Lennart Stekelenburg

Lennart Stekelenburg
Personal information
Full name Lennart Stekelenburg
Nationality  Netherlands
Born October 22, 1986
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Nationaal Zweminstituut Amsterdam

Lennart Stekelenburg (born 22 October 1986, Rotterdam) is a Dutch swimmer who is specialized in breaststroke. He is the current national recordholder in the 50 m and 100 m breaststroke at the long course.

Swimming career

After winning a silver medal in the 50 m breast and a bronze medal in the 100 m breast at the European Junior Swimming Championships 2004 in Lisbon, Portugal. Stekelenburg made his international senior debut at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada where he was eliminated in both 50 m and 100 m breaststroke. In the following years he swam several European Championships making his best performance at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven in his homecountry the Netherlands, ending up 6th in the 50 m breaststroke final after swimming a national record in the semi-finals.

2008/2009 season

Stekelenburg qualified for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships during the Swim Cup Eindhoven 2008, in early December, with a national record at the 100 m breaststroke. One week later he took part in the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008 in Rijeka, Croatia where he ended 8th in the 100 m breaststroke but was eliminated in the heats of the 50 m and 200 m breaststroke.

Personal bests

Short course[1][2]
Event Time Date Location
50 m breast 26.85 2010-12-05 Amsterdam, Netherlands
100 m breast 58.79 2008-12-11 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Long course[1][2]
Event Time Date Location
50 m breast NR 27.44 2010-08-13 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
100 m breast NR 59.50 2009-04-19 Amsterdam, Netherlands

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lennart Stekelenburg Zwemkroniek Online. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lennart Stekelenburg at swimrankings.net. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.