Robin Neumann
Robin Neumann (born 12 December 1997) is a Dutch competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle.
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National team | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1][2] | 12 December 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | De Dolfijn[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of California, Berkeley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Martin Truijens[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Neumann competed at the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, where she swam individually in the backstroke events. Since then she has changed her focus to freestyle.[3]
At the 2015 European Short Course Championships in Netanya, Israel, she finished 4th in the 200 meter freestyle.[2]
She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 200 meter freestyle and the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay.[4] In the 200 m freestyle she finished 26th in the heats and did not advance to the semifinals. In the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay, her team finished 14th in the heats.
Personal life
Neumann has an Austrian father and a Dutch mother. She is from Germany but currently represents the Netherlands.[1]
See also
References
- "Robin Neumann" (in Dutch). NOC*NSF. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
- "Swimming - Robin NEUMANN". thesports.org. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
- "Robin Neumann" (in Dutch). Swim Cup Eindhoven. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
- Race, Loretta (July 12, 2016). "Kromowidjojo, Dekker, Verschuren Among 17-Strong Dutch Olympic Roster". Swimswam. Retrieved July 13, 2016.