Alwin de Prins
Alwin de Prins ( born October 29, 1978 in Dendermonde, Belgium) is a Luxembourgian swimmers. He is a member of the top cadre of the Luxembourg Swimming Association ( FLNS ) and three -time Olympian. He specializes on the routes in the breaststroke.
Career
De Prins graduated in 1996 graduated from high school at the European School Luxembourg and took after the University of Heidelberg to study chemistry at. After one semester, he joined the professional economics and autumn of 1997, he studied at the University of Trier in Business Administration. In 2006 he graduated as Diplom-Kaufmann in marketing and innovation and has been April 16, 2006 Clerk of Fortis Banque Luxembourg.
By 1985, he began swimming at the swimming club in Luxembourg. A first international Attention success he celebrated in 1995 with the participation in the B- finals in the 100 meters and 200 meters breaststroke at the European Junior Championships in Geneva. From this year he is a regular at all international championships:
For his home country, De Prins went so far seven times at European Championships (1995 in Vienna, 1997 in Seville, in Istanbul in 1999, 2002 in Berlin, 2004 in Madrid, in 2006 in Budapest and 2008 in Eindhoven ) and four times in the World Championships at the start (1998 in Perth, 2003 in Barcelona, in 2005 in Montreal and 2007 in Melbourne). In addition, he was in Sydney in 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 participants in the Olympic Games.
The biggest success was the semi-final over 200 meters breaststroke at the European Championships in Istanbul in 1999 and the 100m breaststroke at the 2004 European Championships in Madrid. He also failed to qualify in 2000 at the World Cup in Berlin on 50 m and 100 m breaststroke respectively for the final.
In Luxembourg, De Prins was nominated 13 times in a row to select the best athlete of the year and was awarded the Médaille du Mérite Sportif in silver.
Outside of the pool, he is involved in several sports federations. He is a member of the Board and the Technical Commission of the Swimming Association ( FLNS ) and a member of the Athletes' Commission of the National Olympic Committee ( COSL ). He is also Secretary General of the Luxembourg Association of Olympiens ( ALO).