Mirjam de Koning
- January 10, 2024
- Swimmer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Mirjam de Koning |
| Occupation | Swimmer |
| Date Of Birth | Jul 16, 1969(1969-07-16) |
| Age | 55 |
| Birthplace | Amsterdam |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Birth City | North Holland |
| Horoscope | Cancer |
Mirjam de Koning Biography
| Name | Mirjam de Koning |
| Birthday | Jul 16 |
| Birth Year | 1969 |
| Place Of Birth | Amsterdam |
| Home Town | North Holland |
| Birth Country | Netherlands |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
Mirjam de Koning is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on July 16, 1969 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Mirjam de Koning (born Peper) (born 16 July 1969 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch paraplegic swimmer.
Mirjam de Koning Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Swimmer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Mirjam de Koning is one of the richest Swimmer from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mirjam de Koning 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
De Koning was born with damaged connective tissue. After her daughter Sarina was born in 1993, she had seven anterior cruciate ligament surgeries. In 1999 she suffered from a hernia and during a back-surgery and a nerve was damaged. This left her with a form of paraplegia, hence she competes in the S6 classification. Swimming and wheelchair basketball were her sports, but as wheelchair basketball caused a lot of injuries, she decided to mainly focus on swimming. She started to train five times a week with local swim team called Oceanus in Aalsmeer. Not much later she was one of the fastest swimmers at her club, being able to keep up with swimmers without a disability. That year she swam seven Dutch national records in both 25 and 50 metres pools.
In 2005, she was ready to take part in the Dutch national championships, but to participate she had to be a member of the national swimming association. Just a few days before the start she became a member and she won four gold medals, breaking all four Dutch national records as well as a European record. The national records were in the 50 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly and at the 100 m freestyle. The European record and thus fourth Dutch record she swam at the 50m backstroke. De Koning broke her first World Record at the Open Danish swimming championships in Esbjerg, March 2006. She won seven medals at the Championships, of which four golds, one silver and two bronze as well as a new World Record at the 50m backstroke in a time of 45.46 seconds. She also broke another four Dutch national records. She then qualified for the 2006 World Championships in Durban, South Africa and she won two bronze medals. At the 100 m freestyle she swam a time of 1:22.50 and at the 100m backstroke she came to a time of 1:35.26 to take her second bronze. A few days later she became World Champion at the 50m freestyle after winning her race in 37.67 seconds to take her third medal of the Championships. At the 400m freestyle she finished in fourth place.
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Edward Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Mirjam de Koning celebrates birthday on July 16 of every year.