Johanna Maria "Hannie" Termeulen (18 February 1929 – 1 March 2001) was a

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from the

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, who won three medals at the

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. After having claimed the bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in

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in 1948, she won two silvers (100 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m freestyle relay) in

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four years later. She also won three medals at the European championships of 1947 and 1950.EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)
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* 1929 births 2001 deaths Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Dutch female freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Wiesbaden European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub