Klaas-Erik Zwering

Klaas-Erik Zwering (born May 19, 1981) is a Dutch swimmer and an Olympic medalist. He is currently studying MBO entrepreneurship as he trains in Eindhoven with the PSV Eindhoven swim club. His personal coach is Jacco Verhaeren, who is also coach for Dutch swimming phenom Pieter van den Hoogenband.

Klaas-Erik originally specialized in the 200 meter backstroke, coming in seventh place in his first senior competition at the FINA World Championships in Istanbul. In the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he came in tenth place in the same event. Recently, however, he's been focusing exclusively on freestyle swimming.

In 2001 at the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Klaas-Erik was a member of the silver medal winning 4x100 meter freestyle relay team. Later, along with teammates Pieter van den Hoogenband, Johan Kenkhuis and Mitja Zastrow, Klaas-Erik won his first Olympic silver medal in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

External Links

• Zwemkroniek Online Profile (Dutch)