Esmee Vermeulen

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Esmee Vermeulen
Personal information
National teamFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Born (1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 27)
Zaandam, Netherlands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubDe Dolfijn
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the Netherlands
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Doha 4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 Doha 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 Doha 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Glasgow Team open water
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 London 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 Glasgow 10 km open water

Esmee Vermeulen (born 21 April 1996) is a Dutch swimmer.

Vermeulen made her international senior debut at the 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Szczecin, Poland. At the 2014 short-course world championships in Doha, she won three gold medals for swimming in the heats of all three freestyle relays. Together with her teammates Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Maud van der Meer, and Inge Dekker, she broke the world record in the heats of the 4×50 m freestyle relay.

Vermeulen qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay, [2] where the team finished 14th in the heats.

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References

  1. "Biography Esmee Vermeulen". Zwemkroniek. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. Race, Loretta (12 July 2016). "Kromowidjojo, Dekker, Verschuren Among 17-Strong Dutch Olympic Roster". Swimswam. Retrieved 2 August 2016.