Liesette Bruinsma

Liesette Bruinsma (born 9 September 2000) is a Dutch Paralympic swimmer.[1] She competes in S11 classification events for athletes with visual impairments. She is the 2016 double Paralympic champion within her classification.

Liesette Bruinsma

Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	9 September 2000
Sport
Disability class	S11,
Club	HZ&PC Heerenveen
Coached by	Casper Hut (club) Mark Faber (national)
Medal record Women's para swimming Representing  Netherlands Paralympic Games 2016 Rio 200 m individual medley S11 2016 Rio 400 m freestyle S11 2016 Rio 100 m breaststroke S11 2016 Rio 50 m freestyle S11 2016 Rio 100 m freestyle S11 European Championships 2016 Funchal 400 m freestyle S11 2016 Funchal 100 m breaststroke SB11 2016 Funchal 200 m find. medley SM11 2018 Dublin 100 m freestyle S11 2018 Dublin 400 m freestyle S11 2018 Dublin 100 m breaststroke S11 2018 Dublin 200 m individual medley S11 2016 Funchal 50 m freestyle S11 2018 Dublin 50 m freestyle S11 2016 Funchal 100 m freestyle S11

Swimming career

Bruinsma first competed for the Netherlands at Glasgow in 2014.[2] Her first major international competition was the 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships in Funchal, where she competed in six events, and took a medal in five of them. Three of her Funchal medal's were gold: 400 m freestyle (S11), 100 m breaststroke (SB11) and the 200 m find. medley (SM11).

In the same year, Bruinsma made her Paralympic Games debut, winning five medals including two golds in the 200 metres individual medley and the 400 metres freestyle.

The Netherlands did not send a team to the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico city, but Bruinsma dominated at the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships, winning four gold medals and breaking two world records, taking her tally of European Championships titles to seven.

References

1. "Liesette Bruinsma". rio2016.com. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
2. "Bruinsma, Liesette". IPC (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 September 2016.