Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher

Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher

Irma Schuhmacher in 1951
Personal information
Born	24 February 1925 Ginneken en Bavel, the Netherlands
Died	8 January 2014 (aged 88) Berkeley Vale, New South Wales, Australia
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	RDZ, Rotterdam
Coach	Ma Braun
Medal record Representing Netherlands Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki 4×100 m freestyle 1948 London 4×100 m freestyle European Championships 1950 Vienna 100 m freestyle 1950 Vienna 4×100 m relay 1947 Monte Carlo 4×100 m relay 1950 Vienna 400 m freestyle

Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (24 February 1925 – 8 January 2014) was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands who won two medals at the Summer Olympics. After having claimed the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in London (1948), she won the silver medal four years later in Helsinki, Finland, in the same event. Individually, she was sixth in the 100 m freestyle at both games. She also won two gold and two silver medals at the 1947 and 1950 European Championships.

In 1950, while touring Australia with Geertje Wielema, Schuhmacher met Johan Heijting, a Dutch animal husbandry specialist who had recently immigrated to Australia. They married on 22 March 1952, and one week after the 1952 Olympics, Heijting-Schuhmacher moved to her husband's breeding farm near Brisbane.