Saskia de Jonge (born 22 November 1986) is a Dutch swimmer who specializes in freestyle distances of up to 200 m and is part of the Dutch national team.

Swimming career

De Jonge made her international debut in Helsinki at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006. She won a silver medal in the 4×50 m freestyle relay alongside Inge Dekker, Chantal Groot and Marleen Veldhuis. Individually, she ended up 22nd in the 50 m freestyle and 18th in the 100 m freestyle. At the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007 in Debrecen, she only swam in the heats of both relays.

2008

In March 2008, representing her country at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, she swam time-trials for the 2008 Summer Olympics. De Jonge qualified for the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. One month later she took part in the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom, where she swam in the heats of the 4×100m freestyle relay in which she became world champion, although later on she was replaced for the final. She also started in the heats of the 4 × 100m medley relay and helped the Dutch to achieve the final spot. In this final she was replaced and did not swim, but her teammates finished fourth. Individually she started in the 200 m freestyle and ended up 18th.

2008 Summer Olympics

De Jonge was selected for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in which she formed a team with swimmers Inge Dekker, Chantal Groot, Femke Heemskerk, Linda Bank, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Manon van Rooijen, Hinkelien Schreuder, Jolijn van Valkengoed and Marleen Veldhuis. She did not qualify for an individual event, but was eligible to swim for the team in the three relay events (4 × 100m freestyle, 4 × 200m freestyle, 4 × 100m medley). She was not chosen to swim in the 4 × 100m freestyle, but did swim in the series for the 4 × 200m freestyle, finishing fifth and being eliminated. She saw her teammates win the gold medal at the 4 × 100 m freestyle.

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