Suzanne Harmes

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Suzanne Helena Johanna ("Suzanne") Harmes (born January 10, 1986 in Zoetermeer) is a Dutch gymnast.

In 2002 she won the silver medal at the European Championships in Patras as a part of the Dutch team. A year later she became Dutch National Champion for the first time in her career. Harmes represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she finished the 42nd place in the women's all-around competition. At the 2005 World Championships in Melbourne she won the bronze medal at the floor exercise. Earlier that year she won the gold medal at the World Cup meeting in Maribor. At the same meeting she also won a silver medal at the beam and a bronze medal at vault.

She withdrew from the 2006 World Championship in Aarhus due to pregnancy. On May 24, 2007 Harmes became mother of her first child, son Lugano.