Saskia de Jonge

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Saskia de Jonge
Personal information
Full nameSaskia de Jonge
NationalityFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Born (1986-11-22) 22 November 1986 (age 36)
Scheerwolde, Netherlands
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokesfreestyle
ClubNationaal Zweminstituut Amsterdam
Medal record
Women's Swimming
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Istanbul 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Helsinki 4×50 m freestyle

Saskia de Jonge (born 22 November 1986 in Scheerwolde) is a Dutch swimmer [1] who specializes in freestyle distances of up to 200 m and is part of the Dutch national team. She is currently training in Amsterdam under the guidance of Martin Truijens together with Olympic Champions Femke Heemskerk and Manon van Rooijen.

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Swimming career

De Jonge made her international debut in Helsinki at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006. She won a silver medal in the 4×50 m freestyle relay alongside Inge Dekker, Chantal Groot and Marleen Veldhuis. Individually, she ended up 22nd in the 50 m freestyle and 18th in the 100 m freestyle. At the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007 in Debrecen, she only swam in the heats of both relays.

2008

In March 2008, during the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven of her home country, she swam time-trials for the 2008 Summer Olympics. De Jonge qualified herself for the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. One month later she took part at 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom, where she swam in the heats of the 4×100 m freestyle relay in which she became world champion, although later on she was replaced for the final. She also started in the heats of the 4 × 100 m medley relay and helped the Dutch to achieve the final spot. In this final she was replaced and did not swim, but her teammates finished fourth. Individually she started in the 200 m freestyle and ended up 18th. [1]

2008 Summer Olympics

De Jonge was selected for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in which she formed a team with swimmers Inge Dekker, Chantal Groot, Femke Heemskerk, Linda Bank, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Manon van Rooijen, Hinkelien Schreuder, Jolijn van Valkengoed and Marleen Veldhuis. She did not qualify for an individual event, but was eligible to swim for the team in the three relay events (4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley). She was not chosen to swim in the 4 × 100 m freestyle, but did swim in the series for the 4 × 200 m freestyle, finishing fifth and being eliminated. She saw her teammates win the gold medal at the 4 × 100 m freestyle.

Personal bests

Short course [2] [3]
EventTimeDateLocation
50 m freestyle24.912008-12-19 Amsterdam, Netherlands
100 m freestyle53.772008-12-21Amsterdam, Netherlands
200 m freestyle1:56.242008-12-20Amsterdam, Netherlands
Long course [2] [3]
EventTimeDateLocation
50 m freestyle25.642007-12-08 Eindhoven, Netherlands
100 m freestyle55.282008-03-19Eindhoven, Netherlands
200 m freestyle2:01.122008-03-22Eindhoven, Netherlands

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References

  1. 1 2 "Athlete biography: Saskia de Jonge". Beijing2008.cn . Archived from the original on 2008-09-16. Retrieved August 14, 2008.
  2. 1 2 Saskia de Jonge. Zwemkroniek Online. Retrieved on 7 September 2008.
  3. 1 2 Saskia at swimrankings.net