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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1968)}}
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| strokes        = [[Breaststroke]]
| club           = Fort Lauderdale Swim Team
| coach          = [[Jack Nelson (swimmer)|Jack Nelson]]
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| birth_date     = {{birth year and age|1968}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming }}
{{MedalCountry | the United States }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|1993 Palma]] | {{nowrap|[[1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1993 Kobe]] | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 1993 Kobe | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | {{nowrap|[[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]]}} | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1995 Mar del Plata | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1995 Mar del Plata | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
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'''Seth Van Neerden''' (born 1968)<ref>[http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=athleteDetail&athleteId=4039856 Van Neerden's page] from swimrankings.net; retrieved 2012-03-05.</ref> is a former national record-holding [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and national team member from the United States.  He competed at the [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games|1995 Pan American Games]], where he won three gold medals: as part of the American team's winning 4×100-meter medley relay, and for winning the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events.<ref name=sports123-panam-100mbr>[http://sports123.com/swi/mpa-100br.html "Swimming – Pan American Games – Men: 100 m Breaststroke"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327233505/http://sports123.com/swi/mpa-100br.html |date=2008-03-27 }} – ''sports123.com'' (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)</ref><ref name=sports123-panam-200mbr>[http://sports123.com/swi/mpa-200br.html "Swimming – Pan American Games – Men: 200 m Breaststroke"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327234834/http://sports123.com/swi/mpa-200br.html |date=2008-03-27 }} – ''sports123.com'' (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)</ref> He received a bronze medal at the [[1993 FINA Short Course World Championships]].

Van Neerden also won several U.S. national titles in his career. At the 1994 U.S. Nationals he tied the [[List of United States records in swimming|American Record]] in the 100m breaststroke, with a time of 1:01.40.  This record would stand for two years. He finished in the top 20 world rankings for the 100 breaststroke every year from 1990 to 1996.  Swimming coach [[Jack Nelson (swimmer)|Jack Nelson]], who trained Van Neerden in the early and mid 1990s, stated "Seth Van Neerden is America's finest breaststroker."{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}}

Van Neerden now coaches high school swimming in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.

==See also==
* [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Swimrankings|id=4039856}}

{{Footer Pan Pacific Champions 4x100m Medley Men}}
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{{Footer Pan American Champions 200 m Breaststroke Men}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions 4x100 m Medley Men}}

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[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male breaststroke swimmers]]
[[Category:World record setters in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
[[Category:American people of Dutch descent]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Wilmington, Delaware]]


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