Valerie van Roon

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Valerie van Roon
Personal information
National teamFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 26)
Delft, Netherlands
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke, freestyle
ClubDe Dolfijn Amsterdam
CoachRob Schut
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 Hangzhou 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Rome 50 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 2017 Copenhagen 4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 Copenhagen4×50 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Glasgow 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Kazan 4×50 m freestyle

Valerie van Roon (born 13 August 1998) is a Dutch swimmer. She is a three-time European Champion and a three-time World silver medalist. [1]

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Career

van Roon competed at the 2014 European Junior Championships where she won the bronze medal in the 50 m freestyle and in the mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle. [2]

She competed at the 2017 European Short Course Championships in the 4×50 m freestyle relay along with Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk, and Tamara van Vliet, and they won the gold medal and set the world record with a time of 1:33.91. [3] She also competed in the heats of the 4×50 m mixed freestyle, and the Dutch team won the gold medal. [4]

At the 2018 FINA World Championships, she competed in the women's 4 × 50 m freestyle with Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk, and Kim Busch, and they won the silver medal behind the United States. She also competed in the heats of the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle with Busch, Kromowidjojo, and Maaike de Waard, and they finished second, [5] van Roon was switched out for Heemskerk in the finals, but van Roon still received a silver medal. [6] Additionally, she competed in the heats of the mixed 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay with Jesse Puts, Stan Pijnenburg, and Busch, and they finished fifth. [7] She did not compete in the final, but she still received the silver medal. [8]

Van Roon competed at the 2019 European Short Course Championships in the 4×50 m freestyle relay along with Tamara van Vliet, Kira Toussaint, and Femke Heemskerk, and they tied for the gold medal with the French relay team.

She competed in the Paris Olympics 2024, reaching the semi-finals before eventually settling for a 12th place overall.

References

  1. ↑ "Valerie van Roon". TeamNL. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Valerie van Roon". Zwemkroniek. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "4x50 m Freestyle - Women Final" (PDF). Copenhagen 2017. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Mixed's 4x50 m freestyle relay results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Women's 4x100m Freestyle Results Summary". Omega Timing. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Final results". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  7. ↑ "Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Results Summary". Omega Timing. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Results". Omega Timing. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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