Joeri Verlinden (born 22 January 1988) is a Dutch

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who specializes in

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and

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. He is currently trained by Martin Truijens. He was previously trained by Marcel Wouda.

Swimming career

Verlinden made his international debut at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006 in

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where he started in all butterfly events finishing 34th in the 50 m, 32nd in the 100 m and 27th in the 200 m butterfly. At the 2007 Dutch Open Swim Cup he qualified for the European LC Championships in his hometown

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by 0.23 seconds. In the 200 m butterfly he ended 21st. In April he competed in the

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and finished

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17th in the 50 m butterfly and 16th in the 100 m. In the 4 × 100 m medley relay he swam a national record together with

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finishing 8th in the final. Verlinden qualified for the

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in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 meter butterfly.

Personal bests

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verlinden, Joeri 1988 births Living people Dutch male butterfly swimmers Dutch male freestyle swimmers Male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands People from Roerdalen Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands)