Celina Lemmen

Celina Lemmen

Personal information
Full name	Celina Johanna Maria Lemmen
National team	Netherlands
Born	(1985-02-03) 3 February 1985 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	De Kempvis Spijkenisse
College team	Southern Methodist University (U.S.)
Coach	Dick Bergsma Steve Collins (U.S.)
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the Netherlands European Junior Championships 2001 Valletta 200 m freestyle 2001 Valletta 100 m freestyle

Celina Johanna Maria Lemmen (born February 3, 1985) is a Dutch swimmer who specialized in freestyle events. She is a single-time Olympian (2004), and a double medalist in sprint freestyle at the 2001 European Junior Championships in Valletta, Malta. Lemmen also attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where she majored in management, and swam for the SMU Mustangs under head coach Steve Collins. While studying in the United States on an athletic scholarship, Lemmen has earned numerous high school and state titles, and received two-year All-American honors in college swimming.

Lemmen made her own swimming history in the international scene at the 2001 European Junior Championships in Valletta, Malta, where she won a total of two medals: a silver in the 200 m freestyle (2:03.27), and a bronze in the 100 m freestyle (57.47).

Three years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Lemmen qualified only for the women's 4×200 m freestyle relay as a member of the Dutch team. She posted a relay entry time of 2:02.37 from the ConocoPhillips Spring National Championships in Orlando, Florida. Teaming with Marleen Veldhuis, Chantal Groot, and Haike van Stralen in heat two, Lemmen swam a lead-off leg and recorded a split of 2:02.21. Lemmen and the entire Dutch team missed the top 8 final by almost two seconds, finishing only in fifth place and ninth overall with a final time of 8:08.96.

External links

• Player Bio – SMU Mustangs