Rene Schoenmaker and Renske Schoenmaker are the parents of Tatjana Schoenmaker.
Rene and Renske Schoenmaker have been supportive of their daughter’s swimming career.
Tatjana Schoenmaker won a gold medal and set the world record in the 200-metre breaststroke and also won the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Following the Tokyo Olympic Games, Tatjana’s mother Renske Schoenmaker said; “We are very proud, but at the same time‚ it takes a village to raise a child. We are not the only people. There are so many people behind these athletes”.
“The medical staff‚ the support team‚ the coaches‚ friends‚ teammates and families — I mean you don’t want to start mentioning names because you are going to miss some.
“We just want to say thank you to everybody involved in Tatjana’s successes. It is incredible and we cannot comprehend this. It is unbelievable,” She added.
Tatjana’s father‚ Rene‚ said the family was happy for Tatjana and that his daughter’s achievements are exactly what the country needs following the social uproar that led to the looting of shops and destruction of properties in July 2021.
“It is also about what it has done for the country. You know as a country we have gone through some difficult times over the last couple of weeks and this is nice to see.”
Rene Schoenmaker and Renske Schoenmaker have two children; Fabienne Schoenmaker and Renske Schoenmaker.