Martine Stephanie Janssen (born 16 June 1977 in
Dieren
Dieren () is a town in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in Rheden, Gelderland, between Zutphen and Arnhem, on the bank of the IJssel.
Dieren was a separate municipality until 1818, when it became a part of Rheden.
The Gazelle bicycle fa ...
,
Gelderland
Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Nethe ...
) is a former
breaststroke
Breaststroke is a human swimming, swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and ...
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 ...
, who competed for her native country at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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in
Barcelona, Spain
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. There she was eliminated in the heats of the 100m and 200m Breaststroke.
References
Dutch Olympic Committee
1977 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Rheden
Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands
Dutch female breaststroke swimmers
Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
20th-century Dutch sportswomen
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