Chantalle Zijderveld

Chantalle Zijderveld
Personal information
Birth name Belinda Chantalle Zijderveld
Nationality Dutch
Born (2000-09-17) September 17, 2000
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Residence Zwijndrecht, Netherlands
Education High school
Sport
Sport Swimming
Disability She is born without a right hand, and her right arm is shorter than her left arm. She also has scoliosis.
Disability class S10, SB9, SM10
Event(s) Her main event is the 100m breaststroke, but she usually also competes in the 50m and 100m freestyle, 200m Individual Medley and the 100m butterfly
Club ZZ & PC De Devel
Coached by Mark Faber (national)
Achievements and titles
World finals

2013 IPC Swimming world championships 6th place 100m breaststroke, 7th place 200m individual medley

2015 IPC Swimming world championships 6th place 200m individual medley, 5th place 50m and 100m freestyle, 1st place 100m breaststroke
Regional finals

2014 IPC Swimming European Championships 10th place 400m freestyle, 9th place 100m butterfly, 4th place 200m individual medley, 1st place 100m breaststroke

2016 IPC Swimming Open European Championships 9th place 400m freestyle (8th place European), 8th place 100m backstroke (7th place European), 4th place 50m and 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley (3rd place European), 1st place 100m breaststroke
National finals Around 75 times a medallist at (youth) nationals
Paralympic finals Bronze medallist Paralympic Games Rio 2016
Personal best(s) 50m freestyle 28.17, 100m freestyle 1.02.76, 100m butterfly 1.12.07, 100m breaststroke 1.16.69, 200m individual medley 2.33.10

Chantalle Zijderveld (born 17 September 2000) is a Dutch swimmer.[1] She competed in S10 classification freestyle events, but her specialty is the SB9 breaststroke, taking two European and one World title in the 100m distance.

Personal history

Zijderveld was born in Zwijndrecht, Netherlands in 2000. She was born without a right hand.[2]

International career

Zijderveld made her international debut in 2013, during the World Championships in Montréal.

References

  1. "Chantalle Zijderveld". teamnl.org (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. "Chantalle Zijderveld". IPC (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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