Roger Hendrik van Hamburg (born 5 April 1954) is a former

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and

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from the

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, who competed for his home country at the

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. There he was eliminated in the heats of the 400 m individual medley and 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle relays. He is married to Diana Rickard, an Australian Olympic swimmer. They have a daughter, Sasha, who is married to Adam Pine, also an Australian Olympic swimmer. Since about 2000, Roger and Diana run a swimming school near Sydney, Australia.

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