Martina van Berkel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Martina van Berkel

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1989

Place of Birth: Bülach, canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Martina van Berkel

  • Martina Eva van Berkel (born January 23, 1989 in Bülach) is a Swiss swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.
  • She currently holds several Swiss records in the 100 and 200 m butterfly.
  • Van Berkel also trains for the Limmat Sharks in Zurich under her personal coach Dirk Reinicke.
  • She is the sister of one of the nation's prominent triathletes Jan van Berkel, who forged and motivated her to compete internationally in swimming.Van Berkel qualified for the women's 200 m butterfly at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by blasting a Swiss record and clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:09.68 from the World Championships in Shanghai, China.
  • She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including defending Olympic bronze medalist Jessicah Schipper of Australia.
  • Van Berkel raced to seventh place by exactly three seconds behind Canada's Audrey Lacroix in 2:12.25.
  • Van Berkel failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.

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