Martina van Berkel explained

Martina van Berkel
Fullname:Martina Eva van Berkel
Strokes:Butterfly
Club:Limmat Sharks
Coach:Dirk Reinicke
Birth Date:23 January 1989
Birth Place:Bülach, Switzerland
Weight:540NaN0
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Martina Eva van Berkel-Schwartz (born 23 January 1989 in Bülach) is a Swiss swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] [2] She currently holds several Swiss records in the 100 and 200 m butterfly.[3] Van Berkel also trains for the Limmat Sharks in Zurich under her personal coach Dirk Reinicke. She is the sister of one of the nation's prominent triathletes Jan van Berkel, who forged and motivated her to compete internationally in swimming.[1]

Van Berkel qualified for the women's 200 m butterfly at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by blasting a Swiss record and clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:09.68 from the World Championships in Shanghai, China.[4] [5] She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including defending Olympic bronze medalist Jessicah Schipper of Australia. Van Berkel raced to seventh place by exactly three seconds behind Canada's Audrey Lacroix in 2:12.25. Van Berkel failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Martina van Berkel. London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 22 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130518093052/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/van-berkel-martina-1126395/. 18 May 2013.
  2. Martina van Berkel. https://web.archive.org/web/20170702070429/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/martina-eva-van-berkel-1.html. dead. 2 July 2017. 22 April 2013.
  3. News: Martina van Berkel schwimmt Schweizer Rekord. Martina van Berkel swims Swiss record. German. Schweizer Radio DRS. 23 October 2011. 21 April 2013.
  4. Web site: 2011 FINA World Championships (Shanghai, China) – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats. PDF. Omega Timing. 22 April 2013.
  5. News: Qualifying Athletes – Women's 200 m butterfly . . 22 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121116050531/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/qual_lists/women_200fly.pdf . 16 November 2012 .
  6. Web site: Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 2. London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 22 April 2013. 6 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121206040010/http://www.london2012.com/swimming/event/women-200m-butterfly/phase=sww022900/index.html. dead.
  7. News: Schweizer Schwimmer ohne Chance auf Halbfinaleinzug. Swiss swimmer with no chance of semis. German. https://archive.today/20130616130344/http://bo.bernerzeitung.ch/sport/agenturen-ticker/Schweizer-Schwimmer-ohne-Chance-auf-Halbfinaleinzug/story/12950558. dead. 16 June 2013. Berner Zeitung. 31 July 2012. 20 April 2013.