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Inge de Bruijn
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De Bruijn providing TV commentary during the 2008 Euro Championships
Personal information
Full name Inge de Bruijn
Nationality  Netherlands
Stroke(s) Freestyle, butterfly
Date of birth 24 August 1973 (1973-08-24) (age 36)
Place of birth Barendrecht, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)

Inge de Bruijn (born 24 August 1973) is a Dutch former swimmer, and a four-time Olympic champion and world record holder.

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Biography

Inge de Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, South Holland, and she had tried several sports before settling with swimming. She debuted at the World Aquatics Championships in 1991, winning a bronze medal with the 4×100 m relay team, with which she had already won a gold medal at the European LC Championships.

The following year, de Bruijn made her Olympic debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and finished 8th in the 100 m and 4×100 m freestyle events. She did not compete at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

In 1999, she won the 50 m freestyle at the European Championships. The following year, after having swum several 50 m freestyle world records, she competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She won the 50 and 100 m freestyle, and the 100 m butterfly, setting world records in all three events. In addition, she won a silver medal with the 4×100 m freestyle relay team. Her nickname became "Invincible Inky".

She was named by Swimming World as the "Female World Swimmer of the Year" in both 2000 and 2001. She confirmed her status when she won titles in three events at the 2001 World Championships. At the 2003 World Championships, de Bruijn defended her 50 m freestyle and butterfly titles.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she upheld her gold medal in the 50 m free, as well as taking silver in the 100 m free, and two bronze: one in the 100 m butterfly and another with the rest of the Dutch women's swim team in the 4×100 m relay.

De Bruijn resides in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and previously trained in Portland, Oregon.

In March 2007, Inge de Bruijn announced her retirement from competitive swimming.

She was trained at THSC (Tualatin Hills Thunderbolts).

See also

References

  1. ^ "ESPN Sydney Swimming". http://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/swimming/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-14.  
  2. ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22.  
  3. ^ "2003 World Championships - Short Course Swim Rankings results". http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=2132600. Retrieved 2007-07-24.  

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Records
Preceded by
People's Republic of China Jingyi Le		 Women's 50 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)
4 June 2000 – 24 March 2008		 Succeeded by
Netherlands Marleen Veldhuis
Preceded by
People's Republic of China Jingyi Le		 Women's 100 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)
28 May 2000 – 31 March 2004		 Succeeded by
Australia Libby Trickett
Preceded by
United States Jenny Thompson		 Women's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
27 May 2000 – 26 July 2009		 Succeeded by
Sweden Sarah Sjöström
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Netherlands Leontien van Moorsel		 Dutch Sportswoman of the Year
2001		 Succeeded by
Netherlands Verona van de Leur
Preceded by
South Africa Penny Heyns		 World Swimmer of the Year
2000 – 2001		 Succeeded by
United States Natalie Coughlin
Preceded by
Hungary Ágnes Kovács		 European Swimmer of the Year
1999 – 2001		 Succeeded by
Germany Franziska van Almsick
Olympic Champions in Women's 50 m Freestyle

1988: Kristin Otto | 1992: Yang Wenyi | 1996: Amy Van Dyken | 2000: Inge de Bruijn | 2004: Inge de Bruijn | 2008: Britta Steffen
Olympic Champions in Women's 100 m Freestyle
Olympic Champions in Women's 100 m Butterfly
1956: Shelley Mann | 1960: Carolyn Schuler | 1964: Sharon Stouder | 1968: Lyn McClements | 1972: Mayumi Aoki | 1976: Kornelia Ender | 1980: Caren Metschuck | 1984: Mary T. Meagher | 1988: Kristin Otto | 1992: Hong Qian | 1996: Amy Van Dyken | 2000: Inge de Bruijn | 2004: Petria Thomas  | 2008: Libby Trickett
World Long Course Champions in Women's 50 m Freestyle

 1986: Tamara Costache (ROM)  •  1991: Yong Zhouang (CHN)  •  1994: Le Jingyi (CHN)  •  1998: Amy Van Dyken (USA)  •  2001: Inge de Bruijn (NED)  •  2003: Inge de Bruijn (NED)nbsp; •  2005: Libby Lenton (AUS)  •  2007: Libby Lenton (AUS)  •  2009: Britta Steffen (GER)
World Long Course Champions in Women's 100 m Freestyle

 1973: Kornelia Ender (GDR)  •  1975: Kornelia Ender (GDR)  •  1978: Barbara Krause (GDR)  •  1982: Birgit Meineke (GDR)  •  1986: Kristin Otto (GDR)  •  1991: Nicole Haislett (USA)  •  1994: Le Jingyi (CHN)  •  1998: Jenny Thompson (USA)  •  2001: Inge de Bruijn (NED)  •  2003: Hanna-Maria Seppälä (FIN)  •  2005: Jodie Henry (AUS)  •  2007: Libby Lenton (AUS)  •  2009: Britta Steffen (GER)
World Long Course Champions in Women's 50 m Butterfly

 2001: Inge de Bruijn (NED)  •  2003: Inge de Bruijn (NED)  •  2005: Danni Miatke (AUS)  •  2007: Therese Alshammar (SWE)  •  2009: Marieke Guehrer (AUS)
World Short Course Champions in Women's 50 m Freestyle
1993: Le Jingyi (CHN) · 1995: Le Jingyi (CHN) · 1997: Sandra Völker (GER) · 1999: Inge de Bruijn (NED) · 2000: Therese Alshammar (SWE) · 2002: Therese Alshammar (SWE) · 2004: Marleen Veldhuis (NED) · 2006: Lisbeth Lenton (AUS) · 2008: Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
European Champions in Women's 50 m Freestyle

1987: Tamara Costache (ROM) • 1989: Catherine Plewinski (FRA) • 1991: Simone Osygus (GER) • 1993: Franziska van Almsick (GER) • 1995: Linda Olofsson (SWE) • 1997: Natalya Mersheryakova (RUS) • 1999: Inge de Bruijn (NED) • 2000: Therese Alshammar (SWE) • 2002: Therese Alshammar (SWE) • 2004: Therese Alshammar (SWE) • 2006: Britta Steffen (GER) • 2008: Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
European Champions in Women's 100 m Butterfly

1954: Jutta Langenau (GDR) • 1958: Tineke Lagerberg (NED) • 1962: Ada Kok (NED) • 1966: Ada Kok (NED) • 1970: Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) • 1974: Rosemarie Kother (GDR) • 1977: Andrea Pollack (GDR) • 1981: Ute Geweniger (GDR) • 1983: Ines Geißler (GDR) • 1985: Kornelia Gressler (GDR) • 1987: Kristin Otto (GDR) • 1989: Catherine Plewinski (FRA) • 1991: Catherine Plewinski (FRA) • 1993: Catherine Plewinski (FRA) • 1995: Mette Jacobsen (DEN) • 1997: Mette Jacobsen (DEN) • 1999: Inge de Bruijn (NED) • 2000: Martina Moravcová (SVK) • 2002: Martina Moravcová (SVK) • 2004: Martina Moravcová (SVK) • 2006: Inge Dekker (NED) • 2008: Sarah Sjöström (SWE)
European Short Course Champions in Women's 50 m Freestyle

 1991: Simone Osygus (GER)  •  1992: Franziska van Almsick (GER)  •  1993 – 1996: Sandra Völker (GER)  •  1998: Inge de Bruijn (NED)  •  1999 – 2000: Therese Alshammar (SWE)  •  2001: Inge de Bruijn (NED)  •  2002: Alison Sheppard (GBR)  •  2003 – 2008: Marleen Veldhuis (NED)  •  2009: Hinkelien Schreuder (NED)
European Short Course Champions in Women's 100 m Freestyle

 1996: Sandra Völker (GER)  •  1998: Sue Rolph (GBR)  •  1999 – 2000: Therese Alshammar (SWE)  •  2001: Inge de Bruijn (NED)  •  2002: Martina Moravcová (SVK)  •  2003 – 2004: Malia Metella (FRA)  •  2005 – 2006: Marleen Veldhuis (NED)  •  2007: Britta Steffen (GER)  •  2008: Marleen Veldhuis (NED)  •  2009: Inge Dekker (NED)
European Short Course Champions in Women's 50 m Butterfly

 1991: Inge de Bruijn (SWE)  •  1992 – 1993: Louise Karlsson (SWE)  •  1994: Angela Postma (NED)  •  1996: Johanna Sjöberg (SWE)  •  1998: Inge de Bruijn (NED)  •  1999 – 2000: Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE)  •  2001: Therese Alshammar (SWE)  •  2002 – 2005: Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE)  •  2006: Therese Alshammar (SWE)  •  2007: Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE)  •  2008: Hinkelien Schreuder (NED)  •  2009: Hinkelien Schreuder (NED) and Inge Dekker (NED)







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