Helge Folkert Meeuw (born 29 August 1984 from Wiesbaden, West Germany) is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at the: Olympics: 2004, 2008, 2012 World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 European Championships: 2006, 2012 World University Games: 2007, 2009 Short Course Worlds: 2006 Short Course Europeans: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 At the 2008 German Swimming Championships in Berlin, he swam in 53.10 sec a new European Record at 100m backstroke. He also holds 200 m (short course and long course) backstroke German national records in swimming. Personal bests Long course 100 m backstroke 52.27 NR 200 m backstroke 1:53.34 NR Short course 200 m backstroke 1'51.51 NR Family Both his parents, Folkert Meeuw and Jutta Weber, competed for West Germany in swimming, and both won medals at Olympic Games and World and European championships. His wife, Antje Buschschulte, also competed for Germany and won Olympic medals. References External links 1984 births Living people German male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers German male butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Wiesbaden Olympic silver medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Germany Universiade silver medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 20th-century German people 21st-century German people