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Kira Toussaint

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National team
  
Netherlands

College team
  
Tennessee Volunteers

Weight
  
72 kg

Sport
  
Swimming

Height
  
1.74 m

Parents
  
Jolanda de Rover

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Born
  
22 May 1994 (age 22) (
1994-05-22
)

Strokes
  
Backstroke, Freestyle swimming

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Kira Toussaint (born 22 May 1994) is a Dutch competitive swimmer who specializes in backstroke.

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In the semifinals of the 2012 European Short Course Championships in Chartres, France, she broke the Dutch record in the 100 meter backstroke (short course) with a time of 57.16 s. She finished 4th in the final.

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Toussaint qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 meter backstroke. Her time of 1:00.25 exactly matched the Olympic Qualifying Time. She finished 18th in the heats and did not advance to the semifinals.

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Personal life

Toussaint is the daughter of Jolanda de Rover, the Olympic gold medalist in the 200 meter backstroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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References

Kira Toussaint Wikipedia