出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/04/28 13:41 UTC 版)
Edith van Dijk (born April 6, 1973, in Haastrecht, Zuid Holland) is a Dutch swimmer and 6-fold world champion. She is Holland's most successful open water swimmer and long distance swimmer, whose career started in 1990 taking part in the Dutch IJsselmeermarathon. She starts out at Gouda's swimming club DONK, the swimming portion of the soccer team of the same name. At DONK fellow teammates gave her the nickname Piaf, due to her having the same first name as Edith Piaf. She is a Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau and holds a Doctorate in Economy from Erasmus University in Rotterdam the Netherlands.