Karin Brienesse

{{Short description|Dutch swimmer (born 1969)}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

|birth_date=17 July 1969

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|image=Karin Brienesse 1988.jpg

|caption=Karin Brienesse in 1988

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1988 Seoul | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)Jean-Louis Meuret (2007), [http://www.fina.org/pdf/histoFina/HistoFINA_IV_b.pdf HistoFINA Volume IV – Tome IV]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS. Special FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (50 m.) Before Rome 2009.

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{{MedalSilver| 1991 Perth |4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 1986 Madrid |4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 1991 Perth |4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalGold|1991 Athens|4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 1987 Strasbourg | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 1991 Athens | 100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 1985 Sofia | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze|1991 Athens|4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze|1991 Athens|4×100 m medley}}

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Karin Brienesse (born 17 July 1969 in Breda) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. There she won the silver medal with the Dutch 4×100 m freestyle relay team, behind East Germany.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070023/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/karin-brienesse-1.html Karin Brienesse]. sports-reference.com Three years later Brienesse won the title in the same event at the European LC Championships 1991 in Athens, Greece.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimecw.htm EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)]. gbrathletics.com