Pieter van den Hoogenband

Dutch swimmer

Pieter van den Hoogenband is a Dutch swimmer, born in Maastricht in 1978.

He has turned out for PSV Eindhoven. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Within competitive swimming, Pieter van den Hoogenband is remembered for a record that stands up against anything his generation produced.

The public record credits Pieter van den Hoogenband with 2 Olympic Games. Swimming is decided in hundredths of a second, and an Olympic cycle offers only one real chance every four years.

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