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| Full name | Pholien Systermans | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  Belgium | |||||||||||
| Born | (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 (age 34) Liège, Belgium | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||
| Club | Liège Natation | |||||||||||
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Pholien Systermans (born 27 March 1990 in Liège). is a Belgian swimmer who gained the Belgian 100m freestyle record in 2009.
Systermans was coached at Liège Natation by André Henveaux and is currently studying at the University of Florida. As a junior, he had been part of the 4x100 freestyle relay team that gained a bronze medal for Belgium at the 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships. In 2009 he was fined €1500 for wearing the 'wrong costume' at a Rome swimming meet, a decision which he challenged legally in May 2010.
At the 2010 European Aquatics Championships, Systermans was part of the Belgian 4 × 200 m relay team. They came seventh in the final.
In 2020, he works as a physiotherapist-osteopath in France. He also participates in the sixth special season of Koh-Lanta, Koh-Lanta: L'Île des héros.
References
- "University of Florida profile". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- Systermans breaks the Belgian 100m freestyle record 2009, RTBF report
- Gators report
- Legal challenge report
- 2010 European Aquatics Championships results listings
- Eliminated After réunification Koh-Lanta: Pholien, le jeune participant liégeois, est loin d’être un inconnu!, sudinfo.be
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