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{{Short description|German swimmer (born 1984)}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Helge Meeuw
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| fullname       = Helge Folkert Meeuw
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| nationality    = {{GER}}
| strokes        = [[Butterfly swimming|Butterfly]], [[Backstroke]]
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| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1984|8|29|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Wiesbaden]], [[Hesse]], [[West Germany]]
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| height         = 1.77 m
| weight         = 74 kg
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry |  {{GER}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 Rome]] | [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 2009 Rome | [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships|2003 Barcelona]] | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships|2011 Shanghai]] | [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2006 Shanghai]] | 50 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze | 2006 Shanghai | 100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 European Aquatics Championships|2006 Budapest]] | 50 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2012 European Aquatics Championships|2012 Debrecen]] | [[Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 2012 Debrecen | [[Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2006 Helsinki]] | [[2006 European Short Course Swimming Championships#50 m backstroke|50 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2006 Helsinki | [[2006 European Short Course Swimming Championships#4 × 50 m medley relay|4×50 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2005 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2005 Trieste]] | [[2005 European Short Course Swimming Championships#200 m butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 2006 Helsinki | [[2006 European Short Course Swimming Championships#100 m backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 2006 Helsinki | [[2006 European Short Course Swimming Championships#200 m backstroke|200 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2007 Debrecen]] | 50 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2004 Vienna]] | 50 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze | 2007 Debrecen | 100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2008 Rijeka]] | 100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Universiade|Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 2007 Summer Universiade|2007 Bangkok]] | 50 m backstroke}} 
{{MedalGold | 2007 Bangkok | 100 m backstroke}} 
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2009 Summer Universiade|2009 Belgrade]] | 100 m backstroke}} 
}}

'''Helge Folkert Meeuw''' (born 29 August 1984 from [[Wiesbaden|Wiesbaden, West Germany]]) is an Olympic and [[List of German records in swimming|national record]] holding [[swimmer]] from [[Germany]]. He swam for Germany at the:
*Olympics: [[Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]], [[Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]], [[Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]
*World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, [[Germany at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships|2011]]
*European Championships: 2006, 2012
*World University Games: 2007, 2009
*Short Course Worlds: 2006
*Short Course Europeans: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

At the 2008 German Swimming Championships in [[Berlin]], he swam in 53.10 sec a new [[List of European records in swimming|European Record]] at 100m backstroke. He also holds 200&nbsp;m (short course and long course) backstroke [[German records in swimming|German national records]] in swimming.

==Personal bests==
'''[[Long course]]'''
* 100 m backstroke 52.27 '''NR'''
* 200 m backstroke 1:53.34 '''[[List of German records in swimming|NR]]'''

'''[[Short course (swimming)|Short course]]'''
* 200 m backstroke 1'51.51 '''NR'''

==Family==
Both his parents, [[Folkert Meeuw]] and [[Jutta Weber]], competed for [[West Germany]] in swimming, and both won medals at Olympic Games and World and European championships.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/helge-meeuw-1.html |title=Helge Meeuw |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215061130/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/helge-meeuw-1.html |archivedate=2012-12-15 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  His wife, [[Antje Buschschulte]], also competed for Germany and won Olympic medals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Antje Buschschulte |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/antje-buschschulte-1.html |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=2015-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907222027/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/antje-buschschulte-1.html |archive-date=2015-09-07 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|helge-meeuw}}
* {{DOSB profile|helge-meeuw}}

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[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:German male backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:German male butterfly swimmers]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Germany]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
[[Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Wiesbaden]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Germany]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Germany]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:20th-century German sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century German sportsmen]]


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