Annabel Kosten

Annabel Kosten

Personal information
Full name	Annabel Kosten
Nationality	Netherlands
Born	(1977-05-23) May 23, 1977 Oostburg, Zeeland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2004 Athens[2] 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 2004 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2003 Dublin 4×50 m freestyle 2001 Antwerp 4×50 m freestyle

Annabel Kosten (born May 23, 1977 in Oostburg, Zeeland) is a retired freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Career

Kosten made her international debut at the European LC Championships 2000 in Helsinki, Finland where she ended fifth in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, she did so alongside Thamar Henneken, Chantal Groot and Wilma van Hofwegen. At the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2001 in Antwerp, Belgium she won the silver medal in the 4×50 meter freestyle, together with Suze Valen, Hinkelien Schreuder and Inge de Bruijn. She ended fourth in 4×50 meter freestyle at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2002 in Riesa, Germany alongside Marleen Veldhuis, Suze Valen and Chantal Groot.

2003-2005

At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain Kosten teamed up with Manon van Rooijen, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot for the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, in which they reached the fourth position. She became European champion in the 4×50 meter freestyle relay at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003 in Dublin, Ireland together with Hinkelien Schreuder, Chantal Groot and Marleen Veldhuis. At the European LC Championships 2004 in Madrid, Spain she took home the silver of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, her teammates were Chantal Groot, Inge Dekker and Marleen Veldhuis. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Kosten swam in the heats of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay alongside Inge Dekker, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot. In the final she was replaced by Inge de Bruijn, who won the bronze medal together with the three other girls, afterwards Kosten received the bronze medal for her heat swim. After the national championships in April 2005 Kosten retired from competitive swimming.

Personal bests

References

2004 Dutch Olympic swimming team
Men's competition	Pieter van den Hoogenband Joris Keizer Johan Kenkhuis Thijs van Valkengoed Mark Veens Mitja Zastrow Klaas-Erik Zwering
Women's competition	Madelon Baans Inge de Bruijn Inge Dekker Chantal Groot Annabel Kosten Celina Lemmen Stefanie Luiken Haike van Stralen Marleen Veldhuis