Wim de Paepe

Swimming

Biography

Type of Impairment

Limb deficiency

Classification

Residence

Nivelles, BEL

Club / Team

Swimming Club Wauterbos Rode:

Hobbies

Spending time with friends, watching television. (osport.be, 02 Mar 2011)

Impairment

His right leg is amputated.

Other information

SPONSORSHIP
He is sponsored by the Welsh Water Company [SWDE] until 2012 for €85,000 per year. (Sport.be, 02 June 2010)

		Unit	Date	Rank

IPC Swimming World Championships Mar del Plata 2002 (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9	Heats	10
Men's 100 m Backstroke S9	Heats	13
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9	Heats	10
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9	Final Round	8
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9	Heats	8

IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9		Heat 2		4
Men's 5,000 m Open Water S10		Final Round		11

IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 100 m Backstroke S9	Heats	18
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9	Heats	22
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM9	Heats	9999
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9	Heats	11
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts	Heats	9999
Men's 5,000 m Open Water	Final Round	14
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9	Heats	31

Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9	Final Round	6
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9	Heat 2	3
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9	Heat 2	4