Glenn Surgeloose Explained

Glenn Surgeloose
Strokes:Freestyle, butterfly
Club:Liege Natation
Coach:Andre Henveaux
Birth Date:4 September 1989
Birth Place:Ghent, Belgium
Height:1.820NaN0
Weight:820NaN0
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Glenn Surgeloose (born 4 September 1989) is a Belgian swimmer, who specializes in sprint freestyle events.[1] [2] He collected a bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[3] Surgeloose is a member of Brabo Antwerp, and is coached and trained by Ronald Gaastra.[4]

Career

Surgeloose made his first Belgian team, as a 19-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he qualified for the men's 200 m freestyle. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:49.36 from the Mare Nostrum Barcelona International Trophy in Spain.[5] [6] He cruised to seventh place and thirtieth overall in heat five by a tenth of a second (0.10) behind Greece's Andreas Zisimos in 1:48.92.[7]

At the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Surgeloose broke a new long-course Belgian record of 1:48.29 to round out the finale in the 200 m freestyle. Surgeloose's personal best and overhauling effort in the final propelled him up to the top 25 world rankings.[8] [9]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Surgeloose competed in both individual and relay swimming events. A year earlier, he posted a FINA B-cut of 1:48.96 (200 m freestyle) from the World Championships in Shanghai, China.[10] [11] In the 200 m freestyle, Surgeloose challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including three-time Olympian Tiago Venâncio of Portugal and semifinalist Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or of Israel. He raced to fourth place by six hundredths of a second (0.06) behind Venezuela's Cristian Quintero in his personal textile best of 1:48.77. Surgeloose failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.[12] Surgeloose also placed twelfth as a member of the Belgian team in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Teaming with Pieter Timmers, Dieter Dekoninck, and Louis Croenen, Surgeloose swam the second leg with a split of 1:48.22 to set a Belgian record of 7:14.44 in the heats.[13]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle events and helped Belgium's freestyle and freestyle teams into the final of both events.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Glenn Surgeloose. London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 21 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130520172527/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/surgeloose-glenn-1129517/. 20 May 2013.
  2. Web site: Glenn Surgeloose . 21 April 2013 . 2013-04-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130205220417/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/glenn-surgeloose-1.html . 5 February 2013 .
  3. News: Rusticus. Oene. Lizzie Simmonds Tears Up Final Day of European Junior Championships. Swimming World Magazine. 23 July 2007. 5 April 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20120912051118/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/15228.asp. 12 September 2012.
  4. Web site: Brabo Bestuur . 2013-06-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130903002636/http://braboswim.be/brabo-wie-is-wie . 2013-09-03 .
  5. Web site: Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Freestyle. 13. Swimming World Magazine. 9 April 2013. 4 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181004033253/http://magazines.swimmingworld.com:9997/SPIPDF/080508olyscutsheet.pdf. live.
  6. News: Surgeloose meilleur chrono sur 200 libre. Surgeloose's best time in the 200 freestyle. Dutch. 7Sur7]. 11 June 2008. 21 April 2013. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053641/http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1516/Omnisports/article/detail/308874/2008/06/11/Surgeloose-meilleur-chrono-sur-200-libre.dhtml. live.
  7. Web site: Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 5 . . . 17 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821032411/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM012900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .
  8. News: Record pour Surgeloose, 8e, en finale du 200 libre. Surgeloose set a Belgian record, eighth in the 200 freestyle final. Dutch. 7Sur7]. 11 August 2010. 21 April 2013. 27 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131227131424/http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1516/Omnisports/article/detail/1143848/2010/08/11/Record-pour-Surgeloose-8e-en-finale-du-200-libre.dhtml. live.
  9. News: European Long Course Championships: Sebastien Rouault, Camille Lacourt Chart Top-Ranked Times. Swimming World Magazine. 11 August 2010. 21 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131228210242/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/24797.asp. 28 December 2013.
  10. News: Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m freestyle. FINA. 21 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121116063353/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/qual_lists/men_200free.pdf. 16 November 2012.
  11. Web site: 2011 FINA World Championships (Shanghai, China) – Men's 200m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Omega Timing. 21 April 2013. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131221/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010B0D0013000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01. live.
  12. Web site: Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 3. London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 21 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120502073939/http://www.london2012.com/swimming/event/men-200m-freestyle/phase%3Dswm012900/index.html. 2 May 2012.
  13. Web site: Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2. https://archive.today/20130629174726/http://www.london2012.com/swimming/event/men-4x100m-freestyle-relay/phase=swm412900/index.html. dead. 29 June 2013. London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 21 April 2013.
  14. Web site: Glenn Surgeloose Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225950/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/glenn-surgeloose-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. en. 2018-08-24.

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