Carla Geurts (born 20 April 1971) is a former Dutch

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who competed at the

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, and the

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for the

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. Geurts won three silver medals during her career at the

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. She retired in 2001, after the

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. Guerts was born in

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. In September 2006, she was a professor of Kinesiology and Physiology at

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, in

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. Geurts Currently resides in Ottawa and works at the University de Ottawa as a Professor of Kinesiology and Physiology.

References

Dutch Olympic Committee
* 1971 births Academic staff of Brock University Living people Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Dutch female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Geldrop Swimmers from North Brabant Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub