Margot Stenveld
Margot Stenveld is a 32-year-old Dutch winter swimmer and medical director who represents Aqua`68 and an International Ice Swimming Association official from Aarschot, Belgium.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- She serves as the Medical Director of the Amsterdam Ice Swim.
- She has achieved 5 Ice Kilometer swims.
- She was a member of the Dutch Ladies First, a 6-women relay team of Stenveld, Desirée Emmen, Janneke Harmsen-Bakker, Jasmijn Ruijgrok, Gemma Middendorp and Linda Hoogendam who set the two-way all-female English Channel record in 18 hours 22 minutes. They broke the existing relay record set by an American team in 18 hours 59 minutes. The team was coached by International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame board member Richard Broer and swam from England to France in 9 hours 57 minutes and from France to England in 8 hours 25 minutes.
- She finished 4th in the 500m freestyle at the 2018 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere German Open in Veitsbronn, Bavaria, Germany on 7 January 2018.
- She holds the 30-34 age group world record in the ice kilometer in 15:00:51 set on 21 January 2018 in 3.6°C water and 3.0°C air in a pool.
- She set the national Dutch open water swimming record in the Ice Mile in 24:35.81, set on 19 January 2018 in Volendam, Netherlands.
- She set the national Dutch open water swimming record in the Ice Mile in 15:00.51, set on 21 January 2018 in Volendam, Netherlands.
- As of February 2019, she is ranked 17th in the International Ice Swimming Association world Ice Kilometer all-time rankings.
- She finished 10th overall in the 1000m Ice Kilometer at the 3rd International Ice Swimming Association World Championship held in Murmansk, Russia in March 2019.
- She finished 8th overall in the International Ice Swimming Association's first IISA World Cup Series in 2019.
- She participated in the Ice Kilometer at the Amstel Ice Swim in the Netherlands on 29-30 December 2019.
2012 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nomination
The Dutch Ladies First was nominated for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year awards. Its World Open Water Swimming Association nomination reads,
Swim fast, swim straight. Over and back, flip turn at Cape Gris Nez. Don’t look up, just follow the boat. That is what the Dutch Ladies First set out to do as they traversed the English Channel on their two-way record swim under the guidance of coach Richard Broer. Cognizant of the newly established American ladies record of 18 hours 55 minutes, the sextet under the guidance of Captain Lance Oram on the Sea Satin went for broke. The collective efforts of Margot Stenveld, Desirée Emmen, Janneke Harmsen-Bakker, Jasmijn Ruijgrok, Gemma Middendorp and Linda Hoogendam established a new two-way all-female English Channel record in 18 hours 22 minutes. For their ability to keep up the pace (9:57 on first leg, 8:25 on second leg), for the fastest women’s relay to ever cross the English Channel twice, the two-way swim of Dutch Ladies First is a worthy nominee for the 2012 WOWSA Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year.
External links
- Tina Deeken Performs Well At The Amsterdam Ice Swim
- International Ice Swimming Association bio
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Amstel Ice Swim
- International Ice Swimming Association Frozen News
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Dutch Ladies First
- Openwaterswimming in Europe
- Margot Stenveld
- Desirée Emmen
- Janneke Harmsen-Bakker
- Jasmijn Ruijgrok
- Gemma Middendorp
- Linda Hoogendam
- Ice Swimming World Records, Where Will They Go?
- Ice Swimming In The Netherlands
- Alisa Fatum Wins 2019 IISA World Cup Series
