Diana van der Plaats
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Full name | Adriana van der Plaats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Diana" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Utrecht | August 12, 1971||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Zwemvereniging De Dolfijn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Adriana "Diana" van der Plaats (born August 12, 1971 in Utrecht) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed in two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. There she won the silver medal with the Dutch 4×100 m freestyle relay team, behind East Germany, after swimming in the qualifying heats. In the final she was replaced by Conny van Bentum. Three years later Van der Plaats captured the title in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1991 European Aquatics Championships in Athens, Greece, and won the bronze in the 4×200 m freestyle relay.
References
Categories:
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Dutch female swimmers
- Female freestyle swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Utrecht (city)
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Dutch swimming biography stubs