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Place of Birth: Kalmthout, Flemish Region, Belgium
About Elise Matthysen
- Elise Matthysen (born 13 July 1992 in Kalmthout) is a retired Belgian swimmer who specialised in breaststroke.
- During the 2008 European Aquatics Championships she came 4th in the final of the 100 m breaststroke in which she broke the national record of Brigitte Becue.
- With this excellent performance, she managed to qualify herself for the Olympics.
- At the Olympics, while still only 16 years of age, she qualified for the semi-finals for both the 100 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke with a new Belgian record; eventually she finished respectively 13th and 16th overall. In the period after the 2008 Olympics, Matthysen suffered both physically and mentally, mainly the result of weight problems.
- In December 2010, she hired Brigitte Becue as her coach, but Becue could not turn the tide and on 8 November 2011 Becue announced that Matthysen was retiring from swimming and focusing fully on her studies.
- At that point in time, she was still holder of the national record for the 100 m breaststroke.
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