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{{short description|Luxembourgish swimmer}}
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'''Alwin de Prins''' (born 29 October 1978) is a former competitive [[swimmer]] who represented [[Luxembourg]]. Born in [[Dendermonde]], [[Belgium]], he first represented Luxembourg in 1995 at the [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships]] in [[Vienna]].

He swam in the 50 metre, 100 metre and 200 metre [[breaststroke]] and represented Luxembourg at the [[Sydney Olympics]] in 2000, the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens Olympics]] in 2004 and the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. His trainers were Klaus Juergen Ohk and Ingolf Bender (federation coach).

De Prins is a member of the board of directors and the Technical Commission of the Luxembourg Swimming Federation as well as member of the Athletic Commission of the Luxembourg National Olympic Committee. He is also secretary-general of the Luxembourg Association of Olympians.

In September 2008 he announced his retirement from competitive swimming on his [[blog]].

==Personal bests==
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! Short Course
! Long Course
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! align="center" | 50 m breaststroke
| 0:28.45 ([[Moscow]], 6 April 2002)
| 0:29.02 ([[Montreal]], 26 July 2005)
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! align="center" | 100 m breaststroke
| 1:01.50 ([[Berlin]], 6 May 2000)
| 1:03.00 (Montreal, 24 July 2005)
|-
! align="center" | 200 m breaststroke
| 2:19.04 ([[Gothenburg]], 19 April 1997)
| 2:19.00 ([[Istanbul]], 28 July 1999)
|}

== External links ==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060118094538/http://www.alwindeprins.com/ |date=dmy |title=Alwin de Prins website}}
* {{World Aquatics|1037175}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* {{COSL profile|de-prins-alwin}}

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[[Category:Male breaststroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Luxembourgian male swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Luxembourg]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Dendermonde]]
[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]


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