Geertje Wielema

Medal record
Competitor for  Netherlands
Women’s Swimming
Olympic Games
Silver 1952 Helsinki 100 m backstroke
European Championships (LC)
Gold 1954 Turin 100 m backstroke
Silver 1954 Turin 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze 1954 Turin 100 m freestyle

Geertje Wielema (July 24, 1934 – August 18, 2009) was a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the women's 100m backstroke. In 1954 she was named Holland's first female Sportspersonality of the Year. She was born in Hilversum and died in Almere.

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Awards
Preceded by
Arie van Vliet
Dutch Sportspersonality of the Year
1954
Succeeded by
Mary Kok