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Surinamese swimmer

NationalitySurinamese

Born (1994-10-22) 22 October 1994 (age 31)

Xiomara Getrouw
Personal information
Nationality	Surinamese
Born	(1994-10-22) 22 October 1994 (age 31) Paramaribo, Suriname
Sport
Sport	Swimming

Strokes	Backstroke

Xiomara Getrouw (born 22 October 1994) is a Surinamese swimmer. She is her country's record holder in the 50 m backstroke and the 50 m butterfly.

Getrouw attended AlphaMax Academy in Suriname, Monroe Community College, in Rochester, New York,^[1] and St Andrew's University in North Carolina. She has a bachelor's degree in sports management.^[2]

Swimming

In 2021, Getrouw won the women's 38th Staatsolie swimming marathon.^[3]^[4]

In 2014, she competed at the 2014 NJCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in the 200 m medley in Fort Pierce, Florida.^[1]

She set her country's national record for the 50 m backstroke in 2017 in Amsterdam in a time of 29:62.^[5] The same year, she represented Suriname in the women's 50 m backstroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[5]^[6]^[7]

She is also the national record holder in the 50 m butterfly.^[2]

1 2 Santucci, Jon (8 March 2014). "IRSC sweeps all 12 events in Day 3 of nationals". Indian River Press Journal. Vero Beach, Florida. pp. 3C. Retrieved 26 April 2026 – via newspapers.com.
1 2 "Zwemster Xiomara Getrouw brengt blinden en doven zelfredzaamheid bij" [Swimmer Xiomara Getrouw teaches self-reliance to the blind and deaf.]. Suriname Herald (in Dutch). 15 November 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
↑ "Arubaan Renze Postma wint Staatsolie zwemmarathon" [Aruban Renze Postma wins Staatsolie swimming marathon]. Starnieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 April 2026.
↑ "The athlete Xiomara Getrouw x". Good News Planet. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
1 2 "Xiomara Getrouw zwemt Surinaams nationaal record in Nederland" [Xiomara Getrouw swims Suriname's national record in the Netherlands]. Suriname Herald (in Dutch). 16 July 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
↑ "Heats results". FINA. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
↑ "2017 World Aquatics Championships". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

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