Marion Nijhof

Marion Nijhof

Personal information
Born	(1981-09-20) September 20, 1981 Utrecht, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Paralympic swimming
Disability class	S11
Medal record Representing Netherlands Paralympic swimming Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 200m individual medley SM11 2000 Sydney 400m freestyle S11 2004 Athens 50m freestyle S11 2004 Athens 100m freestyle S11 World Championships 2006 Durban 400m freestyle S11 2006 Durban 100m freestyle S11 2006 Durban 200m individual medley SM11 1994 Malta 50m freestyle S11 1994 Malta 100m freestyle S11 2006 Durban 50m freestyle S11

Marion Nijhof (born September 20, 1981) is a visually impaired Dutch Paralympic swimmer competing in S11-classification swimming events. She represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Paralympics and at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. In total she won one silver medal and three bronze medals at the Summer Paralympics.

At the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, she won the bronze medal in the women's 400 metre freestyle S11 event.

Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, she won three medals. In the women's 200 metre individual medley SM11 event she won the silver medal and she also won the bronze medals in the women's 50 metre freestyle S11 and women's 100 metre freestyle S11 events.

In 2007, she won the Disabled Sportswoman of the Year award, an annual award organised by the Dutch Olympic Committee. She was also knighted in the Order of Orange Nassau in the same year.

External links

• Marion Nijhof at the International Paralympic Committee