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| Full name | Sebastiaan Verschuren | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1988-10-07)7 October 1988 (age 37) Amsterdam, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nationaal Zweminstituut Amsterdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sebastiaan Verschuren (born 7 October 1988) is a Dutch former competitiveswimmer who specialized in short- and middle-distancefreestyle events.[1] At the2016 European Aquatics Championships he won the gold medal in the 200 meter freestyle. He participated in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, finishing 5th in the 100 meter freestyle in 2012.[2]
After competing in theEuropean Junior Swimming Championships in 2005 and 2006 Verschuren made his international senior debut at the2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary with a 19th position in the 1500 m freestyle.
Two years later he participated in the2008 European Aquatics Championships inEindhoven in his home country, where he reached 13th place in the 200 m freestyle. In the 4 × 200 m freestyle, he finished 9th in the heats, just missing out on the final and qualification for the2008 Summer Olympics.
At the2012 Olympics in London, Verschuren finished 5th in the final of the100 m freestyle. He also competed in the 200 m freestyle and the 4 x 100 m medley relay.[2]
Verschuren qualified for the2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 and 200 meter freestyle, and the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay.[3] In the 200 meter freestyle, he finished 11th in the semifinals.[4]
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