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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.

Carla Geurts

Personal information
Full name	Carla Louise Maria Geurts
Nationality	Netherlands
Born	(1971-04-20) 20 April 1971 (age 51) 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) 1995 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle 1995 Rio de Janeiro 800 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg 800 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 1993 Slapy (Czech Republic) 5 km open water 1995 Vienna 400 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 4×200 m freestyle 1997 Seville 800 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 1996 Rostock 800 m freestyle 1998 Sheffield 400 m freestyle 1996 Rostock 400 m freestyle 1998 Sheffield 800 m freestyle 1996 Rostock 200 m freestyle

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
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carla Geurts". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

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