Ada Kok

Ada Kok

Personal information
Full name	Aagje Kok
National team	Netherlands
Born	(1947-06-06) 6 June 1947 Amsterdam], Netherlands
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City 200 m butterfly 1964 Tokyo 100 m butterfly 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m medley European Championships 1962 Leipzig 100 m butterfly 1966 Utrecht 100 m butterfly 1966 Utrecht 4×100 m medley 1962 Leipzig 4×100 m medley 1966 Utrecht 400 m freestyle

Aagje ("Ada") Kok (born 6 June 1947, in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a former swimmer who ranked among the world's best in the butterfly stroke category during the 1960s.

Her international career started in 1962 when, at the age of fifteen, she took the European title in the 100 m butterfly in Leipzig. She was also part of the silver 4×100 m medley relay team. At the Tokyo Olympics two years later she finished second in both events. She was also good at freestyle swimming, which showed when she took second place in the 400 metres at the 1966 European Championships in Utrecht. In the same tournament she also won the 100 m butterfly and the 4×100 m relay. She achieved nine world records between 1963 and 1967 in the 100 m and 200 m (not introduced until later).

Kok reached her peak at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. She won the gold medal in the 200 meter butterfly race in a time of 2:24.7, beating the East German Helga Lindner by 0.1 seconds. The 100 meter butterfly race in that Olympic Games ended in disappointment for her, when she did not feel well beforehand, and finished in fourth place..

In her memoirs written by Henk Lichtenveldt, she stated:

See also

• World record progression 100 metres butterfly
• World record progression 200 metres butterfly

References

• Dutch Olympic Committee

Records
Preceded by Kathy Ellis	Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) 1 September 1963 – 16 October 1964	Succeeded by Sharon Stouder
Preceded by Sharon Stouder	Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) 14 August 1965 – 20 August 1970	Succeeded by Alice Jones
Preceded by Kenis Moore	Women's 200 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) 21 August 1965 – 11 July 1970	Succeeded by Karen Moe
Awards
Preceded by Sjoukje Dijkstra	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1965, 1966	Succeeded by Stien Kaiser
Preceded by Stien Kaiser	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1968	Succeeded by Maria Gommers