Femke Heemskerk

Femke Heemskerk (born 1987) is a former Dutch competitive swimmer who mainly specialised in freestyle, with strong backstroke and medley. She was part of the Dutch 4x100 metre freestyle relay that won Olympic gold at the 2008 Beijing Games and silver at London in 2012, and she also swam at the 2016 Rio Games. At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships she won relay gold, and at the 2014 short course world championships in Doha she took her first individual world title in the 100 metre freestyle and helped set several short course relay world records. She set Dutch national records in six events and swam for Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.