Mathieu Fonteyn
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Mathieu Fonteyn |
| National team |  Belgium |
| Born | 14 February 1985 Leuven, Belgium |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly |
| Club | Bruges ZK[1] |
| Coach | Rik Valcke[1] |
Mathieu Fonteyn (born February 14, 1985) is a Belgian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events.[1][2] He represented his nation Belgium at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, 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]
References
- ^ a b c "Mathieu Fonteyn". Beijing 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mathieu Fonteyn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ "Mathieu Fonteyn zwemt Belgisch record, maar plaatst zich niet" (in Dutch). Het Belang van Limburg. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Lingier, Danny (24 July 2008). "Rik Valcke met Brian Ryckeman en Mathieu Fonteyn naar Peking" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Mathieu Fonteyn moet geblesseerd punt zetten achter zwemcarrière" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Butterfly" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 36. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ "Belgen in Peking. Mathieu Fonteyn" (in Dutch). De Standaard. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Swimming: Men's 200m Butterfly – Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "OS Zwemmen: Mathieu Fonteyn breekt BR op de 200m vlinder" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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