Dutch swimmer
Marcel Wouda
Full name Marcel Reinier Wouda Nationality Dutch Born (1972-01-23 ) 23 January 1972 (age 52)
Tilburg ,
North Brabant , Netherlands Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Weight 92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st) Sport
Swimming Strokes
Individual medley Club Nationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven
Marcel Reinier Wouda (born 23 January 1972) is a Dutch former
swimmer , who became the first Dutch world champion in men's swimming
[1] when he won the world title in the
200 m individual medley at the
1998 World Aquatics Championships in
Perth ,
Australia . He was the coach of Olympic champions
Maarten van der Weijden and
Hinkelien Schreuder at the
Nationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven .
Swimming career
Wouda was born in
Tilburg and grew up in
Uden , where he joined the 'De Zeester' swimming club at a very young age.[
which? ] His trainers were Martien Swinkels and Rob Kennis, who brought him to the top of Dutch swimming. Wouda made his Olympic debut at the
1992 Summer Olympics , where he was the sole male in the Dutch squad of eight females ending 22nd in the
200 m individual medley and 19th in the
400 m individual medley .
Afterwards[
when? ] he moved to the United States, where he joined
University of Michigan in
Ann Arbor under the guidance of trainer-coach
Jon Urbanchek , alongside swimmers like
Eric Namesnik ,
Gustavo Borges and
Tom Dolan . At the
1993 European Aquatics Championships in
Sheffield he won the bronze medal in the
400 m individual medley .
Two years after he left[
when? ] Wouda moved back to the Netherlands, where trainer-coach
Jacco Verhaeren brought him back to the top. Wouda got his second Olympic selection when he qualified for the
1996 Summer Olympics . There he finished in 4th place in the
200 m individual medley , 5th place in the
400 m individual medley , and 7th place in
4×200 m freestyle . At the
1997 European Aquatics Championships he became European champion in the
200 m and
400 m individual medley and won a silver medal in the
4×200 m freestyle together with Pieter van den Hoogenband, Mark van der Zijden and
Martijn Zuijdweg .
At the
1998 World Aquatics Championships in
Perth , Western Australia Wouda became world champion in the
200 m individual medley and won two silver medals in the
400 m individual medley and the
4×200 m freestyle relay alongside Van den Hoogenband, Van der Zijden and Zuijdweg. In April 1999 at the
1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in
Hong Kong , China Wouda won four medals. He became world champion in the
4×200 m freestyle alongside
Pieter van den Hoogenband ,
Johan Kenkhuis and
Martijn Zuijdweg . He won silver medals in the
400 m individual medley and the
4×100 m freestyle together with
Mark Veens , Johan Kenkhuis and Pieter van den Hoogenband, in the
200 m individual medley he won a bronze medal. In the summer of 1999 Wouda took part in the
1999 European Aquatics Championships in
Istanbul , Turkey. He successfully defended his title in the
200 m individual medley and won the relay titles in the
4×100 m freestyle , with Kenkhuis, Veens and van den Hoogenband, and the
4×100 m medley with
Klaas-Erik Zwering ,
Stefan Aartsen and van den Hoogenband. He also won the bronze medal in the
400 m individual medley .
On the road to the Sydney Olympics Wouda took part in the
2000 European Aquatics Championships in
Helsinki , Finland where he won a bronze medal in the
4×200 m freestyle together with Martijn Zuijdweg, Mark van der Zijden and Pieter van den Hoogenband. Wouda won a bronze medal in the
4×200 m freestyle relay at the
2000 Summer Olympics in
Sydney , Australia alongside
Martijn Zuijdweg ,
Johan Kenkhuis and
Pieter van den Hoogenband . Individually he ended 5th in the
200 m individual medley and 13th in the
100 m breaststroke . With the
4×100 m medley team he ended 4th just missing out for a medal alongside
Klaas-Erik Zwering ,
Joris Keizer and Pieter van den Hoogenband. In the aftermath of the Sydney Olympics Wouda resigned from swimming. Six months later a journalist from Dutch daily
NRC Handelsblad , Mark Hoogstad, wrote a book describing the resurrection of Dutch swimming at the hand of Wouda's career.
Coaching career
Wouda was the head coach of Dutch junior swimming for two years, before being named assistant-coach of Verhaeren in
Eindhoven , in October 2006. He guided
Maarten van der Weijden to his world title in the
25 km and the Olympic title in the
10 km . He is also the coach of
Hinkelien Schreuder who was part of the Dutch golden
4×100 m freestyle team and reached an individual 7th place in the
50 m freestyle at the
Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Swimmers coached
[2]
See also
References
Hoogstad, Mark (2001). De Macht van Water – Marcel Wouda en de opkomst van het Nederlandse zwemmen . Amsterdam: Prometheus/NRC Handelsblad.
ISBN
90-446-0068-0 .
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