Simone Koot
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| Born | 12 November 1980 Utrecht, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||||||||
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Simone Margareta Koot (born 12 November 1980) is a water polo player of the Netherlands who represents the Dutch national team in international competitions.[1]
Koot was part of the team that became 6th at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona. At the 2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship in Belgrade they finished in fifth place, followed by the 9th spot at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne. The Dutch team finished in fifth place at the 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship in Málaga and they qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] There they ended up winning the gold medal on 21 August, beating the United States 9–8 in the final.
See also
[edit]- Netherlands women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Athlete biography: Simone Koot, beijing2008.cn, ret: 16 August 2008.
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Utrecht (city)
- Dutch female water polo players
- Water polo drivers
- Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands in water polo
- European Water Polo Championship medalists
- 21st-century Dutch women
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs
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