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She swims Canadian Masters for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiterockwave.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White Rock Wave Swim Team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brussel broke the 400-meter free style record by finishing in 12 minutes, 50 seconds, shattering the previous age group world record by close to four minutes.<\/p>\n<p>She also broke the 50 backstroke record in 1:24 and the 50 breaststroke in 1:52.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Washington Post story, Brussel grew up in the Netherlands as the second born of 12 children and looked after her siblings during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Brussel and her late husband immigrated to Canada in 1959 where she became a seamstress.<\/p>\n<p>She got in the water for the first time in a competition in 1991. Since then, she has set several records and will be the subject of an upcoming documentary, according to the Post report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very fortunate that I\u2019m able to do all this stuff, and I have good health,\u201d Betty Brussel told the Post.<\/p>\n<p>She will turn 100 in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 99 years old, Betty Brussel is still in the water two days a week training. 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