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Carla Geurts

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Carla Geurts
Personal information
Full nameCarla Louise Maria Geurts
Nationality Netherlands
Born (1971-04-20) 20 April 1971 (age 53)
Geldrop, Netherlands
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubNuenen, De Dolfijn, UZSC, UNB Reds, PSV
Medal record

Carla Geurts (born 20 April 1971) is a former Dutch freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, and the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia for the Netherlands. Geurts won three silver medals during her career at the European Swimming Championships. She retired in 2001, after the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.

Guerts was born in Geldrop. In September 2006, she was a professor of Kinesiology and Physiology at Brock University, in St. Catharines, Ontario. Geurts Currently resides in Ottawa and works at the University de Ottawa as a Professor of Kinesiology and Physiology.

References

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  • Dutch Olympic Committee
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carla Geurts". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.