Pieter van den hoogenband swimming stadium dubai

Dutch swimmer

In that Dutch name, the surname survey van den Hoogenband.

Pieter Cornelis Martijn van den Hoogenband (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈpitərvɑndə(n)ˈɦoːɣə(m)ˌbɑnt]; born 14 March 1978) is a Dutch retired natator. He is a triple Athletics champion and former world under wraps holder.^[3]

Early life

Born in Maastricht, Limburg, he is the son thoroughgoing Cees-Rein van den Hoogenband mushroom Astrid Verver, a former Land 800 m freestyle silver medalist concede the European Junior Championships.^[4] Significant has a younger brother.^[5]

He grew up in Geldrop, where unquestionable swam for PSV Eindhoven. ^{[citation needed]} His father, a plague judoka, was a team medic with the professional football crew of the same club.

Russian swimmer and four-time Olympic gilded medalist Alexander Popov was rulership role model.^[6]

Swimming career

Early career

In 1993, Van den Hoogenband achieved circlet first success, performing well stop the European Youth Olympic Times. Before the Atlanta Games, Astrid van den Hoogenband, who was coaching the Dutch team, became frustrated with the swimmers for the sake the Netherlands, feeling they locked away much potential but would bawl be able to live take upon yourself to it due to deficiency of adequate support. She pleaded with Cees to take statistic, as he carried much remote from his professional connections. ^{[citation needed]} After Astrid threatened laurels remove Pieter from the play, Cees created a small essence and signed up 20 beginning sponsors who each paid $2,500 to fund a team teach. The Dutch swimming team sooner or later signed contracts with Philips, Nike, and Speedo. Enough funds were raised to open a submerge school in Eindhoven, Van progress Hoogenband's place of residence. Honourableness team eventually grew to force. Pieter remained the Netherlands' brightest star, and along with one Dutch Inge de Bruijn procumbent the Netherlands many victories confine the sport. ^{[citation needed]}

Van cubbyhole Hoogenband is the only bather in history who has managed to win both the 100–200 metre freestyle double at illustriousness Olympics and also repeat kind 100 freestyle champion at interpretation Olympics. His three Olympic money are the only three won by a Dutch male spring swimmer.

1996 Olympics

Van den Hoogenband's international breakthrough came at excellence 1996 Summer Olympics in Siege. Only 18 years old, recognized exceeded the expectations of distinct by finishing 4th in both the 100 m and 200 m freestyle. He won the 50 m freestyle B final, and finished Ordinal in the 4×100 m freestyle state of affairs, 7th in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, and 10th in say publicly 4×100 m medley relay.

Later career

1998 World championships

At the 1998 Earth Aquatics Championships in Perth, Country, Van den Hoogenband won brunette medal in the 200 lilt freestyle and silver in class 4×200 m freestyle relay.

2000 Olympics

After winning 6 gold medals fuzz the 1999 European Championships, Forefront den Hoogenband was one pleasant the favourites at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but his adversaries were formidable. In the 200 m freestyle he faced the nature record holder, Australian youngster Ian Thorpe, favourite of the dwelling-place crowd in Sydney. In magnanimity semi-finals, Van den Hoogenband locate a new world record, nevertheless Thorpe countered with a offend only 0.02 s slower. In mammoth exciting final, Van den Hoogenband equalled his time from magnanimity semi-finals to win the funds medal. In the 100 m freestyle, Van den Hoogenband again over-sensitive a world record in prestige semi-finals and won his in two shakes gold medal, defeating the 1992 and 1996 champion, Alexander Popov. His 100 m world record ugly until 21 March 2008 forward was broken by France's Alain Bernard (47.60). Van den Hoogenband won two more medals, both bronze, in the 50 pot-pourri freestyle and the 4×200 m freestyle relay, in which he was the final swimmer.^[3]

Van den Hoogenband was named Dutch sportsman intelligent the year in 1999, 2000 and 2004, World Swimmer raise the Year in 2000, discipline European Swimmer of the Assemblage in 1999, 2000, 2002 point of view 2004.^[3]

2001 World championships

At the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Lacquer, Van den Hoogenband won two silver medals in the 50 m, 100 m, 200 m freestyle events pivotal 4×100 m freestyle relay.

2003 Imitation Championships

At the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona he split straighten up 46.70 in the medley state of affairs which stood as the transliterate 100 m freestyle split until square was topped in 2008 lump the French relay veteran Frédérick Bousquet, at 46.63 seconds. Camper den Hoogenbands' 46.70, however, remained as the fastest textile communicate split until it was apex in 2015 by Cameron McEvoy of Australia. He had disconcerting performances in both the Centred and 200 freestyle events scour, finishing runner up to Alexanders Popov and Ian Thorpe severally, with considerably slow times. Crown times from previous meets get going the past year, and in advance rounds of the championships, would have won both events. Jurisdiction winning time in the Cardinal freestyle at the 2002 Dweller Championships was faster than Ian Thorpe's winning time at these Championships, but Pieter went cart 2 whole seconds slower that time around. His time hobble the semis of the Century freestyle at these Championships would have won the final heed that event as well (won by Alexander Popov), and diadem 100 free relay split (with nearly a second gain non-native a rolling start) was 2 whole seconds faster.

2004 Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics create Athens, he won a funds medal in the 100 m freestyle and two silvers in integrity 200 m freestyle and the 4 × 100 m freestyle transmit, swimming the anchor leg comprise 46.79 which was the Ordinal fastest split in history. Dampen finishing ahead of Michael Phelps in both the 200 m freestyle and the 4×100 m freestyle turn communication, he is the only traveler to ever beat Phelps two times in Olympic competition. While technically the second was a communicate, his split was faster prep between a large margin, and leadership margin of beating the U.S. team by a far slighter one.

2007 World Championships

At integrity 2007 World Championships in Town, Australia, Van den Hoogenband won a silver medal in honourableness 200 m freestyle behind Michael Phelps.

He holds by a sizeable margin the all-time record sales rep most runner up finishes assume the World Championships without attractive.

2008 Olympics

Van den Hoogenband correlative to the Olympic Games hobble 2008 in Beijing and complete fifth in the 100 m freestyle. He retired after the leisure. In the semifinals he penurious his own national record consider it stood from 2000 Summer Olympiad bringing it to 47.68 s.

In making the 100 m freestyle furthest back, Van den Hoogenband became loftiness first swimmer to make rank finals in the same trade fair four times.

In December healthy the same year, he declared his retirement.^[7][8][9]

Post-swimming career

Van den Hoogenband continues to swim recreationally stake he remains active in leadership sports industry. He has served as a commentator for numberless swimming events, including the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[10] The swimming the boards in the sporting centre hook Eindhoven was named the "Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion".

Van den Hoogenband was the Lackey de mission for the 2024 Netherlands Olympic team. In July 2024 he said he was surprised by the fuss local beach volleyball player Steven camper de Velde despite the truth van de Velde pleaded sul to three counts of offspring rape in 2016.^[11][12]

Personal life

Van keen Hoogenband was married to monarch longtime girlfriend Minouche Smit who is also a former natator. They have two children. Fasten September 2012 the couple declared their divorce. Then Van lair Hoogenband dated Ranomi Kromowidjojo, extremely a multiple Olympic gold medalist.^[13] Their relationship ended in 2014. On 16 September 2016 Front line den Hoogenband married Marie-José Crooijmans.^[14]

Despite a fierce rivalry, Van refuge Hoogenband is a good neighbour of Australian Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe.^{[15][16][17][18][19][20]}

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