Marrit Steenbergen

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Marrit Steenbergen
Marrit Steenbergen - Kazan 2015.JPG
Steenbergen with one of her Kazan 2015 medals
Personal information
National teamNetherlands
Born (2000-01-11) 11 January 2000 (age 24)
Ooststellingwerf, Netherlands
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, medley
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Doha 100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Doha 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 Kazan 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Fukuoka 100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Melbourne 100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Windsor 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Melbourne 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Melbourne 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Melbourne 4×50 m mixed freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 London 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 London 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Rome 100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Rome 200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Rome 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2020 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Rome 200 m individual medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 London 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Rome 4×100 m medley
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Netanya 4×50 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Kazan 200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 Netanya4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 Netanya100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Kazan100 m freestyle
Junior level
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Baku 100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 Baku50 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 Baku200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 Baku4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 Baku4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 Baku4×100 m medley

Marrit Steenbergen (born 11 January 2000) is a Dutch competitive swimmer. She won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle events at the 2022 European Championships held in Rome, Italy.

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Career

In 2013, Steenbergen competed at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival taking 2 silver medals in (50 m freestyle and 100 m freestyle).

In June 2015, 15-year-old Steenbergen competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games in Baku, she won gold in 100 m freestyle ahead of Russia's Arina Openysheva clocking in at 53.97 s. [1] Steenbergen also won five silver medals (in the 50 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley, and 4 × 100 m freestyle). The swimming part of the Games were open to junior only.

Steenbergen went on to represent the Netherlands at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, competing in two relay events. She won a silver medal on the first day of competition in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, swimming the second leg in the heats and the third leg in the final. She won another silver medal as part of the mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle, swimming the third leg in the heats. She did not swim in the final, but still received a medal.

At the 2015 European Short Course Championships in December 2015, Steenbergen won her first international championship medal at the senior level in an individual event. She won the bronze medal in the 100-meter individual medley in 59.00 seconds, finishing behind Katinka Hosszú, who broke the world record, and Siobhan-Marie O'Connor. [2]

Steenbergen on the starting block, during the Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 - Swimming final session 6 August (SW002) (29336445285).jpg
Steenbergen on the starting block, during the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Steenbergen qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 4 × 100 and 4 × 200 meter freestyle relays. [3] In the 4×100 meter freestyle relay the team finished 4th in the final, with Steenbergen swimming the first leg. She also swam the 200 meter individual medley and finished 34th in the heats.

Personal bests

Short course [4]
EventTimeDateLocation
50 m freestyle24.412022-10-21 Berlin, Germany
100 m freestyle51.252022-12-15 Melbourne, Australia
200 m freestyle1:52.282022-12-18 Melbourne, Australia
100 m medley57.53 NR 2022-12-16 Melbourne, Australia
200 m medley2:04.94 NR 2022-12-13 Melbourne, Australia
Long course [4]
EventTimeDateLocation
50 m freestyle24.422023-04-09 Eindhoven, Netherlands
100 m freestyle52.262024-02-16 Doha, Qatar
200 m freestyle1:55.512023-07-26 Fukuoka, Japan
200 m medley2:09.16 NR 2023-04-08 Rotterdam, Netherlands
400 m medley4:44.28 NR 2023-04-07 Rotterdam, Netherlands

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