By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
Belgian swimmer Roos Vanotterdijk, 20, holds 13 national records over long course and short course, and she owns at least one record in all five strokes (including IM).
Vanotterdijk has the most versatility in her records across short course meters, where she has at least one record in every stroke except freestyle:. In long course, she holds records in freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and IM.
Vanotterdijk’s National Records
SCM
50 back – 26.43 (2025, World Cup Westmont) 100 back – 56.78 (2024, Belgian Championships) 200 breast – 2:18.07 (2025, Belgian Championships 50 fly – 25.32 (2024, Danish Championships) 100 fly – 55.64 (2025, World Cup Carmel) 100 IM – 57.41 (2025, World Cup Westmont) 200 IM – 2:05.81 (2025, World Cup Toronto)LCM
100 free – 53.62 (2025, Flanders Cup) 50 back – 27.67 (2025, World Championships) 100 back – 58.97 (2025, Flanders Cup) 50 fly – 25.32 (2025, World Championships) 100 fly – 55.84 (2025, World Championships) 200 IM – 2:09.73 (2025, French Championships)Does this range of records make her the most versatile swimmer in the world right now?
Plenty of swimmers have held national records in different strokes. Leon Marchand, for example, is the current French record holder in the Long Course 200 breast, 200 fly, 200 IM, and 400 IM. In short course meters, he holds records in the 200 back, 200 breast, 100 IM, 200 IM, and 400 IM. This totals at most three different strokes in each course, and four total. He is just missing a freestyle record.
In February of 2023, Marchand also led the NCAA in seven events across all five strokes: the 500 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM. This is in line with the versatility we are seeing from Vanotterdijk, though these times were not NCAA record swims.
Kate Douglass holds the World Records in the 100 free and 200 breaststroke SCM along with the American Record in the 200 IM. This might be one of the most versatile World Record combinations in history, but it doesn’t match the range of strokes seen from Vanotterdijk.
We frequently see swimmers who are elite at freestyle and another stroke, or a stroke and the IM events. There are even swimmers that sometimes race freestyle, another stroke, and IM —Michael Phelps won Olympic gold medals in freestyle, butterfly, and IM — but it is rare to see an athlete who is the best in their country at all four strokes and IM.
Not only is Vanotterdijk the best swimmer in her country’s history in a variety of events, she is also elite in them. At the 2025 World Championships, she won a silver medal in the 100 fly and a bronze in the 50 fly. During the Swimming World Cup in October, she picked up eight bronze medals in the 50 fly, 100 fly, and 100 IM over the course of all three meets. She also has a bronze medal from the European Championships in the 100 back, and from European Juniors in the 100 free and 50 back.
The only stroke she does not have an international medal in is breaststroke because it is a relatively new event for her. She swam the 200 for the first time this year since December of 2019, and she broke the Belgian National Record in the SCM event at the 2025 National Championships earlier this month. That swim of 2:18.07 currently ranks 5th in the world this season, and would have been 5th in the world last year, even with the SC World Championships factored in.
Vanotterdijk is one of seven swimmers slated to compete for Belgium at next week’s European Championships, and she is entered in the 50 fly, 100 IM, 200 free, 100 fly, 200 breast, 100 back, 200 IM, 50 back, and 50 free. While she probably won’t swim all of these events, she is a legitimate medal threat in all nine.
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