Ward Bauwens Explained

Ward Bauwens
Strokes:Individual medley
Club:Brabo Antwerp
Birth Date:4 May 1993
Birth Place:Leuven, Belgium
Weight:730NaN0
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Ward Bauwens (born 4 May 1993 in Leuven) is a Belgian swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] [2] Bauwens is a resident athlete for Brabo Antwerp, and currently, a medicine student at the University of Antwerp.[1]

Before his Olympic debut, Bauwens broke his own 400 IM record several times. On 16 March 2012 he posted a time of 4:19.55 to blast a 16-year-old record (4:19.82), held by Stefaan Maene since 1995, at the Belgian Championships in Antwerp.[3]

Bauwens qualified for the men's 400 m individual medley, by clearing a 4:19 barrier, and eclipsing a FINA B-cut of 4:18.24 from the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.[4] [5] He surged past Luxembourg's Raphaël Stacchiotti with a freestyle kick to top the second heat by 0.49 of a second, breaking his own Belgian record of 4:16.71. Bauwens failed to advance into the final, as he placed sixteenth overall on the first day of the preliminaries.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ward Bauwens. London 2012. 9 February 2013. 12 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130512110735/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/bauwens-ward-1129159/. dead.
  2. Ward Bauwens. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230014/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ward-bauwens-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 9 February 2013.
  3. News: Claessen. Luc. Ward Bauwens zwemt Belgisch record op EK zwemmen. Ward Bauwens swims and breaks Belgian record at the European Championships. Dutch. Clint. 27 May 2012. 21 April 2013.
  4. News: Qualifying Athletes – Men's 400 m individual medley. FINA. 21 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121116060206/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/qual_lists/men_400IM.pdf. 2012-11-16. dead.
  5. News: Bauwens zwemt naar finale in Belgisch record. Bauwens swims to finals with a Belgian record. Dutch. Sporza. 27 May 2012. 21 April 2013.
  6. Web site: Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 2. London 2012. 1 April 2013. 2 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130402004944/http://www.london2012.com/swimming/event/men-400m-individual-medley/phase=swm054900/index.html. dead.

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