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Aschwin Wildeboer
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| Personal
information |
| Full name |
Aschwin Wildeboer Faber |
| Nationality |
 Spain |
| Stroke(s) |
Backstroke |
| Date of birth |
February 14, 1986 (1986-02-14)
(age 23) |
| Place of birth |
Sabadell, Spain |
| Height |
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight |
80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) |
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Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (born February 14, 1986
in Sabadell, Spain) is a Spanish Olympic backstroke swimmer of
Dutch origin.
Biography
His parents, both born and raised in Netherlands, moved to Spain in 1978
and settled in Sabadell, where his father Paulus Wildeboer became
the head coach of the local swimming club, called Club Natació
Sabadell. He and his parents now live in Denmark, because his
father is the Danish national team coach.
Career
Both Aschwin and his older brother, Olaf, a freestyle swimmer, represented Spain
at the 2004 Summer
Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, Aschwin was eliminated in the
qualifying heats of the 100m and 200m Backstroke. Since 2004,
Aschwin has continued to swim internationally for Spain; however,
Olaf began swimming for the Netherlands at the 2006
European Championships.
Aschwin swam again for Spain in the 2008 Summer
Olympics, achieving a new Spanish Record in
the 100 m backstroke (53.51) and finishing seventh.
On December 21, 2008, while swimming at the Spanish Short-Course
Championships, Wildeboer broke the men's 100-meter backstroke World Record with a
time of 49.20 seconds--0.13 seconds faster than the previous world
record set by Stanislav Donets.
On July 1, 2009, in the Mediterranean Games held in Pescara (Italy), Wildeboer broke the men's 100 m
backstroke long course World
Record with a time of 52.38--0.16 seconds faster than the
previous world record set by Aaron Peirsol in the Beijing
Olympics the previous year. Peirsol has since reclaimed the
world record.
References
Aaron
Peirsol
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