Inge Dekker


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Birth date
Age
18/08/1985 - Assen (NED) 
27
Height
Weight
Gender
182 cm / 6'0" 
64 kg / 141 lbs 
F
Sport
DEKKER Inge
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RankEventYearLocationResult
Olympic Games
14 x 100m Freestyle Relay2008Beijing, CHN3:33.76
34 x 100m Freestyle Relay2004Athens, GRE3:37.59
8100m Butterfly2008Beijing, CHN58.54
Heats100m Freestyle2008Beijing, CHN55.23
Heats4 x 100m Medley Relay2008Beijing, CHN4:04.74
World Championships
150m Butterfly2011Shanghai, CHN25.71
14 x 100m Freestyle Relay2011Shanghai, CHN3:33.96
14 x 100m Freestyle Relay2009Rome, ITA3:31.72
350m Butterfly2007Melbourne, VIC, AUS26.11
34 x 100m Freestyle Relay2007Melbourne, VIC, AUS3:36.81
54 x 100m Medley Relay2009Rome, ITA3:57.31
Semifinal100m Butterfly2011Shanghai, CHN58.70
Semifinal200m Freestyle2009Rome, ITA1:57.00
Heats4 x 100m Medley Relay2011Shanghai, CHN4:03.20
Heats4 x 200m Freestyle Relay2009Rome, ITA7:53.84
World Championships Short Course
14 x 100m Freestyle Relay2010Dubai, UAE3:28.54
550m Butterfly2010Dubai, UAE25.48
8100m Butterfly2010Dubai, UAE57.46

Nickname

Inge The Second or The Other Inge, in reference to fellow Dutch swimmer Inge de Bruijn. (zwemkroniek.com, 23 Feb 2007)

Hobbies

Listening to music, shopping and reading. (Athlete, 26 Feb 2007)

Education

Psychology - Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NED

Family

Partner Bas Looman

Language(s) spoken

English

Club name

CN Marseille, Marseille, FRA

Coach

Romain Barnier, James Gibson (ingedekker.com, 26 Jan 2012)

Other sports

Her younger sister Lia also competes for the Netherlands in swimming. (liadekker.com, 09 Dec 2010)

Debut

2001 for Netherlands, European Short Course Championships (Belgium) (zwemkroniek.com, 17 Jun 2005)

Injuries

In November 2011 she suffered a stress fracture in her heel. (omroepbrabant.nl, 22 Nov 2011)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She began swimming at the age of six. (Athlete, 26 Feb 2007)

Reason for taking up this sport
She started the sport to make some friends and have fun. (Athlete, 26 Feb 2007)

Most influential person in career
Her former coach Mark Lie a Kwie, because he told her she was good enough to be a champion but needed to really want it and train hard. (Athlete, 26 Feb 2007)

Superstitions / Rituals
She always tries to step up on to the starting blocks from the right side and likes to keep wearing 'lucky' suits if she wins in them. (Athlete, 26 Feb 2007)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004


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