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Folkert Meeuw

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Folkert Meeuw
Personal information
Born (1946-11-11) 11 November 1946 (age 77)
Wiesbaden, Germany
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubWasserfreunde Wuppertal
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  West Germany
Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1973 Belgrade 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1974 Vienna 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1974 Vienna 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1970 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1970 Barcelona 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Vienna 100 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1973 Moscow 200 m butterfly

Folkert Meeuw (born 11 November 1946) is a German former swimmer who competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, and won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay in 1972.[1] Next year he won a bronze in the same event at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships. In 1970 and 1974 he won six European medals in various events, including three gold medals.[2]

His wife, Jutta Weber, and son, Helge Meeuw, both competed for Germany in swimming and won medals at Summer Olympics and World and European championships.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Folkert Meeuw". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. ^ Folkert Meeuw. les-sports.info


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