Folkert Meeuw (born 11 November 1946) is a German former swimmer who competed at the

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

and

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

, and won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay in 1972. Next year he won a bronze in the same event at the

1973 World Aquatics Championships The 1st FINA World Championships in Aquatics were held in the Tašmajdan Sports Centre in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia, from 31 August to 9 September 1973. Medal table Results Diving ;Men ;Women Swimming ;Men ;Women Synchroni ...

. In 1970 and 1974 he won six European medals in various events, including three gold medals. His wife,

Jutta Weber Judith "Jutta" Weber (later ''Meeuw'', born 28 June 1954) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, and won bronze medals in the 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley relay events in 1972. She repeated ...

, and son,

Helge Meeuw Helge Folkert Meeuw (born 29 August 1984 from Wiesbaden, West Germany) is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at the: *Olympics: 2004, 2008, 2012 *World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 *E ...

, both competed for Germany in swimming and won medals at Summer Olympics and World and European championships.

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1946 births Living people German male swimmers German male freestyle swimmers German male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers for West Germany Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Wiesbaden World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for West Germany Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade 20th-century German people 21st-century German people {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub