Kyle Stolk (born 28 June 1996) is a Dutch competitive swimmer, who specializes in freestyle events.[1] He won a silver medal in the boys' 200 m freestyle at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, and finished seventh as a member of the Dutch swimming squad in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2] Stolk currently trains for the swimming league at PSV Eindhoven, under the tutelage of his coach and three-time Olympian Marcel Wouda.[3]
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Full name | Kyle Stolk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 (age 26) Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | PSV Eindhoven | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Marcel Wouda | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Stolk launched into the global scene as a junior swimmer at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing. There, he nearly charged to the front at the final stretch of the boys' 200 m freestyle, before fading to a runner-up finish in 1:48.59, trailing the Italian swimmer Nicolangelo di Fabio by a small fraction of a second.[2][4]
Two years later, Stolk was selected to the Dutch swimming roster at his senior Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, competing only in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay.[5] He swam through the third quarter of the race with a split of 1:47.59 to deliver the Dutch foursome of Dion Dreesens, youngster Maarten Brzoskowski, and anchor Sebastiaan Verschuren a seventh-place time in 7:09.10, holding off the Belgians from the end of the final field by more than two seconds.[6][7]
European Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay | |
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European Short Course Champions in Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle Relay | |
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2016 Dutch Olympic swimming team | ||
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