Helge Folkert Meeuw (born 29 August 1984 from Wiesbaden, West Germany) is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at the:
- Olympics: 2004, 2008, 2012
- World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
- European Championships: 2006, 2012
- World University Games: 2007, 2009
- Short Course Worlds: 2006
- Short Course Europeans: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
At the 2008 German Swimming Championships in Berlin, he swam in 53.10 sec a new European Record at 100m backstroke. He also holds 200 m (short course and long course) backstroke German national records in swimming.
Personal bests
- 100 m backstroke 52.27 NR
- 200 m backstroke 1:53.34 NR
- 200 m backstroke 1'51.51 NR
Family
Both his parents, Folkert Meeuw and Jutta Weber, competed for West Germany in swimming, and both won medals at Olympic Games and World and European championships.[1] His wife, Antje Buschschulte, also competed for Germany and won Olympic medals.[2]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Helge Meeuw". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15.
- ^ "Antje Buschschulte". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
External links
- Official website
(in German) - Helge Meeuw at Olympics.com
- Helge Meeuw at Team Deutschland (in German)
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