Helge Meeuw

Helge Meeuw

Personal information
Full name	Helge Folkert Meeuw
Nationality	Germany
Born	(1984-08-29) 29 August 1984 Wiesbaden, Hesse, West Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, Backstroke
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Germany Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) Silver medal – second place 2009 Rome 100 m backstroke Silver medal – second place 2009 Rome 4×100 m medley Bronze medal – third place 2003 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) Bronze medal – third place 2006 Shanghai 50 m backstroke Bronze medal – third place 2006 Shanghai 100 m backstroke European Championships (LC) Error creating thumbnail: 2006 Budapest 50 m backstroke Silver medal – second place 2012 Debrecen 100 m backstroke Silver medal – second place 2012 Debrecen 4×100 m medley European Championships (SC) Error creating thumbnail: 2006 Helsinki 50 m backstroke Error creating thumbnail: 2006 Helsinki 4×50 m medley Silver medal – second place 2005 Trieste 200 m butterfly Silver medal – second place 2006 Helsinki 100 m backstroke Silver medal – second place 2006 Helsinki 200 m backstroke Silver medal – second place 2007 Debrecen 50 m backstroke Bronze medal – third place 2004 Vienna 50 m backstroke Bronze medal – third place 2007 Debrecen 100 m backstroke Bronze medal – third place 2008 Rijeka 100 m backstroke Universiade Error creating thumbnail: 2007 Bangkok 50 m backstroke Error creating thumbnail: 2007 Bangkok 100 m backstroke Silver medal – second place 2009 Belgrade 100 m backstroke

Helge Folkert Meeuw (born 29 August 1984 from Wiesbaden, West Germany) is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at the:

• Olympics: 2004, 2008, 2012
• World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
• European Championships: 2006, 2012
• World University Games: 2007, 2009
• Short Course Worlds: 2006
• Short Course Europeans: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

At the 2008 German Swimming Championships in Berlin, he swam in 53.10 sec a new European Record at 100m backstroke. He also holds 200 m (short course and long course) backstroke German national records in swimming.

Personal bests

Long course

• 100 m backstroke 52.27 NR
• 200 m backstroke 1:53.34 NR

Short course

• 200 m backstroke 1'51.51 NR

Family

Both his parents, Folkert Meeuw and Jutta Weber, competed for West Germany in swimming, and both won medals at Olympic Games and World and European championships. His wife, Antje Buschschulte, also competed for Germany and won Olympic medals.

External links

• (in German)
• Helge Meeuw at Olympics.com
• Helge Meeuw at Team Deutschland (in German)