Stefan Aartsen

Stefan Remco Aartsen (born March 13 1975 in 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland) is a former butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 and 2000.

Aartsen first gained attention in 1992, when he won the title in the 200m Freestyle at the European Junior Championships in Leeds. In 1998 he was a member of the Dutch winning relay team (4x50m Freestyle) at the European SC Championships 1998 in Sheffield. A year later he won the golden medal in the 4x100m 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.

See also

* Dutch records in swimming

External links

* [http://www.zwemkroniek.com/whoswho.php?action=1&id=9 Profile on Zwemkroniek]