Inge Dekker

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Inge Dekker Dekker walks behind Marleen Veldhuis Personal information Full name: Inge Dekker Nationality:  Netherlands Club: Nationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven Date of birth: August 18, 1985 (1985-08-18) (age 22) Place of birth: Assen, Netherlands Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight: 67 kg

Medal record Competitor for  Netherlands Women's Swimming Olympic Games Bronze 2004 Athens[1] 4 × 100 m Freestyle World Championships (LC) Bronze 2007 Melbourne[2] 50 m butterfly Bronze 2007 Melbourne 4x100m Freestyle World Championships (SC) Gold 2008 Manchester 4x200m Freestyle Gold 2008 Manchester 4x100m freestyle Gold 2006 Shanghai[3] 4x100m Freestyle Bronze 2008 Manchester 50m Butterfly European Championships (LC) Gold 2006 Budapest 100m Butterfly Gold 2008 Eindhoven 4x100m Freestyle Silver 2004 Madrid 4x100m Freestyle Silver 2006 Budapest 4x100m Freestyle Silver 2008 Eindhoven 50m Butterfly Silver 2008 Eindhoven 100m Butterfly Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 100m Freestyle Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 4x100m Medley European Championships (SC) Gold 2007 Debrecen 100m Butterfly Gold 2007 Debrecen 4x50m Freestyle Gold 2005 Trieste 4x50m Freestyle Gold 2005 Trieste 4x50m Medley Gold 2004 Vienna 4x50m Freestyle Gold 2004 Vienna 4x50m Medley Silver 2007 Debrecen 50m Butterfly Silver 2006 Helsinki 50m Butterfly Silver 2006 Helsinki 100m Butterfly Silver 2006 Helsinki 4x50m Freestyle Silver 2005 Trieste 50m Butterfly

Inge Dekker (born August 18, 1985 in Assen, Drenthe) is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She did so alongside Inge de Bruijn, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot.

Dekker made her international senior debut at the European SC Championships 2001 in Antwerp, Belgium. Her first big individual title came on August 4, 2006, when she won the 100m Butterfly at the European LC Championships 2006 in Budapest, Hungary.

Together with Chantal Groot, Hinkelien Schreuder and Marleen Veldhuis, Dekker set a world record and won a gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships.

[edit] See also

• Dutch records in swimming

[edit] External links

• Swim Rankings profile
• Homepage

[edit] References

• Profile on Zwemkroniek (in Dutch)