Mathieu Fonteyn Explained

Mathieu Fonteyn
Fullname:Mathieu Fonteyn
Strokes:Freestyle, butterfly
Club:Bruges ZK
Coach:Rik Valcke
Birth Date:14 February 1985
Birth Place:Leuven, Belgium
Height:1.770NaN0
Weight:720NaN0
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Mathieu Fonteyn (born 14 February 1985) is a Belgian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events.[1] [2] He represented his nation Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing himself among the top 20 swimmers with an illustrious Belgian record in the 200 m butterfly.[3] Fonteyn trained under the tutelage of the national team's assistant coach Rik Valcke at a local swimming club in Bruges until his abrupt retirement shortly before London 2012 due to sustained injuries.[4] [5]

Fonteyn competed for the Belgian swimming squad in the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he placed fourth in the top-eight final at the European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands with an Olympic A-cut time of 1:56.86.[6] [7] Fonteyn blasted a new Belgian record of 1:56.65 to obtain the seventh spot and nineteenth overall in the last of six preliminary heats, narrowly missing out the top 16 semifinal by just sixth hundredths of a second (0.06) and trailing all-time Olympian and eventual world record holder Michael Phelps, who competed in the same race as Fonteyn, by nearly three seconds.[8] [9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mathieu Fonteyn. Beijing 2008. 16 January 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081205051034/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/211091.shtml. 5 December 2008.
  2. Mathieu Fonteyn. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/mathieu-fonteyn-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 20 November 2012.
  3. News: Mathieu Fonteyn zwemt Belgisch record, maar plaatst zich niet. Mathieu Fonteyn swam with a Belgian record, but failed to advance. nl. Het Belang van Limburg. 11 August 2008. 19 January 2016.
  4. News: Danny. Lingier. Rik Valcke met Brian Ryckeman en Mathieu Fonteyn naar Peking. Rik Valcke joins Brian Ryckeman and Mathieu Fonteyn in Beijing. nl. Het Nieuwsblad. 24 July 2008. 19 January 2016.
  5. News: Mathieu Fonteyn moet geblesseerd punt zetten achter zwemcarrière. nl. Mathieu Fonteyn injured; his swimming career is about to end. Het Nieuwsblad. 3 May 2012. 19 November 2012.
  6. Web site: Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Butterfly. PDF. 36. Swimming World Magazine. 9 April 2013.
  7. News: Belgen in Peking. Mathieu Fonteyn. nl. Belgian in Beijing: Mathieu Fonteyn. De Standaard. 8 May 2008. 19 January 2016.
  8. Web site: Swimming: Men's 200m Butterfly – Heat 3 . . . 2 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821002412/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM022900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .
  9. News: OS Zwemmen: Mathieu Fonteyn breekt BR op de 200m vlinder. nl. Mathieu Fonteyn breaks the Belgian record in the 200 m butterfly. Het Nieuwsblad. 11 August 2008. 19 January 2016.

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