Klaas-Erik Zwering (born 19 May 1981 in
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,[North Brabant
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) is a former
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swimmer
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and an
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medalist. He is currently studying MBO entrepreneurship as he trained in Eindhoven with the
PSV Eindhoven
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swim club. His personal coach was
Jacco Verhaeren
Jacco Verhaeren (born April 4, 1969 in Rijsbergen) is a Dutch swimming coach and manager. He is best known for guiding Pieter van den Hoogenband, Inge de Bruijn, and Ranomi Kromowidjojo to multiple Olympic gold medals, and for leading significant ...
, who is also coach for Dutch swimming phenom
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Pieter Cornelis Martijn van den Hoogenband (; born 14 March 1978) is a Dutch retired swimmer. He is a triple Olympic champion and former world record holder.
Early life
Born in Maastricht, Limburg, he is the son of Cees-Rein van den Hoogenband ...
.
Zwering originally specialized in the 200 meter
backstroke
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, coming in seventh place in his first senior competition at the
European Championships
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in
Istanbul
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. In the
2000 Olympic Games
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in Sydney, he came in tenth place in the same event. Recently, however, he's been focusing exclusively on
freestyle swimming
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.
In 2001 at the
FINA World Championships
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in
Fukuoka
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, Japan, Klaas-Erik was a member of the silver medal winning 4×100 meter freestyle relay team. Later, along with teammates Pieter van den Hoogenband,
Johan Kenkhuis
Johan Kenkhuis (born 7 May 1980 in Vriezenveen, Overijssel) is an Olympic medal winning Dutch swimmer.
From a young age, Kenkhuis had a strong interest in swimming. In 1998, he won gold medals in both the 100 meter and 200 meter freestyle ev ...
and
Mitja Zastrow
Mitja Kolia Zastrow (born 7 March 1977) is a Dutch swimmer and an Olympic medalist. Originally from Germany, Zastrow was born and raised in Wuppertal, near Düsseldorf. He became a naturalized Dutch citizen in July 2003, after a ...
, Zwering won his first Olympic silver medal in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay in the
2004 Olympic Games
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in
Athens
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, Greece. Afterwards he retired.
See also
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Dutch records in swimming
Below is the complete list of the Dutch records in swimming, which are ratified by the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB).
Long course (50 m) Men
Women
Mixed relay
Short course (25 ...
External links
Zwemkroniek online profile
References
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1981 births
Living people
Dutch male backstroke swimmers
Dutch male freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Eindhoven
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in swimming
Goodwill Games medalists in swimming
Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
21st-century Dutch people