Thamar Nanette Henneken (born 2 August 1979 in

Delft Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...

South Holland South Holland ( ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. ...

) is a former

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swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from

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, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team that won the silver medal at the

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. She did so alongside

Inge de Bruijn Inge de Bruijn (; born 24 August 1973) is a Dutch former competitive swimmer. She is a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record-holder in multiple swimming events. Personal De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, Netherlands. Inge is ...

Wilma van Hofwegen Willemina ("Wilma") Cornelia Adriana van Rijn-van Hofwegen (born 17 July 1971) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Team that won the silver medal at ...

and

Manon van Rooijen Manon van Rooijen (born 3 July 1982 in Leerdam) is a freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands. She was a member of the Dutch Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Team (alongside Inge de Bruijn, Wilma van Hofwegen and Thamar Henne ...

. After the Sydney Games, she tried to switch to

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically a ...

, but soon returned to swimming. She is engaged to former world champion Marcel Wouda. The couple had a baby in early 2005.

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1979 births Living people Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Delft Swimmers from South Holland Dutch female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Dutch female rowers Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub