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Liesette Bruinsma - Rio 2016

Liesette Bruinsma

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Part of a group of young visually impaired swimmers to have emerged as major medal contenders in the past two years is Dutch teenager Liesette Bruinsma.

With her double gold from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and an astonishing 18 world records broken since 2014, Bruinsma is one of the hottest properties in the women’s S11.

She has certainly put in the legwork, travelling around Europe to compete before arriving at the 2016 European Open Championships for her major international debut.

The hard work paid off and she left the competition with three titles and two more podium finishes.

Her path to Rio 2016 was indeed paved with gold and she bagged two Paralympic golds, beating more established names such as New Zealand’s Mary Fisher and Germany’s Daniela Schulte.

 

Results

Unit Date Rank
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S11 Heat 1 2016-09-09 7
Women's 400 m Freestyle S11 Heat 2 2016-09-10 1
Women's 400 m Freestyle S11 Final Round 2016-09-10 1
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11 Heat 3 2016-09-12 2
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11 Final Round 2016-09-12 3
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11 Final Round 2016-09-13 2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11 Heat 2 2016-09-15 1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11 Final Round 2016-09-15 3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11 Heat 2 2016-09-16 1
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11 Final Round 2016-09-16 1
London 2019 World Para Swimming Championships (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11 Final 1 2019-09-09 2
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11 Heat 1 2019-09-09 2
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11 Final 1 2019-09-11 2
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11 Heat 2 2019-09-11 2
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11 Final 1 2019-09-12 1
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11 Heat 1 2019-09-12 1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11 Heat 2 2019-09-13 1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11 Final 1 2019-09-13 1
Women's 400 m Freestyle S11 Final 1 2019-09-15 1
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (Tokyo, Japan)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 400 m Freestyle S11 Heat 1 2021-08-26 1
Women's 400 m Freestyle S11 Final 2021-08-26 2
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11 Heat 1 2021-08-27 2
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11 Final 2021-08-29 4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11 Heat 2 2021-08-30 3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11 Final 2021-08-30 5
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11 Final 2021-09-01 4
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11 Heat 2 2021-09-01 2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11 Final 2021-09-03 2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11 Heat 2 2021-09-03 1
Madeira 2022 World Para Swimming Championships (Funchal, Portugal)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11 Heat 1 2022-06-12 2
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11 Final 1 2022-06-12 2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11 Heat 2 2022-06-16 1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11 Final 1 2022-06-16 2
Women's 400 m Freestyle S11 Heat 1 2022-06-18 2
Women's 400 m Freestyle S11 Final 1 2022-06-18 2