Aschwin Wildeboer

Aschwin Wildeboer

Personal information
Full name	Aschwin Wildeboer Faber
Nationality	SpainNetherlands
Born	(1986-02-14) February 14, 1986 Sabadell, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Spain World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 100 m backstroke World Championships (SC) 2010 Dubai 50 m backstroke 2010 Dubai 100 m backstroke European Championships (SC) 2008 Rijeka 200 m backstroke 2011 Szczecin 50 m backstroke 2008 Rijeka 50 m backstroke 2008 Rijeka 100 m backstroke 2011 Szczecin 100 m backstroke 2011 Szczecin 200 m backstroke 2007 Debrecen 50 m backstroke 2007 Debrecen 200 m backstroke 2009 Istanbul 50 m backstroke 2009 Istanbul 100 m backstroke

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

• Spanish Olympic Committee