Glenn Surgeloose
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team |
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| Born |
4 September 1989 Ghent, Belgium |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly |
| Club | Liege Natation[1] |
| Coach | Andre Henveaux[1] |
Medal record
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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]
References
- 1 2 3 "Glenn Surgeloose". London 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "Glenn Surgeloose". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ Rusticus, Oene (23 July 2007). "Lizzie Simmonds Tears Up Final Day of European Junior Championships". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ↑ http://www.braboswim.be/brabo-wie-is-wie
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 13. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Surgeloose meilleur chrono sur 200 libre" [Surgeloose's best time in the 200 freestyle] (in Dutch). 7Sur7]. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 5". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ "Record pour Surgeloose, 8e, en finale du 200 libre" [Surgeloose set a Belgian record, eighth in the 200 freestyle final] (in Dutch). 7Sur7]. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "European Long Course Championships: Sebastien Rouault, Camille Lacourt Chart Top-Ranked Times". Swimming World Magazine. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m freestyle" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "2011 FINA World Championships (Shanghai, China) – Men's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 3". London 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2". London 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.