de WAARD Maaike

Date of Birth: 11 Oct 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: VLAARDINGEN

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Place of residence : EINDHOVEN

Residence Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Backstroke
	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay NED Netherlands

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke - Heat 5	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke Semifinal 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free	50Back	100Back	50Fly	4x100Free W
2014	Nanjing, CHN	H (DNS)	1st (28.36)	5th (1:01.56)	SF (27.18)	4th (3:45.92)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	50Fly
2019	Gwangju, KOR	SF (28.04)	H (1:01.26)	H (26.40)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (28.42)	-	SF (25.89)
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (28.86)	H (1:03.81)	-

European Championships

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	50Fly	100Fly	4x100Medley W	4x100Medley X
2020	Budapest, HUN	3rd (27.74)	8th (1:00.64)	5th (25.76)	H (1:00.09)	5th (3:57.41)	-
2018	Glasgow, GBR	SF (28.09)	-	H (26.82)	-	-	4th

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	50Fly	4x50Free W	4x50Free X	4x50Medley W	4x50Medley X	4x100Free
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	SF (26.74)	-	5th (25.32)	2nd	-	3rd (1:44.57)	2nd	2nd (3:28.02)
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	SF (26.70)	H (58.78)	8th (25.66)	2nd (1:35.37)	2nd (1:29.82)	-	-	3rd (3:31.10)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Patrick Pearson; Marcel Wouda [national], NED

2012 for Netherlands, European Short Course Championships in Chartres, France (Athlete, 12 Jul 2015)

She began swimming at age seven with ZV Zeehond '73 in the Netherlands. (nextline.org, 01 Sep 2017; zwemkroniek.com, 14 Jan 2015; Athlete, 12 Jul 2015)

When she started swimming at age seven, she was already involved in gymnastics. She continued to do both until age 11, at which point she decided to switch her focus to swimming. "After my swimming lessons I wanted to keep swimming, so I started competitive swimming." (nextline.org, 01 Sep 2017; Athlete, 12 Jul 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and, in the long-term, to win a medal at the Olympic Games. (Instagram profile, 25 May 2021; Athlete, 12 Jul 2015)

She trains at the High Performance Center [HPC] Eindhoven in the Netherlands. (Instagram profile, 25 May 2021)

US swimmer Michael Phelps. (Athlete, 12 Jul 2015)

Philosophy:

"Just do it." (Athlete, 12 Jul 2015)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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