Thamar Henneken

Thamar Henneken
Personal information
Full name Thamar Nanette Henneken
Nationality  Netherlands
Born August 2, 1979
Delft, Zuid-Holland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club PSV Eindhoven

Thamar Nanette Henneken (born August 2, 1979 in Delft, Zuid-Holland) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She did so alongside Inge de Bruijn, Wilma van Hofwegen and Manon van Rooijen.

After the Sydney Games she tried to succeed as a rower, but she soon returned to swimming. She is engaged to former world champion Marcel Wouda. The couple had a baby in early 2005.

References

  1. "ESPN Sydney Swimming". Retrieved 2009-03-14.