Conny van Bentum

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Bentum, not Bentum.

Cornelia "Conny" van Bentum (born 12 August 1965, in Barneveld) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands.

Conny van Bentum

Conny van Bentum in 1983
Personal information
Full name	Cornelia van Bentum
Nationality	Netherlands
Born	(1965-08-12) 12 August 1965 (age 59) Barneveld, Netherlands
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Medal record Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m freestyle 1988 Seoul 4×100 m freestyle 1980 Moscow 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1982 Guayaquil 4×100 m freestyle 1986 Madrid 100 m freestyle 1986 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle 1986 Madrid 4×200 m freestyle 1986 Madrid 4×100 m medley European Championships (LC) 1983 Rome 4×100 m freestyle 1983 Rome 4×100 m medley 1985 Sofia 4×200 m freestyle 1981 Split 100 m freestyle 1981 Split 200 m freestyle 1981 Split 4×100 m freestyle 1983 Rome 100 m freestyle 1983 Rome 200 m freestyle 1983 Rome 200 m butterfly 1983 Rome 4×200 m freestyle 1985 Sofia 100 m freestyle 1985 Sofia 4×100 m freestyle Summer Universiade 1985 Kobe 100 m freestyle 1985 Kobe 200 m freestyle 1987 Zagreb 100 m freestyle 1987 Zagreb 100 m butterfly 1985 Kobe 100 m butterfly 1987 Zagreb 50 m freestyle

Swimming career

Van Bentum competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980. At each of those swimming tournaments she won a medal with the 4×100 m freestyle relay team: one bronze (1980), and two silvers (1984 and 1988).^[1][2]

In 1988 she won the 'Open' ASA National British Championships over 50 metres freestyle, 100 metres freestyle and 200 metres freestyle.^[3] She also won the 100 metres butterfly and the 200 metres butterfly titles in 1988.^[4]