Pieter has learned during his career that becoming the best as an individual is impossible without having the best team behind you. After his first promising results as a swimmer, a new initiative was launched - "Let Pieter swim faster!" - and his family: headed by his dad, Ceesvan den Hoogenband - currently Chairman of FINA Sports Medicine Committee - started to build a team around him. The targe
The best nutritionist in the country came from the speed-skating community.
This does not mean that he or she was a speed-skater. Support staff such as coaches, doctors and nutritionists are also part of such athletic communities.