Marrit Steenbergen (born 11 January 2000) is a Dutch competitive

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. She won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle events at the

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held in Rome, Italy.

Career

In 2013, Steenbergen competed at the

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, taking 2 silver medals (in 50 m freestyle and 100 m freestyle). In June 2015, 15-year-old Steenbergen competed at the inaugural

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, where she won gold in 100 m freestyle ahead of Russia's

Arina Openysheva Arina Pavlovna Openysheva (; born 24 March 1999) is a Russian competitive swimmer. She won eight medals at the 2015 European Games. Seven medals were gold (200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m me ...

clocking in at 53.97 s. Steenbergen also won five silver medals (in the 50 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley, and 4 × 100 m freestyle). The swimming part of the Games were open to junior only. Steenbergen went on to represent the Netherlands at the

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, competing in two relay events. She won a silver medal on the first day of the competition in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, swimming the second leg in the heats and the third leg in the final. She won another silver medal as part of the mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle, swimming the third leg in the heats. She did not swim in the final. At the 2015 European Short Course Championships in December 2015, Steenbergen won her first international championship medal at the senior level in an individual event. She won the bronze medal in the 100-meter individual medley in 59.00 seconds, finishing behind

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, who broke the world record, and

Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (born 29 November 1995) is a former English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, the FINA World Aquatics Championships and the LEN European Aquatics Championships, and England at the ...

. Steenbergen qualified for the

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in Rio de Janeiro in the 4 × 100 and 4 × 200 meter freestyle relays. In the 4×100 meter freestyle relay the team finished 4th in the final, with Steenbergen swimming the first leg. She also swam the 200 meter individual medley and finished 34th in the heats.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Steenbergen, Marrit 2000 births Living people People from Ooststellingwerf Sportspeople from Friesland Dutch female freestyle swimmers Dutch female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games gold medalists for the Netherlands European Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2015 European Games European Games silver medalists for the Netherlands World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2021 Summer World University Games Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dutch sportswomen

Career

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