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==Swimming career== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=June 2023}} De Bruijn tried several sports before eventually specialising in swimming. De Bruijn debuted at the [[World Aquatics Championships]] in January 1991, winning a bronze medal with the 4Γ100 m [[relay race|relay]] team, with which she won the gold medal at the [[1991 European Aquatics Championships|European LC Championships]] in August of that year. The following year, de Bruijn made her [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] debut at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]], and finished 8th in the 100 m and 4Γ100 m freestyle events. She did not compete at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. In 1999, she won the 50 m [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] at the European Championships. The following year, after having swum several [[World record progression 50 metres freestyle|50 m freestyle world records]], she competed in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney, Australia. She won the 50 and 100 m freestyle, and the 100 m [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]], setting world records in all three events. She also won a silver medal with the 4Γ100 m freestyle relay team. Her nickname became "Invincible Inky". She was named by ''[[Swimming World magazine|Swimming World]]'' as the "[[List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year|Female World Swimmer of the Year]]" in both 2000 and 2001. She won titles in three events at the 2001 World Championships. At the 2003 World Championships, de Bruijn successfully defended her 50 m freestyle and butterfly titles. At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]] she defended her gold medal in the 50 m free, and took silver in the 100 m free, and two bronze: one in the 100 m butterfly and another in the 4Γ100 m relay. This made her the oldest individual champion in Olympic swimming history. This record was only surpassed by Anthony Ervin at the age of 36, he won the gold medal for the men's 50m freestyle at the Rio 2016 Olympics. De Bruijn's 2004 title retains its place as the oldest female Olympic champion in swimming history. With an Olympic medal total of four gold, two silver and two bronze, she is the [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists|fourth most successful]] Dutch Olympian of all time. Moreover, her combined nine individual titles won at the [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympics]] (four) and [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Aquatics Championships]] (five) were a [[List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women)#Title leaders|record for female swimmers]] until [[Katie Ledecky]] won her 10th at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In March 2007, de Bruijn announced her retirement from competitive swimming.
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