Michelle de Bruin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michelle de Bruin
Occupation	Swimmer
Date Of Birth	Dec 16, 1969(1969-12-16)
Age	55
Birthplace	County Dublin
Country	Ireland
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Michelle de Bruin Biography

Michelle de Bruin is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on December 16, 1969 in County Dublin, Ireland. Three gold medals were won by an Irish swimmer at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He won the 400m freestyle and 200 and 400m individual medleys.

After winning the Olympic swimming competitions, she and She and Mark Foster both retired from swimming after successful Olympic competitions. both decided to retire.

Michelle Smith’s father taught his daughters how to swim, and Smith was first spotted by a lifeguard in Tallaght swimming pool at age 9. He suggested that Smith’s father enroll his daughter in a swimming club. Smith joined Terenure Swimming Club and trained under the tutelage of Larry Williamson. Smith won the Dublin and All-Ireland Community Games at aged 9. She then won ten gold medals at a novice competition. She enrolled in the King’s Hospital Swimming Club in 1980. At aged 14, Smith won ten medals at the Irish National Swimming Championships. At 14, she became National Junior and Senior Champion and dominated Irish women’s swimming until her retirement in 1998.

Smith first appeared on the world scene as an 18-year-old at the Seoul Olympics and only narrowly missed the B-final in the 200 m backstroke (top 16). Smith’s second major championship was at the 1991 World Championships in Perth, Australia, where she finished 13th in the 400 m individual medley. She competed at the 1991 European Championships and qualified for the 1992 Olympic Games. She competed in the 200 m medley and backstroke and 400 m medley in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, despite suffering an injury in the months leading up to the Games. In 1993 she trained with Erik de Bruin, whom she had met in Barcelona. Both would start a relationship, and eventually marry in

1996. She finished fifth in the 200 m butterfly at the 1994 World Championships. In that same year, she had suffered glandular fever, which affected her training prior to the World Championships.

Erik de Bruin, a former discus thrower, was her husband.

Michelle de Bruin Net Worth

Michelle de Bruin is one of the richest Swimmer from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michelle de Bruin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At nine years old, she began swimming competitively.

She was one of the most successful Olympic competitors in Ireland.

Michelle Smith de Bruin (born 16 December 1969 in Rathcoole, County Dublin) is a retired Irish swimmer who achieved notable success in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, becoming Ireland’s most successful Olympian to date, and whose career ended with a ban from the sporting authorities for tampering with a urine sample. She was a triple gold medallist at the Atlanta Games, for the 400 m individual medley, 400 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley, and also won the bronze medal for the 200 m butterfly event: these events were marked by allegations of doping. Michelle Smith, now more commonly referred to by her married name, Michelle de Bruin, is currently a practising barrister.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Michelle de Bruin Dating?

According to our records, Michelle de Bruin married to Erik de Bruin. As of December 1, 2023, Michelle de Bruin’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1999, the Irish national swimming federation wiped clean Smith’s records from their books by writing a new constitution that prohibited swimmers who had been or were suspended from holding records. Despite Ireland having just 5 Olympic gold medalists in its history, Smith’s accomplishments are mostly ignored by the Irish public and she is no longer celebrated among the pantheon of great Irish athletes.

Facts & Trivia

Michelle Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Michelle de Bruin celebrates birthday on December 16 of every year.

In 2007, she appeared on Celebrities Go Wild, an RTÉ reality television show in which eight celebrities had to fend for themselves in the wilds of rural Connemara.

Where is Michelle de Bruin now?

Irish Olympic swimmer Michelle Smith de Bruin now works as a barrister 25 years on from Atlanta controversy. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is underway, and there are high hopes for Team Ireland to bring home some medals. One sporting event that could see us claim Bronze, Silver or even Gold is the 100m breaststroke.

Is Michelle de Bruin still married?

In 1993 Smith began training with Dutch discus thrower Erik de Bruin, whom she had met in Barcelona. They married in 1996. Smith lives in Kells, County Kilkenny with de Bruin and their two children.

Who is Ireland's greatest Olympian?

His name is Martin Sheridan – he had emigrated at the age of 18 to America and now, 9 years later, he works for the New York Police.

Does Michelle Smith de Bruin have children?

These days, Michelle continues to work in law and lives in Kells with her husband Erik, who she married in 1996, and their two children.

What does Michelle de Brun do now?

Michelle Smith de Bruin Barrister-at-Law Michelle is an experienced barrister, practising primarily in civil law. She is recognised, in particular, for her expertise in private international law matters, the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, EU law and the law applicable to disputes following Brexit.