Thijs van Hofweegen

Thijs van Hofweegen (born 30 November 1996) is a Dutch Paralympic swimmer with cerebral palsy.

Not to be confused with Thijs van Hofwegen, a Dutch footballer.
In this Dutch name, the surname is van Hofweegen, not Hofweegen.
Thijs van Hofweegen
Personal information
Born (1996-11-30) 30 November 1996
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Men's para swimming
Representing  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle S6
European Championships
2018 Dublin 50 m freestyle S6
2018 Dublin 100 m freestyle S6
2018 Dublin 400 m freestyle S6
2016 Funchal 100 m freestyle S6
2016 Funchal 400 m freestyle S6
2016 Funchal 100 m backstroke S6
2018 Dublin 4 x 100 m medley relay

Career

He represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's 400 metre freestyle S6 event.[1][2] He also competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle S6 and men's 100 metre freestyle S6 where he respectively finished in 8th and 5th place in the final.

At the 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships held in Funchal, Madeira, he won the silver medal in the men's 100m freestyle S6 event.[3] He also won the bronze medals in the men's 400m freestyle S6 event and in the 100m backstroke S6 event.

At the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships held in Dublin, Ireland, he won three gold medals: in the men's 50 metres freestyle S6 event, in the men's 100 metres freestyle S6 event, in the men's 400 metres freestyle S6 event. He also won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres medley relay event.

References
  1. "Thijs van Hofweegen". paralympic.org.
  2. "Driemaal zilver Nederlanders op Paralympische Spelen". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 14 September 2016.
  3. "Dubbel goud voor Nederlandse zwemmers op EK". TeamNL (in Dutch). 3 May 2016.


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