Thijs van Hofweegen

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Thijs van Hofweegen
Personal information
Born (1996-11-30) 30 November 1996 (age 27)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Classifications S6
Medal record
Men's para swimming
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle S6
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Mixed 4×100 m medley relay 34pts
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Madeira 50 m freestyle S6
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Dublin 50 m freestyle S6
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Dublin 100 m freestyle S6
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Dublin 400 m freestyle S6
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Funchal 100 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Funchal 400 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Funchal 100 m backstroke S6
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Dublin 4 x 100 m medley relay

Thijs van Hofweegen (born 30 November 1996) is a Dutch Paralympic swimmer with cerebral palsy. [1] He is a silver medalist at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and a gold medalist in several events at the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships held in Dublin, Ireland. He also won the bronze medal in the men's 50 metre freestyle S6 event at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships held in Madeira.

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Career

Van Hofweegen represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's 400 metre freestyle S6 event. [2] [3] He also competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle S6 and men's 100 metre freestyle S6 where he respectively finished in 8th and 5th place in the final.

At the 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships held in Funchal, Madeira, he won the silver medal in the men's 100m freestyle S6 event. [4] He also won the bronze medals in the men's 400m freestyle S6 event and in the 100m backstroke S6 event.

At the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships held in Dublin, Ireland, he won three gold medals: in the men's 50 metres freestyle S6 event, in the men's 100 metres freestyle S6 event, in the men's 400 metres freestyle S6 event. He also won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres medley relay event.

In 2021, Van Hofweegen represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [5] He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke S6 and men's 100 metre freestyle S6 events and in both events he advanced to compete in the final. [5] He also finished in 5th place in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 34pts event. [5]

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References

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