Lisette Teunissen (born 18 February 1986) is a retired Dutch Paralympic swimmer.
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| Born | 18 February 1986 Rotterdam, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Teunissen represented the Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Teunissen won the gold medal in the women's 50 metre backstroke S4 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, United Kingdom and the bronze medal in the women's 50 metre backstroke S3 at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]
At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 metre backstroke S4 event.[2] She also won the gold medal in the women's 100 metre freestyle S3 event.[3] She set new world records in both events.[3]
Teunissen announced her retirement from competitive swimming in March 2018.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Lisette Teunissen". paralympic.org.
- ^ "Teunissen pakt gouden medaille op 50 meter rugslag". NU.nl (in Dutch). 19 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Two world records for China, four more fall at Glasgow 2015". paralympic.org. 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Paralympisch kampioen Lisette Teunissen stopt met zwemmen". Rijnmond (in Dutch). 1 March 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
External links edit
- Lisette Teunissen at Paralympic.org
- Lisette Teunissen at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
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