Glenn Surgeloose
Personal information
National team Belgium
Born (1989-09-04) 4 September 1989 (age 34)
Ghent, Belgium
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
ClubLiege Natation[1]
CoachAndre Henveaux[1]
Medal record
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2016 London 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Berlin 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2016 London 4×100 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 200 m freestyle
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Antwerp 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Antwerp 4x100 m freestyle

Glenn Surgeloose (born 4 September 1989) is a Belgian swimmer, who specializes in sprint freestyle events.[1][2] He collected a bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[3] Surgeloose is a member of Brabo Antwerp, and is coached and trained by Ronald Gaastra.[4]

Career

Surgeloose made his first Belgian team, as a 19-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he qualified for the men's 200 m freestyle. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:49.36 from the Mare Nostrum Barcelona International Trophy in Spain.[5][6] He cruised to seventh place and thirtieth overall in heat five by a tenth of a second (0.10) behind Greece's Andreas Zisimos in 1:48.92.[7]

At the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Surgeloose broke a new long-course Belgian record of 1:48.29 to round out the finale in the 200 m freestyle. Surgeloose's personal best and overhauling effort in the final propelled him up to the top 25 world rankings.[8][9]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Surgeloose competed in both individual and relay swimming events. A year earlier, he posted a FINA B-cut of 1:48.96 (200 m freestyle) from the World Championships in Shanghai, China.[10][11] In the 200 m freestyle, Surgeloose challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including three-time Olympian Tiago Venâncio of Portugal and semifinalist Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or of Israel. He raced to fourth place by six hundredths of a second (0.06) behind Venezuela's Cristian Quintero in his personal textile best of 1:48.77. Surgeloose failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.[12] Surgeloose also placed twelfth as a member of the Belgian team in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Teaming with Pieter Timmers, Dieter Dekoninck, and Louis Croenen, Surgeloose swam the second leg with a split of 1:48.22 to set a Belgian record of 7:14.44 in the heats.[13]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle events and helped Belgium's 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 200 m freestyle teams into the final of both events.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Glenn Surgeloose". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Glenn Surgeloose". 21 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  3. ^ Rusticus, Oene (23 July 2007). "Lizzie Simmonds Tears Up Final Day of European Junior Championships". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Brabo Bestuur". Archived from the original on 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  5. ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 13. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Surgeloose meilleur chrono sur 200 libre" [Surgeloose's best time in the 200 freestyle] (in Dutch). 7Sur7]. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 5". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Record pour Surgeloose, 8e, en finale du 200 libre" [Surgeloose set a Belgian record, eighth in the 200 freestyle final] (in Dutch). 7Sur7]. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  9. ^ "European Long Course Championships: Sebastien Rouault, Camille Lacourt Chart Top-Ranked Times". Swimming World Magazine. 11 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m freestyle" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  11. ^ "2011 FINA World Championships (Shanghai, China) – Men's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  12. ^ "Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 3". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  13. ^ "Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  14. ^ "Glenn Surgeloose Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2018-08-24.

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