Hans Elzerman is an Olympic swimmer from the Netherlands, and as of early 2011 is now a national swimming coach for the Netherlands. He is one of 3 siblings from the Elzerman family to swim for the Dutch at an Olympics, with Hans, himself, and his sister Josien

Josien Elzerman

Josina Alida Elzerman is a former freestyle and breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

 swimming at the 1972

Netherlands at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 119 competitors, 90 men and 29 women, took part in 72 events in 16 sports.-Medalists:...

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Henk Elzerman

Henk Elzerman is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 400m and 1500m Freestyle. As a member of the Dutch Relay Team he finished in sixth position ...

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Netherlands at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.-Medalists:The Netherlands finished in 29th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals and three bronze medals.- Silver:...

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At the 1972 Olympics

Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics were held in Munich, West Germany, 29 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 532 participants from 52 countries competing....

, Hans was a member of the Dutch 4x100 and 4x200 Free Relays.

Coaching

In 2001, Hans was one of the coaches who founded the Dutch club Top Zwemmen Amsterdam. Around this time, he was coach to Inge de Bruijn

Inge de Bruijn

Inge de Bruijn is a Dutch former swimmer. She was a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record holder.-Biography:De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, South Holland, and tried several sports before settling with swimming....

. In 2007, Top Zwemmen became part of the Netherlands' Nationals Swimming Institute (Nationaal Zweminstituut Amsterdam).