Martina van Berkel
Martina van Berkel | |
Personal information | |
Surname: | Martina Eva van Berkel |
Nation: | Switzerland |
Swimming style (s) : | Butterfly, back |
Society: | Limmat Sharks Zurich |
Birthday: | 23rd January 1989 (age 31) |
Medal table | |
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Medals
65 × Swiss champion
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Martina van Berkel (* 23 January 1989 as Martina Eva van Berkel ) is a former Swiss (with Dutch nationality) swimmer and Olympian (2012). She is 65 times Swiss champion and holds many Swiss records.
Career
Martina van Berkel has both Swiss citizenship and Dutch citizenship. She started at the swimming world championships in 2009 and 2011, swam for the Limmat Sharks Zurich and was trained by Dirk Reinicke .
In 2003 she started at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Paris.
2012 Summer Olympics
Martina van Berkel was able to qualify for a starting place at the Olympic Games in London. She started over 200 meters butterfly , but could not reach the final. Since 2013 she has been trained by Michael Spikermann.
In April 2015 Martina van Berkel, who competes for the Nikar Heidelberg swimming club , was able to lower her own Swiss record over 400 m medley to 4: 47.95 min at the German championships in Berlin.
Summer Universiade 2017
In August 2007 she won silver in the 200 m butterfly at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei .
In November 2017, the 28-year-old declared her active time over when she won her 65th Swiss title over 200 m back.
Private
After studying journalism and communication science, she began a doctorate in 2013 at the Chair of Media Economics and Management at the University of Zurich , which she completed in 2017. Her older brother Jan van Berkel (* 1986) is active as a triathlete .
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | discipline | venue | time | comment |
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Aug 2017 | 2 | Summer Universiade 2017 | 200 m butterfly | Taoyuan | 2: 11.32 | |
28th July 2017 | 27 | Swimming World Championships 2017 | 100 m butterfly | Budapest | 1: 00.52 | |
Aug 2, 2015 | 27 | Swimming World Championships 2015 | 400 m freestyle | Kazan | 4: 15.83 | Martina van Berkel finished 27th with a new personal best in the preliminary run. |
Apr 9, 2015 | German Swimming Championships 2015 | 400 m layers | Berlin | 4: 47.95 | new Swiss record | |
Aug 24, 2014 | 8th | European Swimming Championships 2014 | 4 × 200 m freestyle | Berlin | 8: 10.53 | with the Swiss team ( Noémi Girardet , Danielle Villars and Lisa Stamm ) |
Aug 21, 2014 | 7th | European Swimming Championships 2014 | 200 m butterfly | Berlin | 2: 10.28 | new Swiss record |
Dec 12, 2013 | 8th | European Short Course Championships 2013 | 200 m butterfly | Herning | 2: 08.03 | |
Nov 22, 2012 | 5 | European Short Course Championships 2012 | 200 m butterfly | Chartres | 2: 08.84 | |
July 31, 2012 | 7th | 2012 Summer Olympics | 200 m butterfly | Chartres | 2: 12.25 | in the preliminary 2 - final not reached |
Dec 8, 2011 | 7th | European Short Course Championships 2011 | 200 m butterfly | Szczecin | 2: 06.75 | new Swiss record |
Oct 23, 2011 | 5 | Short Course World Cup 2011 | 200 m butterfly | Berlin | 2: 07.43 | new Swiss record |
July 28, 2011 | 18th | Swimming World Championships 2011 | 200 m butterfly | Shanghai | 2: 09.68 | |
Dec 17, 2010 | 14th | Short Course World Championships 2010 | 200 m back | Dubai | 2: 12.57 | |
Dec 15, 2010 | 14th | Short Course World Championships 2010 | 200 m butterfly | Dubai | 2: 08.01 | |
Aug 1, 2009 | 34 | Swimming World Championships 2009 | 100 m butterfly | Rome | 0: 59.87 | |
Aug 1, 2009 | 34 | Swimming World Championships 2009 | 200 m back | Rome | 2: 17.05 | |
July 30, 2009 | 25th | Swimming World Championships 2009 | 200 m butterfly | Rome | 2: 11.41 | |
July 30, 2009 | 43 | Swimming World Championships 2009 | 100 m back | Rome | 1: 03.44 | |
Dec 13, 2007 | 12 | European Short Course Championships 2007 | 200 m butterfly | Debrecen | 2: 13.34 | new Swiss record |
Records
Swiss records (2) | |||
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200 m dolphin | 2: 06.75 min | December 8, 2011 | European Short Course Championships 2011 (Stettin) |
400 m layers | 4: 47.95 min | April 9, 2015 | German Swimming Championships 2015 (Berlin) |
(As of April 10, 2014) |
Web links
- Official website of Martina van Berkel
- Martina van Berkel in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ A proven Olympic double (July 5, 2012)
- ↑ Van Berkel with national record (April 9, 2015)
- ↑ Universiade silver for Martina van Berkel (August 27, 2017)
- ↑ Monthly interview with Jan van Berkel ( Memento from August 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Van Berkel swims in the European Championship final without a chance
- ↑ A highlight without an encore - Martina van Berkel ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Van Berkel with a Swiss record
- ↑ Martina van Berkel swims the Swiss record
- ↑ 5th place for van Berkel in the short course World Cup
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Berkel, Martina van |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berkel, Martina Eva van |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss swimmer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1989 |