{"id":134716,"date":"2025-10-30T12:33:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/oud-zwemster-van-velsen-82-tweevoudig-olympier-overleden\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:33:48","slug":"oud-zwemster-van-velsen-82-tweevoudig-olympier-overleden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/oud-zwemster-van-velsen-82-tweevoudig-olympier-overleden\/","title":{"rendered":"Oud-zwemster Van Velsen (82), tweevoudig olympi\u00ebr, overleden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div data-sentry-element=\"StyledHeaderImage\" data-sentry-component=\"HeaderImage\" data-sentry-source-file=\"HeaderImage.tsx\" class=\"sc-62e3b9d6-0 bTCDnc\">\n<figure class=\"sc-9f391fae-4 dkXirV sc-62e3b9d6-1 eeQjSK\" data-sentry-element=\"Figure\" data-sentry-source-file=\"Image.tsx\"><button aria-label=\"Open deze afbeelding in volledig scherm. copyright: ANP\" id=\"image-113368804735950\" 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De tweevoudig olympi\u00ebr behoorde eind jaren vijftig en begin jaren zestig tot de top van de Nederlandse zwemwereld. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-582b18e7-1 ktbflI\">\n<p class=\"sc-2ea02837-0 fedhGB\" id=\"256052895899289\">Van Velsen zwom in 1958 op vijftienjarige leeftijd al een wereldrecord op de 100 meter rugslag. Ze brak in aanloop naar de Olympische Spelen van Rome nog drie keer het wereldrecord, maar werd in de olympische finale in 1960 slechts zevende.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-582b18e7-1 ktbflI\">\n<p class=\"sc-2ea02837-0 fedhGB\" id=\"925051413074071\">In 1962 werd de Haagse Europees kampioene en won ze met de estafetteploeg op de 100 meter wisselslag de zilveren medaille.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-582b18e7-1 ktbflI\">\n<p class=\"sc-2ea02837-0 fedhGB\" id=\"555987493618667\">Op de Olympische Spelen van Tokio (1964) bleef ze steken in de series en kort daarna stopte Van Velsen, die getrouwd was met sportjournalist Fred Rack\u00e9, met zwemmen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANPRia van Velsen NOS Sport\u2022vandaag, 13:06 Voormalig zwemster Ria van Velsen is op 82-jarige leeftijd overleden. De tweevoudig olympi\u00ebr behoorde eind jaren vijftig en begin jaren zestig tot de top van de Nederlandse zwemwereld. Van Velsen zwom in 1958 op vijftienjarige leeftijd al een wereldrecord op de 100 meter rugslag. 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