Saskia de Jonge (born 22 November 1986 in Scheerwolde) is a Dutch
swimmer
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who specializes in
freestyle
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distances of up to 200 m and is part of the Dutch national team. She is currently training in Amsterdam under the guidance of Martin Truijens together with Olympic Champions
Femke Heemskerk
Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk (; born 21 September 1987) is a former Dutch competitive swimmerManon van Rooijen.
Swimming career
De Jonge made her international debut in Helsinki at the
European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006
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. She won a silver medal in the 4×50 m freestyle relay alongside
Inge Dekker
Inge Dekker (born 18 August 1985) is a Dutch former competitive swimmer who specialised in butterfly and freestyle events. She won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, ...
, Chantal Groot and Marleen Veldhuis. Individually, she ended up 22nd in the 50 m freestyle and 18th in the 100 m freestyle. At the
European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007
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in Debrecen, she only swam in the heats of both relays.
2008
In March 2008, during the
2008 European Aquatics Championships
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in
Eindhoven
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. De Jonge qualified herself for the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. One month later she took part at
2008 FINA Short Course World Championships
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The United States topped the medal table with 10 gold medals, though host team Great Brita ...
in Manchester, United Kingdom, where she swam in the heats of the 4×100 m freestyle relay in which she became world champion, although later on she was replaced for the final. She also started in the heats of the 4 × 100 m medley relay and helped the Dutch to achieve the final spot. In this final she was replaced and did not swim, but her teammates finished fourth. Individually she started in the 200 m freestyle and ended up 18th.
2008 Summer Olympics
De Jonge was selected for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in which she formed a team with swimmers Inge Dekker, Chantal Groot, Femke Heemskerk, Linda Bank, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Manon van Rooijen, Hinkelien Schreuder,
Jolijn van Valkengoed
Jolijn van Valkengoed (born August 26, 1981 in Lelystad) is a Dutch swimmer, who is mainly specialized in breaststroke. She is currently training in her hometown Lelystad together with her younger brother Thijs. At the age of 24 she made her inte ...
and Marleen Veldhuis. She did not qualify for an individual event, but was eligible to swim for the team in the three relay events (4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley). She was not chosen to swim in the 4 × 100 m freestyle, but did swim in the series for the 4 × 200 m freestyle, finishing fifth and being eliminated. She saw her teammates win the gold medal at the 4 × 100 m freestyle.