Jolanda de Rover
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Full name | Jolanda de Rover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Amstelveen, the Netherlands | 10 October 1963|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | DJK, Amsterdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jolanda de Rover (born 10 October 1963) is a female former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands.
Swimming career
[edit]Jolanda de Rover competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a bronze medal in backstroke in 1984. In 1988, she finished fifth and seventh in the 4 × 100 m medley relay and 200 m backstroke events, respectively.[1] Between 1981 and 1986 she won four medals at European and world championships;[2] she also won at least three national titles and set at least 10 national records in backstroke events.[3] Despite being of Dutch nationality she won the ASA National British Championships 200 metres backstroke title twice in 1981 and 1988.[4][5]
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Personal life
[edit]De Rover was born in Amstelveen. She is the mother of Kira Toussaint,[6] who qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 meter backstroke.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Jolanda de Rover. sports-reference.com
- ^ Monique BOSGA. les-sports.info
- ^ Jolanda de Rover. zwemmenindepolder.nl
- ^ "Still, Athole. "Swimming." Times, 8 Aug. 1981, p. 15". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Downes, Steven. "Personal best for inspired Parrack." Times, 30 July 1988, p. 40". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Kira Toussaint". Tennessee Volunteers – Swimming & Diving. Archived from the original on July 23, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ Race, Loretta (July 12, 2016). "Kromowidjojo, Dekker, Verschuren Among 17-Strong Dutch Olympic Roster". Swimswam. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Dutch female backstroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands
- Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Amstelveen
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Netherlands
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Netherlands
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century Dutch women
- 20th-century Dutch people
- 21st-century Dutch women