Manon van Rooijen

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Rooijen, not Rooijen.
Manon van Rooijen
Personal information
Full nameManon van Rooijen
Nationality Netherlands
Born (1982-07-03) 3 July 1982 (age 42)
Leerdam, Netherlands
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight63.5 kg (140 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
ClubNationaal Zweminstituut Amsterdam
College teamUniversity of Miami
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle[1]
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney[2] 4×100 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle

Manon van Rooijen (born 3 July 1982 in Leerdam) is a 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 Thamar Henneken.

  1. ^ 2008 Olympics Women's 4×100 free Archived 2008-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "ESPN Sydney Swimming". Retrieved 2009-03-13.