Jopie Selbach
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Johanna "Jopie" Katarina Selbach (July 27, 1918 – April 30, 1998) was a freestyle
swimmer from the Netherlands
. At the 1936 Summer Olympics
in Berlin, Germany she won the gold medal in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay, alongside Willy den Ouden
, Rie Mastenbroek
and Tini Wagner
.
She was born in Haarlem
and died in Zoetermeer
.
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...
. At the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
in Berlin, Germany she won the gold medal in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay, alongside Willy den Ouden
Willy den Ouden
Willemijntje "Willy" den Ouden was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who held the world record for the 100 m freestyle swimming for nearly 23 years, from 1933 to 1956....
, Rie Mastenbroek
Rie Mastenbroek
Hendrika "Rie" Wilhelmina Mastenbroek was a Dutch swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.-Biography:...
and Tini Wagner
Tini Wagner
Catharina "Tini" Wilhelmina Wagner was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.She was born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland....
.
She was born in Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
and died in Zoetermeer
Zoetermeer
Zoetermeer is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 37.06 km² . A small village until the late 1960s, it had 6,392 inhabitants in 1950...
.