Petra van Staveren

Petra van Staveren, whose full name is Petronella Grietje van Staveren, is a former breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands, born on 2 June 1966. She won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Beyond that Olympic title she won a bronze medal at the 1986 world championships and a silver in the 4x100 metre medley relay at the 1983 European championships. She also finished fourth five times at the European championships between 1981 and 1985, which shows how consistently she competed among the best breaststroke swimmers of her generation in Europe.