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Jolanda de Rover

Jolanda de Rover during the European LC Championships 2008 in Eindhoven
Personal information
Full name	Jolanda de Rover
Nationality	Netherlands
Stroke(s)	Backstroke
Date of birth	10 October 1963 (1963-10-10) (age 46)
Place of birth	Amstelveen
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for the  Netherlands Olympic Games Gold 1984 Los Angeles 200 m backstroke Bronze 1984 Los Angeles 100 m backstroke World Championships (LC) Bronze 1986 Madrid 4×100 m medley European Championships (LC) Silver 1981 Split 200 m backstroke Silver 1983 Rome 4×100 m medley Bronze 1985 Sofia 200 m backstroke Summer Universiade Gold 1985 Kobe 200 m backstroke

Jolanda de Rover (born 10 October 1963 in Amstelveen, The Netherlands) is a former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the golden medal on the 200 backstroke at the 1984 Olympics. In total she won 12 long-course Dutch national titles between 1980-1987. De Rover retired after the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea.

As of May 2009, she still holds the Dutch National Record in the 200 m backstroke in 2:12.38, her winning time at the 1984 Olympics, her national record in the 100 m backstroke was lowered by Femke Heemskerk in June 2008.

See also

• List of Dutch records in swimming

References

• Dutch Olympic Committee