Dion Dreesens (born 30 April 1993) is a Dutch

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. He competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...

in the men's 200 metre freestyle, finishing in 27th place in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. Dreesens qualified for the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

in Rio de Janeiro in the 200 metre freestyle and the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. He finished 27th in the heats of the 200 m freestyle, and finished 7th in the final with the relay.

References

1993 births Living people Dutch male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics People from Venray Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands) {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub