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{{Short description|Dutch swimmer (born 1982)}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Chantal Groot
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| fullname = Chantal Groot
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| nationality = {{NED}}
| strokes = butterfly, freestyle
| club = Nationaal Zweminstituut Amsterdam
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|10|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
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| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|61|kg|lb}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney 2000]] | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}} 
{{MedalBronze| [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]] | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 FINA Short Course World Championships|2006 Shanghai]]|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1999 FINA Short Course World Championships|1999 Hong Kong]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2008 European Aquatics Championships|2008 Eindhoven]] | 50 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2004 European Aquatics Championships|2004 Madrid]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2006 European Aquatics Championships|2006 Budapest]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1999 European Aquatics Championships|1999 Istanbul]] | 50 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2002 European Aquatics Championships|2002 Berlin]] | 50 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze | 2002 Berlin | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| 2004 Madrid | 50 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze| 2004 Madrid | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze| 2006 Budapest | 50 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003|2003 Dublin]] | 4×50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2004|2004 Vienna]] | 4×50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2005|2005 Trieste]] | 4×50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006|2006 Helsinki]] | 4×50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2002|2002 Riesa]] | 4×50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| 2002 Riesa | 4×50 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze| 2003 Dublin | 4×50 m medley}}
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'''Chantal Groot''' (born 19 October 1982) is a [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]] and [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] [[swimmer]] from the [[Netherlands]], who has represented her country in many international championships since 1999. Groot's best distance is the 50&nbsp;m butterfly in which she won five [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European LC Championships]] medals, for the first time in 1999 in Istanbul, and became European Champion in 2008 in Eindhoven.

== Swimming career ==
After winning a gold and a silver medal at the [[European Junior Swimming Championships 1998]] in [[Antwerp]] she made her international debut at the [[1999 FINA Short Course World Championships]] in [[Hong Kong]]. Groot immediately won her first international medal, a silver, in the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle relay together with [[Thamar Henneken]], [[Wilma van Hofwegen]] and [[Inge de Bruijn]]. Individually she finished 14th in the 100&nbsp;m butterfly. A few months later she competed in the [[1999 European Aquatics Championships]] in [[Istanbul]]. In the 50&nbsp;m butterfly she won her first individual medal, at the age of 17, reaching third place behind Swedish swimmers [[Anna-Karin Kammerling]] and [[Johanna Sjöberg]]. Chantal also reached the final of the 50&nbsp;m freestyle ending up in the 7th place. In the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle, she finished fourth with the team.

=== 2000 ===
In 2000, she competed in the [[2000 FINA Short Course World Championships]] in [[Athens]] where an 11th place in the 50&nbsp;m butterfly was her best result. At the [[2000 European Aquatics Championships]] in [[Helsinki]] she was in the finals of all three relay events but did not won a medal. Individually a 7th place in the 100&nbsp;m butterfly was her best performance. Groot was also selected to take part in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]]. She swam in the heats of the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle but was replaced for the final by Inge de Bruijn, but still received a silver medal for her efforts in the heats. Individually she reached the semi-finals of the 100&nbsp;m butterfly ending up 11th. In the two other relays there was no success.

=== Post Sydney Olympics ===
The [[2001 World Aquatics Championships]] and the [[2002 FINA Short Course World Championships]] were not successful for Groot.
At the [[2002 European Aquatics Championships]] in [[Berlin]] she won a bronze medal in the 50&nbsp;m butterfly. She won also a bronze medal in the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle relay together with [[Manon van Rooijen]], [[Marleen Veldhuis]] and [[Wilma van Hofwegen]]. In December 2002 she won two bronze medals at the [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2002]] in the 4×50&nbsp;m freestyle and 4×50&nbsp;m medley relay. In 2003, she started at the [[2003 World Aquatics Championships]] in [[Barcelona]] where she finished 4th in the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle, 5th in the 50&nbsp;m butterfly and 6th with the medley relay. In [[Dublin]] in December she won the gold medal in the 4×50&nbsp;m freestyle and the bronze medal in the 4×50&nbsp;m medley relay at the [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003]].

===Road to Athens/2004 Olympics===
2004 started for Groot with the [[2004 European Aquatics Championships]] in [[Madrid]] where she achieved to win three medals, silver in the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle alongside [[Inge Dekker]], [[Annabel Kosten]] and Marleen Veldhuis. There was a bronze medal in the 50&nbsp;m butterfly and another bronze in the 4×100&nbsp;m medley together with [[Stefanie Luiken]], [[Madelon Baans]] and Marleen Veldhuis. After this tournament she prepared to compete at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens, Greece]], where she was on the team that captured the bronze medal in the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle relay, alongside [[Inge de Bruijn]], [[Marleen Veldhuis]], and [[Inge Dekker]].

=== 2004 post-Olympic tournaments ===
Two months after the Olympics she competed in the [[2004 FINA Short Course World Championships]] in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]. During this tournament she ended 7th in both 100&nbsp;m butterfly and 100&nbsp;m freestyle. In December she captured her second European title in the 4×50&nbsp;m freestyle relay at the [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2004]] in [[Vienna]] and finished 7th again in the 100&nbsp;m freestyle.

=== 2005-2007 ===
2005 wasn't a fantastic year for Groot with a 4th place finish in the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle and 9th in the 50&nbsp;m butterfly during the [[2005 World Aquatics Championships]] in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], Canada. At the end of the year she won the gold medal for the third time in a row in the 4×50&nbsp;m freestyle at the [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2005]]. 2006 started off with the [[2006 FINA Short Course World Championships]] in [[Shanghai]]. Together with Inge Dekker, [[Hinkelien Schreuder]] and Marleen Veldhuis, Groot set a world record and won a gold medal in the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle relay in a time of 3:33.32. In the summer she took part in the [[2006 European Aquatics Championships]] in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]] where she added a silver medal, in the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle with Dekker, Veldhuis and [[Ranomi Kromowidjojo]], and a bronze medal, fourth time in her career, in the 50&nbsp;m butterfly to her impressive collection of medals. In [[Helsinki]] she won a silver medal in the 4×50&nbsp;m freestyle at the [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006]]. Her next big tournament was the [[2007 World Aquatics Championships]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] where she was swum out of the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle team by teammate [[Femke Heemskerk]] while being a regular team member in the finals for so many years. Individually she ended 13th and 20th in the 50&nbsp;m and 100&nbsp;m butterfly making it a disappointing tournament for Groot. A fifth spot at the [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007]] was her best result of a disappointing year.

=== 2008 ===
In March 2008 Groot competed in her home country at the [[2008 European Aquatics Championships]] where she finally became European Champion in the 50&nbsp;m butterfly beating teammate Inge Dekker in the final, after having won the bronze medal four times in this event. In the 100&nbsp;m butterfly she finished up 5th and qualified for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]. She started in the heats of the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle and 4×100&nbsp;m medley but was replaced for the finals each time. In the second week of April she participated in the [[2008 FINA Short Course World Championships]] in [[Manchester]]. She started individually in the 100&nbsp;m butterfly and reached a 6th place. She also swam in the heats of the 4×100&nbsp;m medley but was replaced in the final by Inge Dekker. The Olympic Games in [[Beijing]] were a disappointment because she ended 30th in the 100&nbsp;m butterfly.

== Personal bests ==
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{| class="wikitable" |
! colspan="4" style="background: #add8e6;" | Short course<ref name="zwemkroniek">[http://www.zwemkroniek.com/whoswho.php3?action=2&id=7 Chantal Groot]. Zwemkroniek Online. Retrieved on 2008-09-07.</ref><ref name="swimrankings">[http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=athleteDetail&athleteId=1542318. Chantal at swimrankings.net]</ref> 
|-
!Event
!Time
!Date
!Location
|-
|50 m freestyle
|24.93
|2008-10-18
|[[Aachen]], [[Germany]]
|-
|100 m freestyle
|53.91
|2007-11-18
|[[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
|-
|50 m butterfly
|26.20
|2007-11-18
|[[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
|-
|100 m butterfly
|57.73
|2008-04-13
|[[Manchester]], [[United Kingdom]]
|}
| valign=top  align=left |
{| class="wikitable" |
! colspan="4" style="background: #add8e6;" | Long course<ref name="zwemkroniek"/><ref name="swimrankings"/>
|-
!Event
!Time
!Date
!Location
|-
|50 m freestyle
|25.32
|2005-04-22
|[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
|-
|100 m freestyle
|55.23
|2003-07-24
|[[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
|-
|50 m butterfly
|26.03
|2008-03-19
|[[Eindhoven]], [[Netherlands]]
|-
|100 m butterfly
|58.56
|2008-03-21
|[[Eindhoven]], [[Netherlands]]
|}
|}

==See also==
*[[List of Dutch records in swimming]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Footer World SC Champions 4x100m Freestyle Women}}
{{Footer European Champions 50m Butterfly Women}}
{{Footer European SC Champions 4x50m Freestyle Women}}
{{Footer Netherlands Swimming 2000 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer Netherlands Swimming 2004 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer Netherlands Swimming 2008 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:1982 births]]
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[[Category:Dutch female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Dutch female butterfly swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands]]
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[[Category:World record setters in swimming]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
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