Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher
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Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (born February 24, 1925 in Ginneken en Bavel
, North Brabant
) was a freestyle
swimmer from the Netherlands
, who won two medals at the Summer Olympics during her career. After having claimed the bronze medal in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay in London
(1948), she won the silver medal four years later in Helsinki, Finland in the same event.
Ginneken en Bavel
Ginneken en Bavel was a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant, located southeast of the city of Breda. It covered the villages of Ginneken and Bavel....
, North Brabant
North Brabant
North Brabant , sometimes called Brabant, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.- History :...
) was a freestyle
Freestyle swimming
Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...
swimmer from the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, who won two medals at the Summer Olympics during her career. After having claimed the bronze medal in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay in London
London
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(1948), she won the silver medal four years later in Helsinki, Finland in the same event.