Thijs van Valkengoed

Thijs van Valkengoed

Infobox Swimmer
name = Thijs van Valkengoed


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fullname = Thijs Maarten van Valkengoed
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nationality = NED
strokes = Breaststroke
club = WVZ
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birthdate = Bda|1983|7|6
birthplace = Lelystad
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Thijs Maarten van Valkengoed (born July 6, 1983 in Lelystad, Flevoland) is a breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He trains together with his sister Jolijn in their hometown.

wimming Career

Thijs debuted at the international stage during the European LC Championships 2002 in Berlin. Van Valkengoed's main achievement is winning the bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the European SC Championships 2003 in Dublin, Ireland. Earlier that month he had qualified himself for the 2004 Summer Olympics with national records in 100 m and 200 m breaststroke. At the Olympics he was eliminated in the semi finals of the 100 m breaststroke, and in the heats of the 200 m breaststroke.

Overtraining

After the disappointing results in Montreal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships it appeared that Thijs had been overtraining himself for a longer period of time. He had to rest for the whole 2006 season.

Comeback

After his overtraining he decided to move back from Amsterdam to Lelystad and started to train with his sister with the goal to qualify themselves for the European LC Championships 2008 in Eindhoven. At the end of 2007 both Thijs and Jolijn van Valkengoed reached their goal and qualified for the European Championship in their homecountry. During the European championships Thijs lowered his own national record at the 100 m breaststroke to 1:01.22 and instead qualified for his second Olympics. Later on his sister qualified herself for the medley relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Just days before the Games started, during the training-camp in Hong Kong, Thijs became ill. Due to the illness Thijs couldn't lower his national record again.

Personal bests

See also

* Dutch records in swimming

References

* [http://www.sport.nl/olympischarchief/home.php3/ Dutch Olympic Committee]


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