Inge de Bruijn (Dutch:[ˈɪŋədəˈbrœyn]; born 24 August 1973) is a Dutch former competitive swimmer. She is a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record-holder.
De Bruijn tried several sports before eventually specialising in swimming. De Bruijn debuted at the World Aquatics Championships in January 1991, winning a bronze medal with the 4×100 m relay team, with which she won the gold medal at the European LC Championships in August of that year.
The following year, de Bruijn made her Olympic debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and finished 8th in the 100 m and 4×100 m freestyle events. She did not compete at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1999, she won the 50 m freestyle at the European Championships. The following year, after having swum several 50 m freestyle world records, she competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She won the 50 and 100 m freestyle, and the 100 m butterfly, setting world records in all three events. She also won a silver medal with the 4×100 m freestyle relay team. Her nickname became "Invincible Inky".
She was named by Swimming World as the "Female World Swimmer of the Year" in both 2000 and 2001. She won titles in three events at the 2001 World Championships. At the 2003 World Championships, de Bruijn successfully defended her 50 m freestyle and butterfly titles. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she defended her gold medal in the 50 m free, and took silver in the 100 m free, and two bronze: one in the 100 m butterfly and another in the 4×100 m relay. This made her the oldest individual champion in Olympic swimming history. This record was only surpassed by Anthony Ervin at the age of 36, he won the gold medal for the men's 50m freestyle at the Rio 2016 Olympics. De Bruijn's 2004 title retains its place as the oldest female Olympic champion in swimming history.
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In this Dutch name the surname is de Bruijn not Bruijn Inge de Bruijn Dutch ˈɪŋe de ˈbrœyn born 24 August 1973 is a Dutch former competitive swimmer She is a four time Olympic champion and a former world record holder Inge de BruijnDe Bruijn in 2008Personal informationFull nameInge de BruijnNational team NetherlandsBorn 1973 08 24 24 August 1973 age 50 Barendrecht NetherlandsHeight1 78 m 5 ft 10 in Weight60 kg 132 lb 9 st 6 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyle butterflyMedal record Women s swimmingRepresenting the NetherlandsEvent 1st 2nd 3rdOlympic Games 4 2 2World Championships LC 5 0 1World Championships SC 1 1 1European Championships LC 3 2 3European Championships SC 5 3 3Total 18 8 10Olympic Games2000 Sydney 1 50 m freestyle2000 Sydney 100 m freestyle2000 Sydney 100 m butterfly2004 Athens 2 50 m freestyle2000 Sydney 4 100 m freestyle2004 Athens 100 m freestyle2004 Athens 100 m butterfly2004 Athens 4 100 m freestyleWorld Championships LC 2001 Fukuoka 50 m freestyle2001 Fukuoka 100 m freestyle2001 Fukuoka 50 m butterfly2003 Barcelona 3 50 m freestyle2003 Barcelona 50 m butterfly1991 Perth 4 100 m freestyleWorld Championships SC 1999 Hong Kong 50 m freestyle1999 Hong Kong 4 100 m freestyle1999 Hong Kong 50 m butterflyEuropean Championships LC 1991 Athens 4 100 m freestyle1999 Istanbul 50 m freestyle1999 Istanbul 100 m butterfly1991 Athens 100 m butterfly1999 Istanbul 100 m freestyle1991 Athens 50 m freestyle1991 Athens 4 100 m medley1993 Sheffield 50 m freestyleEuropean Championships SC 1991 Gelsenkirchen 50 m butterfly1998 Sheffield 50 m freestyle1998 Sheffield 50 m butterfly2001 Antwerp 50 m freestyle2001 Antwerp 100 m freestyle1992 Espoo 50 m butterfly1998 Sheffield 4 50 m freestyle2001 Antwerp 4 50 m freestyle1998 Sheffield 100 m butterfly1998 Sheffield 4 50 m medley2001 Antwerp 4 50 m medley Contents 1 Personal 2 Swimming career 3 International championships 50 m 4 Post swimming career 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPersonal editDe Bruijn was born in Barendrecht Netherlands Inge is the sister of Olympic water polo player Matthijs de Bruijn Swimming career editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Inge de Bruijn news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message De Bruijn tried several sports before eventually specialising in swimming De Bruijn debuted at the World Aquatics Championships in January 1991 winning a bronze medal with the 4 100 m relay team with which she won the gold medal at the European LC Championships in August of that year The following year de Bruijn made her Olympic debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics and finished 8th in the 100 m and 4 100 m freestyle events She did not compete at the 1996 Summer Olympics In 1999 she won the 50 m freestyle at the European Championships The following year after having swum several 50 m freestyle world records she competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia She won the 50 and 100 m freestyle and the 100 m butterfly setting world records in all three events She also won a silver medal with the 4 100 m freestyle relay team Her nickname became Invincible Inky She was named by Swimming World as the Female World Swimmer of the Year in both 2000 and 2001 She won titles in three events at the 2001 World Championships At the 2003 World Championships de Bruijn successfully defended her 50 m freestyle and butterfly titles At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she defended her gold medal in the 50 m free and took silver in the 100 m free and two bronze one in the 100 m butterfly and another in the 4 100 m relay This made her the oldest individual champion in Olympic swimming history This record was only surpassed by Anthony Ervin at the age of 36 he won the gold medal for the men s 50m freestyle at the Rio 2016 Olympics De Bruijn s 2004 title retains its place as the oldest female Olympic champion in swimming history With an Olympic medal total of four gold two silver and two bronze she is the fourth most successful Dutch Olympian of all time Moreover her combined nine individual titles won at the Olympics four and World Aquatics Championships five were a record for female swimmers until Katie Ledecky won her 10th at the 2016 Summer Olympics In March 2007 de Bruijn announced her retirement from competitive swimming International championships 50 m editMeet 50 free 100 free 50 fly 100 fly 4 100 free 4 100 medleyEC 1991 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp WC 1991 10th 8th nbsp 4thOG 1992 8th 9th 5th a 8thEC 1993 nbsp 12th 4th 7thWC 1994 7th 6thEC 1995 4th 4th 6thOG 1996EC 1997WC 1998 8th 7th 5th 6thEC 1999 nbsp nbsp nbsp 4th 4thEC 2000OG 2000 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp WC 2001 nbsp nbsp nbsp EC 2002WC 2003 nbsp nbsp EC 2004 6thOG 2004 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6tha de Bruijn swam only in the heatsPost swimming career editDe Bruijn resides in Eindhoven Netherlands and previously trained in Portland Oregon She was the face for Dutch lingerie brand Sapph along with kickboxer Remy Bonjasky the face for the men s line of the brand 4 She appeared in a special episode of the Dutch naked dating reality television programme Adam Zkt Eva VIP See also editList of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame List of Dutch records in swimming List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games List of multiple Olympic gold medalists List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships women World record progression 50 metres freestyle World record progression 100 metres freestyleReferences edit ESPN Sydney Swimming Retrieved 14 March 2009 2004 Olympic Games swimming results CNN Retrieved 22 July 2007 2003 World Championships Short Course Swim Rankings results Archived from the original on 22 September 2007 Retrieved 24 July 2007 Modellen dansen op het IJs Archived 7 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine 4 February 2011 Glamour in Dutch External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inge de Bruijn Inge de Bruijn at World Aquatics nbsp Inge de Bruijn at Swimrankings net nbsp Inge de Bruijn at Olympedia nbsp Inge de Bruijn at Olympics com nbsp Inge de Bruijn at Olympic org archived nbsp Inge de Bruijn at NOC NSF in Dutch English translation RecordsPreceded byLe Jingyi Women s 50 metre freestyleworld record holder long course 4 June 2000 24 March 2008 Succeeded byMarleen VeldhuisPreceded byLe Jingyi Women s 100 metre freestyleworld record holder long course 28 May 2000 31 March 2004 Succeeded byLibby TrickettPreceded byRecord installed Women s 50 metre butterflyworld record holder long course 18 June 1999 1 July 1999 Succeeded byAnna Karin KammerlingPreceded byAnna Karin Kammerling Women s 50 metre butterflyworld record holder long course 20 May 2000 30 July 2002 Succeeded byAnna Karin KammerlingPreceded byJenny Thompson Women s 100 metre butterflyworld record holder long course 27 May 2000 26 July 2009 Succeeded bySarah SjostromAwards and achievementsPreceded byLeontien van Moorsel Dutch Sportswoman of the Year2001 Succeeded byVerona van de LeurPreceded byPenny Heyns World Swimmer of the Year2000 2001 Succeeded byNatalie CoughlinPreceded byAgnes Kovacs European Swimmer of the Year1999 2001 Succeeded byFranziska van Almsick Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Inge de Bruijn amp oldid 1190748502, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
