Chantal Groot

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Chantal Groot Personal information Full name: Chantal Groot Nationality:  Netherlands Date of birth: October 19, 1982 (1982-10-19) (age 25) Place of birth: Amsterdam, Netherlands Height: 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Weight: 61 kg

Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Netherlands Olympic Games Silver Sydney 2000 4x100 m freestyle Bronze Athens 2004 4x100 m freestyle World Championsips (SC) Silver 1999 Hong Kong 4x100 m freestyle Gold 2006 Shanghai 4 x 100 m freestyle relay European Championships (LC) Gold 2008 Eindhoven 50 m butterfly Silver 2004 Madrid 4x100 m freestyle Silver 2006 Budapest 4x100 m freestyle Bronze 1999 Istanbul 50 m butterfly Bronze 2002 Berlin 50 m butterfly Bronze 2002 Berlin 4x100 m freestyle Bronze 2004 Madrid 50 m butterfly Bronze 2004 Madrid 4x100 m medley Bronze 2006 Budapest 50 m butterfly

Chantal Groot (born October 19, 1982 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who swam in the preliminary heats of the Dutch Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Groot also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and there she was on the team that captured the bronze medal in the 4x100 m Freestyle Relay, alongside Inge de Bruijn, Marleen Veldhuis, and Inge Dekker.

Together with Inge Dekker, Hinkelien Schreuder and Marleen Veldhuis, Groot set a world record and won a gold medal in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships.

[edit] See also

• Dutch records in swimming

[edit] References

• (Dutch) Zwemkroniek Profile