Jacco Verhaeren

Who is Jacco Verhaeren?

Jacco Verhaeren is a Dutch swimming coach. He is currently the sporting director of the Dutch swimming team and the Nationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven. He is best known for guiding Pieter van den Hoogenband and Inge de Bruijn to Olympic gold medals. Although there were several other countries interested in signing him, he decided to remain with the Dutch team until 2013. Wouda took the Duch team for winter training in Phuket, Thailand, in January 2013, as part of the team's preparation for the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona.