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Kim DEIMAN
Sport Artistic Swimming
NOC Netherlands   
GenderWomen
Born03 Jul 1995 in Valkenswaard, NED
 Human Interest 
Sport Specific Information
Club / Team
 Zwem en Poloclub Hoofddorp [ZPCH]: Netherlands
Further Personal Information
Higher education
 Physiotherapy - Fontys University of Applied Sciences: Eindhoven, NED
General Interest
Hobbies
 Ballet, modern dance, reading. (fysiotherapiesmits.nl, 01 Apr 2018)
Sport Specific Information
Why this sport?
 Her mother was an artistic swimmer and her father was an assistant coach for the artistic swimming national talent team.
When and where did you begin this sport?
 She took up artistic swimming at age five.
Further Personal Information
Residence
 's-Hertogenbosch, NED
Occupation
 Coach, Physiotherapist
Languages
 Dutch, English
General Interest
Other information
 INTERNATIONAL RETIREMENT
She stopped competing internationally in 2013. "Since 2013 I am no longer active in the Dutch selection and I have fully focused on physiotherapy. As a physiotherapist I am associated with various sports clubs." (fysiotherapiesmits.nl, 08 Sep 2020)

OCCUPATION
She has worked as a physiotherapist at Fysiotherapie Smits in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. "I specialise in both sports-related complaints and joint complaints such as the hip, knee, ankle, elbow and wrist. I am also specialised in intermittent claudication." (fysiotherapiesmits.nl, 08 Sep 2020; Fysiotherapie Smits Facebook page, 11 Jun 2018)

COACHING
She coached Guatemalan artistic swimmers Jennifer Paniagua and Mary-Ann van Grinsven at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Colombia. (guatemala.com, 24 Nov 2021; Synchrosteps Facebook page, 30 Jan 2022)

 Competition Highlights
World Championships
Rank Year Venue Event Result
12 2013 Barcelona, ESP Team Technical Routine 81.700
12 2013 Barcelona, ESP Free Routine Combination 82.070
European Championships
Rank Year Venue Event Result
6 2012 Eindhoven, NED Free Routine Combination 80.990