Jasper Aerents

Jasper Aerents

Aerents at the 2015 European Short Course Championships, Netanya
Personal information
Nationality	Belgium
Born	18 December 1992 Ghent, Belgium
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Koninklijke Brugse Zwemkring[1]
Coach	Rik Valcke (BEL)[1]
Medal record European Championships (LC) 2016 London 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2011 Szczecin 4×50 m freestyle 2012 Chartres 4×50 m freestyle 2013 Herning 4×50 m freestyle European Junior Championships 2010 Helsinki 50 m freestyle

Jasper Aerents (born 18 December 1992) is a Belgian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1][2]

Career

He won two bronze medals, as a member of the Belgian swimming team, in the 4×50 m freestyle relay at the 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Szczecin, Poland, and at the 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres, France.^[3][4] He also captured a silver medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 2010 European Junior Swimming Championships in Helsinki, Finland by a quarter of a second (0.25) behind Ukraine's Andriy Hovorov, in a personal best of 22.79.^[5] Aerents is a member of Regal Swimming Club (Dutch: Koninklijke Brugse Zwemkring) in Belgium, and is coached and trained by Rik Valcke.^[1][6]

Aerents qualified for two swimming events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 22.42 (50 m freestyle) from the Nancy Long Course Invitational in Nancy, France.^[7][8] He also teamed up with Dieter Dekoninck, Emmanuel Vanluchene, and Pieter Timmers in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Swimming the second leg, Aerents recorded a split of 48.34, but the Belgian team rounded out the finale to last place in 3:14.40.^[9][10][11] In the 50 m freestyle, Aerents topped the fifth heat by 0.21 of a second ahead of China's Yang Shi in 22.43, just a 0.01-second deficit from his entry time and personal best. Aerents failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-second out of 58 swimmers in the preliminaries.^[12]

References

1. "Jasper Aerents". London 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
2. "Jasper Aerents". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
3. "European Short Course Championships: Daniel Gyurta Clocks Textile Best in 200 Breast; Mireia Belmonte Garcia Smokes 400 IM". Swimming World Magazine. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
4. "European Short Course Championships: Hannah Miley, Rikke Møller Pedersen set Euro records on last night of Euro short course champs". Swimming World Magazine. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
5. "European Junior Championships: Yannick Agnel Posts Meet-Record 200 Free, Anton Lobanov Strong In 100 Breast". Swimming World Magazine. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
6. "Aerents strandt in reeksen 100m vrij op WK zwemmen" [Aerents breaks 100m free at World Cup swimming series] (in Dutch). HLN. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
7. "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 50 m freestyle" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
8. "Nancy Long Course Invitational: Yannick Agnel, Camille Lacourt, Femke Heemskerk Turn In Strong Outings". Swimming World Magazine. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
9. "Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Final". London 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
10. "2012 London Olympics: Four Years After Being on Wrong End of History, French Anchor Way to Men's 400-meter Freestyle Relay Triumph". Swimming World Magazine. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
11. "Natation : la Belgique 8e en finale du relais 4x100 m nage libre" [Swimming: Belgium finished 8th in the final of the 4x100 m freestyle] (in French). Le Soir. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
12. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 4". London 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

External links

• NBC Olympics Profile