birth_place article_title birth_date
rotterdam madelon baans
 08 october 1977
madelon baans

madelon baans -lrb- born october 8 , 1977 in rotterdam -rrb- is a retired female breaststroke swimmer from the netherlands , who competed for her native country in three consecutive summer olympics , starting in 1996 in atlanta , georgia .
she made her last international appearance at the european short course swimming championships 2005 in trieste , italy .
baans is 49 time dutch national champion -lrb- 24 on long course -rrb- , current dutch national record holder at the 100 m breaststroke in either the short course -lrb- 25 m -rrb- and long course -lrb- 50 m -rrb- .
during the 2004 european championships in madrid , she won the bronze medal as being part of the 4 × 100 m medley , in the same year she reached the final at the 2004 summer olympics on the same discipline .
she announced her retirement in november 2006 .
