Jolanda de Rover
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Olympic medal record | |||
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Women’s Swimming | |||
Gold | 1984 Los Angeles | 200m Backstroke | |
Bronze | 1984 Los Angeles | 100m Backstroke |
Jolanda de Rover (born October 10, 1963 in Amstelveen, The Netherlands) is a former swimmer from Holland, who won the golden medal on the 200 backstroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In total she won twelve Dutch titles on long course in the years 1980-1987. De Rover retired after the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea.
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Olympic champions in women's 200 m backstroke |
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1968: Lilian Watson | 1972: Melissa Belote | 1976: Ulrike Richter | 1980: Rica Reinisch | 1984: Jolanda de Rover | 1988: Krisztina Egerszegi | 1992: Krisztina Egerszegi | 1996: Krisztina Egerszegi | 2000: Diana Mocanu | 2004: Kirsty Coventry |
Categories: 1963 births | Living people | Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands | Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics | Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics | Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics | Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands | Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands | Dutch backstroke swimmers | Dutch swimming biography stubs