Manon Vermarien

Netherlands

Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Origin of Impairment

Congenital

Classification

S10, SB9, SM10

Further personal information

Residence

Amersfoort, NED

Occupation

Athlete

Languages

Dutch, English

Higher education

Communications, Event Management, Marketing - Johan Cruyff College: Roosendaal, NED

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

She began competing in 2009 with the ZPV Hieronymus club in Roosendaal, Netherlands.

Why this sport?

Her parents got her involved in swimming so that she could strengthen her muscles.

Club / Team

ZPV Hieronymus: Roosendaal, NED

Name of coach

Sander Nijhuis [national], NED

General interest

Sporting philosophy / motto

"Live the life you love, love the life you live." (talentboek.nl, 04 Apr 2014)

Awards and honours

In 2013 and 2015 she was named Sportswoman of the Year in Roosendaal, Netherlands. (zpv-hieronymus.com, 20 Mar 2016, 31 Jan 2014)

She was presented with the Student Athlete Award at the 2015 Cruyff Institute Awards in the Netherlands. (Instagram profile, 17 Nov 2015)

Ambitions

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 19 Aug 2018; sport.talentboek.nl, 2016)

Impairment

She was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease. (talentboek.nl, 04 Apr 2014)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9	Heat 2	2015-07-14	8
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9	Final 1	2015-07-14	8
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9	Heat 1	2015-07-16	17
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9	Heat 2	2015-07-17	12
Women's 400 m Freestyle S9	Final 1	2015-07-18	3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9	Heat 1	2015-07-19	9

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 400 m Freestyle S9	Final Round	2016-09-09	4
Women's 400 m Freestyle S9	Heat 3	2016-09-09	3
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9	Heat 2	2016-09-12	4
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34pts	Final Round	2016-09-16	6