Annemarie Verstappen

Anna Maria Theodora Petra "Annemarie" Verstappen (born 3 October 1965, in Rosmalen) is a female former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands.

Annemarie Verstappen

Annemarie Verstappen in 1985
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	4×100 m freestyle
	1984 Los Angeles	100 m freestyle
	1984 Los Angeles	200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
	1982 Guayaquil	200 m freestyle
	1982 Guayaquil	100 m freestyle
	1982 Guayaquil	4×100 m freestyle
	1986 Madrid	4×100 m freestyle
	1986 Madrid	4×200 m freestyle
	1986 Madrid	4×100 m medley
European Championships
	1983 Rome	4×100 m freestyle
	1983 Rome	4×100 m medley
	1981 Split	4×100 m freestyle
	1983 Rome	4×200 m freestyle
	1985 Sofia	4×100 m freestyle

Swimming career

Verstappen won a total number of three medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.^[1] In 1982, she became world champion in the 200 metres freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships in Ecuador. At the end of that same year, she was named Dutch Sportswoman of the Year. In July 1983, she broke the world record in the 50 m freestyle.^[2]

Despite being of Dutch nationality she won the 200 metres medley title in 1981 at the ASA National British Championships.^[3]

Personal life

Her son Vincent Janssen is a professional football player.^[4]

See also

• World record progression 50m freestyle
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)