Stefan Aartsen
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Stefan Remco Aartsen (born 13 March 1975 in 's-Gravenzande) is a former butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 and 2000.
Career
Aartsen first gained attention in 1992, when he won the title in the 200 m freestyle at the European Junior Championships in Leeds. In 1998 he was a member of the Dutch winning relay team (4×50 m freestyle) at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 1998 in Sheffield. A year later he won the gold medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the European LC Championships 1999 in Istanbul, Turkey, alongside Klaas-Erik Zwering, Marcel Wouda and Pieter van den Hoogenband. After missing the 2004 Summer Olympics he retired in the spring of 2005.
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands
- Dutch male freestyle swimmers
- Dutch male butterfly swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- People from 's-Gravenzande
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swimmers from South Holland
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen