Moniek Nijhuis
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March 20, 1988 Overdinkel, Netherlands |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | De Dolfijn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Moniek Nijhuis (born 20 March 1988) is a Dutch swimmer who specializes in breaststroke. After she had been a professional swimmer, under the guidance of Martin Truijens, for several years she took a break from professional swimming after she had missed out for the 2008 Summer Olympics. She wanted to concentrate more on her study and train less. She still swims at De Dolfijn swimming club in Amsterdam.
After she won the bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the European Junior Swimming Championships 2003 in Glasgow, Scotland. Nijhuis took part in the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003 in Dublin, Ireland where she won a bronze medal in the 4×50 m medley alongside Hinkelien Schreuder, Chantal Groot and Marleen Veldhuis. At the European Junior Swimming Championships 2004 in Lisbon, Portugal she won two gold medals in the 50 m, breaking the national record of Madelon Baans, and 100 m breaststroke. In December at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2004 in Vienna, Austria she won a gold medal in the 4×50 m medley together with Schreuder, Dekker and Veldhuis breaking the world record.
In 2005 Nijhuis qualified for the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal Canada. She ended 13th in the 50 m breaststroke, the only distance she swam. During the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2005 in Triest, Italy she once again broke the world record in the 4×50 m medley, with the same team as the year before. Individually she ended 7th in the 50 m breaststroke.
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