Kornelia ("Corrie") Winkel (born 26 February 1944) is a former backstroke

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 ...

from the Netherlands. She finished second in the 100 m backstroke at the

1962 European Aquatics Championships The 1962 European Aquatics Championships were held in Leipzig, East Germany from 18 to 25 August 1962. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men). In the men's swimming program, the 100 m backstroke had been replaced by the 200 ...

. Two years later she who won the silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. At the same Olympics she finished in 14th position in the individual 100 m backstroke. Between 1962 and 1964 she set eight national and two European records in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke and 4 × 100 m medley events.Corrie Winkel
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1944 births Living people Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Groningen (city) Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Dutch female backstroke swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub