Benno Kuipers

Benno Gerrit Valentijn Kuipers (born March 6, 1974 in Ede, Gelderland) is a former breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands. Kuipers competed for his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.

After having missed qualification for the European LC Championships 2002 in Berlin, he retired from the international scene. He then became an assistant coach of Fedor Hes in Amsterdam. Kuipers won a total of eighteen Dutch titles during his career, which was plagued by injury.

During his swimming career, Kuipers became 18 times Dutch Champion. Currently Kuipers is known for his open water enthousiasm, he regularly trains in an Amsterdam lake called ‘De Nieuwe Meer’. [1]

References

"Benno Kuipers - Personal Swimming". Personal Swimming (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-10-29.

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[1] "Benno Kuipers - Personal Swimming". Personal Swimming (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-10-29.

1996 Dutch Olympic swimming team
Men's competition	Stefan Aartsen Pie Geelen Pieter van den Hoogenband Benno Kuipers Martin van der Spoel Mark Veens Marcel Wouda Mark van der Zijden
Women's competition	Madelon Baans Karin Brienesse Carla Geurts Wilma van Hofwegen Marianne Muis Angela Postma Minouche Smit Brenda Starink Patricia Stokkers Kirsten Vlieghuis

2000 Dutch Olympic swimming team
Men's competition	Stefan Aartsen Ewout Holst Pieter van den Hoogenband Joris Keizer Johan Kenkhuis Benno Kuipers Dennis Rijnbeek Mark Veens Marcel Wouda Mark van der Zijden Martijn Zuijdweg Klaas-Erik Zwering
Women's competition	Madelon Baans Inge de Bruijn Carla Geurts Chantal Groot Thamar Henneken Wilma van Hofwegen Manon van Rooijen Brenda Starink Haike van Stralen Kirsten Vlieghuis