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Dutch swimmer (born 1979)
Gijs Damen
Born (1979-07-20 ) 20 July 1979 (age 45) Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Weight 84 kg (185 lb) Sport Swimming Club PSV/NZE, ZPC Breda, MNC Dordrecht
Gijs Damen (born 20 July 1979) is a retired Dutch swimmer. Between 2001 and 2005 he won one silver and three gold medals in the 4×50 m freestyle relay at the European Short Course Swimming Championships.[ 1] While winning the 2003 title the Dutch team set a new world record.[ 2]
He retired from competitive swimming in September 2006 and lives in Breda .[ 1]
1996: Germany (Conrad , Tröger , Nolte , Smollich )
1998: Netherlands (Veens , Kenkhuis , Aartsen , Van den Hoogenband )
1999: Sweden (Andersson , Frölander , Nystrand , Carlsson )
2000: Sweden (Dahl , Nystrand , Frölander , Andersson )
2001: Ukraine (Sylantyev , Volynets , Lisohor , Shyrshov )
2002: Netherlands (Kenkhuis , Damen , Holst , Veens )
2003: Netherlands (Veens , Kenkhuis , Damen , Van den Hoogenband )
2004: France (Maitre , Bernard , Barnier , Bousquet )
2005: Netherlands (Veens , Zastrow , Damen , Kenkhuis )
2006: Sweden (Nystrand , Stymne , Piehl , Tilly )
2007: Sweden (Stymne , Piehl , Nylin , Nystrand )
2008: France (Bernard , Gilot , Leveaux , Bousquet )
2009: France (Leveaux , Stravius , Maitre , Bousquet )
2010: Italy (Dotto , Spadaro , Magnini , Orsi )
2011: Italy (Dotto , Orsi , Bocchia , Rolla )
2012: France (Manaudou , Bousquet , Stravius , Leveaux )
2013: Russia (Morozov , Fesikov , Lagunov , Konovalov )
2015: Russia (Sedov , Arbuzov , Kliukin , Konovalov )
2017: Russia (Kolesnikov , Morozov , Fesikov , Vekovishchev )
2019: Russia (Grinev , Vekovishchev , Kolesnikov , Morozov )
2021: Netherlands (Puts , Pijnenburg , Simons , de Boer )