Marie-Louise Jean Joséphine Linssen-Vaessen (March 19, 1928 in Maastricht

Maastricht

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 – February 15, 1993 in Horst

Horst (Limburg)

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) was a freestyle

Freestyle swimming

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 swimmer from the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, who won a total number of three medals at the Summer Olympics during her career.

After having claimed two bronze medals in London

London

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 (1948, she won the silver medal four years later in Helsinki, Finland in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay event.