Frank Willem Drost (born 22 March 1963) is a former

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and

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from the

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who competed at the

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and

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. His best individual Olympic result came in 1984, when he finished in sixth place (1:51.62) in the 200 m freestyle. His elder brother

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was also a swimmer. They are not related to

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. Drost won two bronze medals at the 1985 European Championships in

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, Bulgaria. Nationally, he collected five titles in 1987 and 1988, in 100 m and 200 m butterfly and 200 m freestyle. Between 1982 and 1986 he set 15 records in 200–1500 m freestyle, 200 m butterfly and 4×100 m freestyle relay.Frank Drost
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1963 births Living people Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Dutch male freestyle swimmers Dutch male butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Amersfoort Swimmers from Utrecht (province) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub