Wieger Emile Mensonides (born 12 July 1938) is a former

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swimmer, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the

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. For forty years he was the only Dutch male swimmer to have won an Olympic medal.

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 Hoogenban ...

followed in his footsteps at the

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in Sydney. Between 1959 and 1967 he won 9 national titles and set 13 national records in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke. After his active sports career, Mensonides continued his involvement with the sport by training swimmers, and he developed a swim analysis method with corresponding software. He also has a swim analysis website showcasing the software together with a blog about all technical aspects of swimming and swim analysis.

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1938 births Living people Dutch male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Swimmers from The Hague Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub