cocky Gastelaars Cornelia Maria (Cocky) van Engelsdorp-Gastelaars (born 24 February 1938, Rotterdam) is a Dutch former swimmer who twice improved the world record in the women's 100 metre freestyle in 1956. On March 3, 1956, in Amsterdam she broke the 2 ...

and

Lenie de Nijs Helena Elisabeth "Lenie" de Nijs (April 1939 – 22 January 2023) was a Dutch swimmer. In July-August 1955 she broke three freestyle world records over 1500 m, 880 yd and 1760 yd distances. She then changed to backstroke, winning three national ...

) at the

1958 European Aquatics Championships The 1958 LEN European Aquatics Championships took place in Budapest, Hungary from 31 August until 6 September. In swimming, the 4 × 100 m medley relays for men and women were introduced. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men's events ;Wome ...

. She also won a silver medal in 100 m butterfly at the same championships. She was coached by

Jan Stender Jan Stender (7 May 1906 – 20 October 1989) was a Dutch swimming coach. During the 1940s–1950s he coached at least eight world record holders who set more than 50 world records in total. In 1973, he was inducted into the International Swimmin ...

and Wil van Breukelen. She participated in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

and was fifth in 100 m butterfly. Between 1955 and 1960 she was five times national champion in 100 m butterfly and set nine world records in the 100 m butterfly and 4×100 m medley events.Atie Voorbij
. zwemmenindepolder.nl Voorbij died on 3 March 2024, at the age of 83.

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1940 births 2024 deaths Dutch female butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hilversum Swimmers from North Holland European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming World record setters in swimming 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub