Elles Voskes

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Elles Voskes
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m freestyle
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Rome 4×100 m freestyle

Elles Voskes (born 3 August 1964 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a former freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.

There she won the silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, alongside Conny van Bentum, Desi Reijers, and Annemarie Verstappen, just like a year earlier at the European LC Championships in Rome, Italy.

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