Glenn Surgeloose (born 4 September 1989) is a Belgian

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, who specializes in sprint freestyle events. He collected a bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the

2007 European Junior Swimming Championships The 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 18 to July 22, 2007 in Antwerp, Belgium. Medal table Medal summary Boy's events , - , 50 m freestyle , - , 100 m freestyle , - , 200 m freestyle , - , 400 m freest ...

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. Surgeloose is a member of Brabo Antwerp, and is coached and trained by Ronald Gaastra.

Career

Surgeloose made his first Belgian team, as a 19-year-old, at the

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, where he qualified for the men's 200 m freestyle. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:49.36 from the Mare Nostrum Barcelona International Trophy in

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. He cruised to seventh place and thirtieth overall in heat five by a tenth of a second (0.10) behind Greece's Andreas Zisimos in 1:48.92. At the

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, Surgeloose broke a new long-course Belgian record of 1:48.29 to round out the finale in the 200 m freestyle. Surgeloose's personal best and overhauling effort in the final propelled him up to the top 25 world rankings. At the

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, Surgeloose competed in both individual and relay swimming events. A year earlier, he posted a FINA B-cut of 1:48.96 (200 m freestyle) from the

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. In the 200 m freestyle, Surgeloose challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including three-time Olympian

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of Portugal and semifinalist

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of Israel. He raced to fourth place by six hundredths of a second (0.06) behind Venezuela's Cristian Quintero in his personal textile best of 1:48.77. Surgeloose failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-fifth overall in the preliminaries. Surgeloose also placed twelfth as a member of the Belgian team in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Teaming with

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, and

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, Surgeloose swam the second leg with a split of 1:48.22 to set a Belgian record of 7:14.44 in the heats. At the

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, he competed in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle events and helped Belgium's freestyle and freestyle teams into the final of both events.

References

External links

NBC Olympics Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Surgeloose, Glenn 1989 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Belgium Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Belgian male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Ghent European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century Belgian sportsmen