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Pieter van den Hoogenband

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Pieter van den Hoogenband
Personal information
Full name: Pieter Cornelis Martijn
van den Hoogenband
Nickname(s): VDH
The Flying Dutchman
The Dutch Dolfin
"Hoogie"
Nationality: Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Stroke(s): Freestyle
Date of birth: March 14, 1978 (1978-03-14) (age 30)
Place of birth: Maastricht, Netherlands
Height: 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight: 83 kilograms (180 lb)
Medal record
Competitor for Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Men’s Swimming
Olympic Games
Gold 2000 Sydney[1] 100 m freestyle
Gold 2000 Sydney 200 m freestyle
Gold 2004 Athens[2] 100 m freestyle
Silver 2004 Athens 200 m freestyle
Silver 2004 Athens 4x100 m freestyle relay
Bronze 2000 Sydney 50 m freestyle
Bronze 2000 Sydney 4x200 m freestyle relay
World Championships (LC)
Bronze 1998 Perth 200 m freestyle
Silver 2001 Fukuoka 50 m freestyle
Silver 2001 Fukuoka 100 m freestyle
Silver 2001 Fukuoka 200 m freestyle
Silver 2001 Fukuoka 4x100 m freestyle relay
Bronze 2003 Barcelona[3] 50 m freestyle
Silver 2003 Barcelona 100 m freestyle
Silver 2003 Barcelona 200 m freestyle
Silver 2007 Melbourne[4] 200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold 1999 Hong Kong 4x200 m Freestyle
Silver 1999 Hong Kong 4x100 m Freestyle
Bronze 1999 Hong Kong 200 m Freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold 1999 Istanbul 50 m Freestyle
Gold 1999 Istanbul 100 m Freestyle
Gold 1999 Istanbul 200 m Freestyle
Gold 1999 Istanbul 50 m Butterfly
Gold 1999 Istanbul 4x100 m Freestyle
Gold 1999 Istanbul 4x100 m Medley
Gold 2002 Berlin 100 m Freestyle
Gold 2002 Berlin 200 m Freestyle
Gold 2004 Madrid 200 m Freestyle
Gold 2006 Budapest 200 m Freestyle
Silver 1997 Seville 4x200 m Freestyle
Silver 2000 Helsinki 50 m Freestyle
Silver 2000 Helsinki 100 m Freestyle
Silver 2000 Helsinki 200 m Freestyle
Silver 2004 Madrid 100 m Freestyle
Bronze 1997 Seville 4x100 m Freestyle
Bronze 2000 Helsinki 4x200 m Freestyle
Bronze 2006 Budapest 100 m Freestyle
Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 4x100m Freestyle

Pieter Cornelis Martijn van den Hoogenband (born March 14, 1978 in Maastricht) is a Dutch swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.

Raised in Geldrop, near Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, the son of Cees-Rein van den Hoogenband and Astrid Verver, a former Dutch 800 m freestyle silver medalist at the European Championships, Pieter grew up in Geldrop, where he swam for PSV Eindhoven. His father is a team doctor with the professional football team of the same club. In 1993, Van den Hoogenband achieved his first successes, performing well on the European Youth Olympic Days.

Prior to the Atlanta Games, Astrid van den Hoogenband, who was coaching the Dutch team, became frustrated with the swimmers representing the Netherlands, feeling they had much potential but would not be able to live up to it due to lack of adequate support. She pleaded with Cees to take action, as he carried much weight from his professional connections. After Astrid threatened to remove Pieter from the sport, Cees created a small foundation and signed up 20 initial sponsors who each paid $2,500 to fund a team trainer. The Dutch swimming team eventually signed extremely lucrative contracts with Philips, Nike, and Speedo. Enough funds were raised to open a swim school in Eindhoven, van den Hoogenband's place of residence. The team eventually grew to ten. Pieter remained the Netherlands' brightest star, and along with fellow Dutch Inge de Bruijn brought the Netherlands many victories in the sport.

His international breakthrough came at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Only 18 years old, van den Hoogenband surprised many by finishing 4th in both the 100 and 200 m freestyle.

After winning 6 gold medals at the 1999 European Championships, he was one of the favourites at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but his adversaries were formidable. In the 200 m freestyle he faced the world record holder, Australian youngster Ian Thorpe, favourite of the home crowd in Sydney. In the semi-finals, van den Hoogenband set a new world record, but Thorpe countered with a time only 0.02s slower. In an exciting final, van den Hoogenband equalled his time from the semi-finals to win the gold medal. In the 100 m freestyle, van den Hoogenband again set a world record in the semi-finals and won his second gold medal, defeating the 1992 and 1996 champion, Alexander Popov. His 100 m world record stood until 2008. Hoogenband won two more medals, both bronze, in the 50 m freestyle and the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay, in which he was the final swimmer.

He was named the 2000 Male World Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine .

At the 2001 Aquatics World Championships, van den Hoogenband won four silver medals in the 50, 100, 200 and 4 x 100 m freestyle events. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle and two silvers in the 200 m freestyle and the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay. His anchor leg of 46.79 in the 4x100m Freestyle Relay is the fastest split in history.

He and his wife, former medley swimmer Minouche Smit, had their first child, a daughter named Daphne, on June 23, 2007.

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Records
Preceded by
Flag of Australia Michael Klim
Men's 100 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)

September 19, 2000March 21, 2008
Succeeded by
Flag of France Alain Bernard
Preceded by
Flag of Australia Ian Thorpe
Men's 200 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)

September 17, 2000March 27, 2001
Succeeded by
Flag of Australia Ian Thorpe
Awards
Preceded by
Gianni Romme
Dutch Sportsman of the Year
1999 to 2000
Succeeded by
Erik Dekker
Preceded by
Erben Wennemars
Dutch Sportsman of the Year
2004
Succeeded by
Yuri van Gelder
Preceded by
Ian Thorpe
World Swimmer of the Year
2000
Succeeded by
Ian Thorpe
Preceded by
Denys Sylant'yev
European Swimmer of the Year
19992000
Succeeded by
Roman Sloudnov
Preceded by
Roman Sloudnov
European Swimmer of the Year
2002
Succeeded by
Alexander Popov
Preceded by
Alexander Popov
European Swimmer of the Year
2004
Succeeded by
László Cseh



Persondata
NAME Van den Hoogenband, Pieter Cornelis Martijn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Dutch swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH


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