Thijs van Hofweegen (born 30 November 1996) is a Dutch Paralympic swimmer with

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...

. He is a silver medalist at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and a gold medalist in several events at the

2018 World Para Swimming European Championships The 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2018 World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships took place in Dublin, Ireland from 13 to 19 August 2018. It was the 5th edition of the Championsh ...

held in Dublin, Ireland. He also won the bronze medal in the men's 50 metre freestyle S6 event at the

2022 World Para Swimming Championships The 2022 World Para Swimming Championships was the 11th edition of the World Para Swimming Championships, an international swimming competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Madeira from 12 to 18 June. The competition was origin ...

held in Madeira.

Career

Van Hofweegen represented the Netherlands at the

held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's 400 metre freestyle S6 event. He also competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle S6 and men's 100 metre freestyle S6 where he respectively finished in 8th and 5th place in the final. At the

2016 IPC Swimming European Championships The 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships was an international swimming competition. It was held in Funchal, Madeira running from 30 April to 7 May. Around 450 athletes from 50 different countries attended the competition. This was the last ma ...

held in Funchal, Madeira, he won the silver medal in the men's 100m freestyle S6 event. He also won the bronze medals in the men's 400m freestyle S6 event and in the 100m backstroke S6 event. At the

held in Dublin, Ireland, he won three gold medals: in the men's 50 metres freestyle S6 event, in the men's 100 metres freestyle S6 event, in the men's 400 metres freestyle S6 event. He also won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres medley relay event. In 2021, Van Hofweegen represented the Netherlands at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

held in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke S6 and men's 100 metre freestyle S6 events and in both events he advanced to compete in the final. He also finished in 5th place in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 34pts event.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:van Hofweegen, Thijs 1996 births Living people Dutch male backstroke swimmers Dutch male freestyle swimmers S6-classified para swimmers Paralympic swimmers for the Netherlands Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Swimmers with cerebral palsy Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Dutch people