Helge Meeuw

Helge Folkert Meeuw (born 29 August 1984 from Wiesbaden, West Germany) is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at the:

• Olympics: 2004, 2008, 2012
• World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
• European Championships: 2006, 2012
• World University Games: 2007, 2009
• Short Course Worlds: 2006
• Short Course Europeans: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Helge Meeuw

Personal information
Full name	Helge Folkert Meeuw
Nationality	Germany
Born	(1984-08-29) 29 August 1984 (age 40) Wiesbaden, Hesse, West Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, Backstroke
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 100 m backstroke 2009 Rome 4×100 m medley 2003 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 2006 Shanghai 50 m backstroke 2006 Shanghai 100 m backstroke European Championships (LC) 2006 Budapest 50 m backstroke 2012 Debrecen 100 m backstroke 2012 Debrecen 4×100 m medley European Championships (SC) 2006 Helsinki 50 m backstroke 2006 Helsinki 4×50 m medley 2005 Trieste 200 m butterfly 2006 Helsinki 100 m backstroke 2006 Helsinki 200 m backstroke 2007 Debrecen 50 m backstroke 2004 Vienna 50 m backstroke 2007 Debrecen 100 m backstroke 2008 Rijeka 100 m backstroke Universiade 2007 Bangkok 50 m backstroke 2007 Bangkok 100 m backstroke 2009 Belgrade 100 m backstroke

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

Personal bests

Long course

• 100 m backstroke 52.27 NR
• 200 m backstroke 1:53.34 NR

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.^[1] His wife, Antje Buschschulte, also competed for Germany and won Olympic medals.^[2]