Carla Geurts

Carla Geurts

Personal information
Full name	Carla Louise Maria Geurts
Nationality	Netherlands
Born	(1971-04-20) 20 April 1971 Geldrop, Netherlands
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Nuenen, De Dolfijn, UZSC, UNB Reds, PSV
Medal record Women's swimming World Championships (SC) Silver medal – second place 1995 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 1995 Rio de Janeiro 800 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 1997 Gothenburg 800 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Silver medal – second place 1993 Slapy (Czech Republic) 5 km open water Silver medal – second place 1995 Vienna 400 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 1995 Vienna 4×200 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 1997 Seville 800 m freestyle European Championships (SC) Gold medal – first place 1996 Rostock 800 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 1998 Sheffield 400 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 1996 Rostock 400 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 1998 Sheffield 800 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 1996 Rostock 200 m freestyle

Carla Geurts (born 20 April 1971) is a former Dutch freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, and the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia for the Netherlands. Geurts won three silver medals during her career at the European Swimming Championships. She retired in 2001, after the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.

Guerts was born in Geldrop. In September 2006, she was a professor of Kinesiology and Physiology at Brock University, in St. Catharines, Ontario. Geurts Currently resides in Ottawa and works at the University de Ottawa as a Professor of Kinesiology and Physiology.

References

• Dutch Olympic Committee