de BOER Thom

Date of Birth: 24 Dec 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of birth: ALKMAAR

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Place of residence : AMSTERDAM

Residence Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle	8
	Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay NED Netherlands

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle - Heat 8	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle Semifinal 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

European Championships

Year	Location	50Free	50Fly	4x100Free M
2020	Budapest, HUN	4th (21.80)	SF (23.51)	8th (3:13.79)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Occupation:

Analyst, Athlete, Finance

Banking, Finance - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Languages spoken:

De Dolfijn [Amsterdam, NED]

Job van Duinhoven [club]; Mark Faber [national]

To qualify for the 50m freestyle final at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 03 Dec 2020)

He swims every day after work from 18:00 to 19:30. (parool.nl, 07 Dec 2020)

General Interest

General
RAW POWER OVER TECHNIQUE
Because he works 40 hours a week as a financial analyst, he has little time to train compared to his opponents. He tends to focus on strength and conditioning over technique, so that he can win races based on raw power. "From a swim point of view, I might be one of the best in the world. Hardly anyone is faster in the water than me. You don't have to have much technique for the 50m freestyle. I'm just a sprinter, they don't have to train much. In Tokyo it will be just one lap swimming. My training is of high quality, so every session is meaningful. Quantity is less important." (parool.nl, 07 Dec 2020; volksrant.nl, 03 Dec 2020)

RETIREMENT PLANS
In 2020 he confirmed that he will retire from competitive swimming after the Olympic Games in Tokyo. He said that financial constraints were the main reason. "I can swim really fast, but not fast enough to get rich from it." (parool.nl, 07 Dec 2020; volksrant.nl, 03 Dec 2020)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/t.deboer/?hl=en

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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