“After fourteen years of top sport, we both felt that it is a good time to organize our lives differently,” says Bregje de Brouwer in a message On the website of the Swimming Association.
“It was a special feeling to win Olympic bronze with our parents and loved ones in the stands. We stop at our peak. We are grateful to everyone who has been part of our route to Olympic bronze.”
Synchronous swimming even better on the map
Their decision does not mean that they will finally turn their back on the pool. “We want to give something back to the sport by giving clinics and helping young talents in their development. We want to put synchronized swimming even better on the map, that is our new goal,” said Noortje via the Swimming Association.
” We are also ambitious in the social field, making it an interesting period in which we find out what suits us. The new life will be exciting and we will have to find a rhythm in it. We do not know where we enter, but we are confident that we will start our new career in a good way, “concludes Bregje.