Robin van Aggele

Infobox Swimmer
swimmername = Robin van Aggele


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fullname = Robin van Aggele
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nationality = NED
strokes = breaststroke, butterfly
club = AZ&PC
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birthdate = bda|1984|7|30
birthplace = Hilversum, Netherlands
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height = height|m=1.89 [ [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/217808.shtml Beijing 2008 profile] ]
weight = convert|90|kg|lb
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Robin van Aggele (born July 30, 1984 in Hilversum) is a Dutch Swimmer. [http://www.zwemkroniek.com/whoswho.php?action=1&id=34 Zwemkroniek.com - dé nieuws en informatiesite van zwemmend Nederland ] ] Who is the most allround swimmer from the Netherlands since Marcel Wouda. He holds the European Record in the 4x100 m freestyle Short Course together with Robert Lijesen, Bas van Velthoven and Mitja Zastrow in 3:09.18 [ [http://www.lenweb.org/files_new/pdf_records/Short_Course_Records.pdf European Short Course Records] ] swum during the World SC Championships 2008 in Manchester they finished second in this event behind the United States who swum a world record in the same race. Van Aggele holds several national records in different strokes.

Swimming Career

Robin van Aggele made his international debut at the European SC Championships 2004 in Vienna. At the World LC Championships 2005 in Montreal he finished 14th in the 200 m individual medley and 11th in the 400 m individual medley. Later that year he finished 4th in the 100 m individual medley at the European SC Championships 2005 just 0,01 behind Vytautas Janusaitis.

In 2006 van Aggele qualified for the European LC Championships 2006 but didn't start because he had trained to hard and was to tired to compete. In Helsinki he won his first international medal with the dutch relay team in 4x50 m freestyle finishing 3rd. At the World LC Championships 2007 he reached a 10th place in the 50 m breaststroke as best result. At the national championships in june he nominated himself for the 200 m individual medley in Beijing 2008. At the end of the year he confirmed his nomination and qualified for the games at Dutch Open Swim Cup. One week later he won a bronze medal with the 4x50 m medley team at the European SC Championships 2007 in Debrecen.

pring 2008

In 2008 his first big tournament of the year was in his home country, the European LC Championships 2008 which was held in Eindhoven. After a disappointing start of the tournament, he came back strong breaking the 100 m butterfly national record of Joris Keizer bringing it to 52.20 and finishing 4th in the final. At the last day of the tournament he finished 4th again this time in the 4x100 medley relay together with Nick Driebergen, Thijs van Valkengoed and Mitja Zastrow swimming a national record in 3:37.00. A few weeks later he won a silver medal at the World SC Championships 2008 in Manchester with the 4x100 m freestyle team. He also reached 3 individual finals in the 50 and 100 m breaststroke and the 100 m individual medley.

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics were a big disappointment for van Aggele he was eliminated in the heats of the 100 m butterfly, 200 m breaststroke and the 200 m medley. One month after the Games he announced to join swimclub AZ&PC and started training under the guidance of Fedor Hes, who helped him already in his Beijing preparations, and Mark Faber [ [http://www.zwemkroniek.com/nieuws.php?item=5280 Robin van Aggele joins AZ&PC] ] .

Personal bests

See also

* List of swimmers
* European records in swimming
* Dutch records in swimming

References

External Link

* [http://www.robinvanaggele.nl Official Website]