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Dutch 3-time Olympic champion swimmer Kromowidjojo retires
Swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands displays her two gold and one silver medals as she waits for a train, at St Pancras station, after the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London, Aug. 13, 2012. Three-time Olympic champion swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo announced her retirement Thursday Jan. 27, 2022, bringing to an end a career that saw her compete at four Summer Games. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Dutch 3-time Olympic champion swimmer Kromowidjojo retires

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Three-time Olympic champion swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands announced her retirement Thursday, bringing to an end a career that saw her compete at four Summer Games and win multiple world titles.

“After 16 years of top sport my professional swimming career is complete,” the 31-year-old Kromowidjojo said in a message on Instagram.

Kromowidjojo won her first Olympic gold medal in an Olympic record at the 2008 Beijing Games as part of a dominant Dutch 100-meter freestyle relay team that also included Inge Dekker, Femke Heemskerk and Marleen Veldhuis.

Four years later in London, she won both the 50- and 100-meter individual freestyle titles.

Kromowidjojo also won two long course world titles with the Dutch 100-meter freestyle relay team and an individual 50-meter freestyle world title, as well as 14 individual and relay short course world titles.

“Swimming will always be my passion, but no longer at a professional level,” she said.

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