Thamar Nanette Henneken (born 2 August 1979 in Delft, South Holland) 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 the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She did so alongside Inge de Bruijn, Wilma van Hofwegen and Manon van Rooijen.
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Full name | Thamar Nanette Henneken | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Delft, South Holland | 2 August 1979||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | PSV Eindhoven | ||||||||||||||||||||
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After the Sydney Games she tried to succeed as a rower, but she soon returned to swimming. She is engaged to former world champion Marcel Wouda. The couple had a baby in early 2005.
References
edit- ^ "ESPN Sydney Swimming". Retrieved 14 March 2009.