Hans Elzerman (born 17 October 1954)
from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2011-01-28. is an Olympic swimmer 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 ...

, and as of early 2011 is a national swimming coach.Hans bio page
from the Nationaal Zweminstituut Amsterdam website; retrieved 2011-01-28. His sister Josien and brother

Henk Henk is a Dutch people, Dutch male given name, originally a short form of Hendrik (given name), Hendrik. It influenced "Hank" which is used in English-speaking countries (mainly in the US) as a form of "Henry (given name), Henry". Academics *Hen ...

are also Olympic swimmers. At the

1972 Olympics 1972 Olympics refers to both: *1972 Winter Olympics, which were held in Sapporo, Japan *1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an ...

, Hans was a member of the Dutch 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relay teams.

Coaching

In 2001, Hans was one of the coaches who founded the Dutch club ''Top Zwemmen Amsterdam''. Around this time, he was coach to

Inge de Bruijn Inge de Bruijn (; born 24 August 1973) is a Dutch former competitive swimmer. She is a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record-holder in multiple swimming events. Personal De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, Netherlands. Inge is ...

.Inge De Bruijn – Biography
from NetGlimpse; retrieved 2011-01-28. In 2007, ''Top Zwemmen'' became part of the National Swimming Institute of Amsterdam.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elzerman, Hans 1954 births Living people Dutch male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Swimmers from The Hague 20th-century Dutch sportsmen