Ewout Holst

Ewout Holst

Personal information
Full name	Ewout Holst
Nickname	Wouty
Nationality	Netherlands
Born	(1978-10-08) 8 October 1978 (age 46) The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	freestyle and butterfly
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the  Netherlands European Championships (SC) 2002 Riesa 4×50 m freestyle

Ewout Holst (born 8 October 1978 in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands) is a Dutch former freestyle and butterfly swimmer.

Holst's early years were spent abroad, travelling with his family to the various postings his father was given as a government official. It was whilst at school in Bonn that his skills as a swimmer became recognised.

He gained his first selection for the Dutch Team for the 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Sheffield. He was disqualified in the heats of the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. After a troubled period he decided to quit swimming after coming seventh in the 50 metres butterfly at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Spain.

Personal best times

	Short Course	Long Course
50m Butterfly	23.77 (2001)	23.91 (2001)
100m Butterfly	55.21 (2001)	54.69 (2002)
50m Freestyle	22.30 (2000)	22.91 (2000)
100m Freestyle	49.38 (2000)	50.50 (2000)

References

• Profile on Zwemkroniek
• Dutch Olympic Committee