NYLS KORSTANJE

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Who is Nyls

Watch this NC State Athletics video below to find out more of who I am and what I do.
The Flying Dutchman

6.58 MINUTES

Here is a visual of my improvement at major championships over the past years

World rank in the 100 m butterfly

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Tokyo 2020

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo, I qualified for my first major semi final and placed 12th overall.

9

Budapest 2022

At the World Championships in Budapest, I barely missed the final and placed 9th overall.

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Fukuoka 2023

At the World Championships in Fukuoka, I qualified for my first major final and placed 5th overall.

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Doha 2024

At the World Championships in Doha, I qualified for the major final and placed 4th overall.

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Paris 2024

At the Paris Olympic Games I qualified for my first individual Olympic Final in the 100m butterfly.

Media & Partnerships

Feature by @olympics

Date: June 19, 2022

Partnership with McDonalds

Date: April, 2023

Feature by @worldaquatics

Date: December 12, 2022

Partnership with Gazelle

Date:July, 2024

Partnership with Yakult

Date: December, 2023

Feature by @teamnlinsta

Date: August 10, 2022

4 year documentary series by VPRO: De Beloften

Aired as 6 episodes between July 8th and August 30th, 2021

Documentary by ACC Network: All Access: The ACC Life

Date: March, 2023

Partnership with Gillette

Date: January, 2024

The Flying Dutchman Creative Thinker Sustainability NC State University
The Flying Dutchman Creative Thinker Sustainability NC State University

The Flying Dutchman

Most successful butterfly swimmer in the Netherlands by breaking four national records and ranking in the worlds top 25 performers all time in all four events.

Nyls Korstanje

NC State University

Represented the NC State Wolfpack as an athlete by winning an NCAA title and as a student by graduating Magna Cum Laude in Sustainable Materials & Technology, and researching swim tech suits and sustainable packaging.

Creative Thinker

Loves finding out-of-the-box solutions to problems and has the determination to figure stuff out in different ways than the standard.

Sustainability

Driven by innovations in the field of sustainability, such as the optimization of recycling, sustainable design and 3D printing. Big nature guy.

Homebody

Proud to be from the city of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and spends as much time as possible with family and friends at home.

Photography &Videography

Uses Instagram as an outlet to showcase photos and videos related to a swimming lifestyle and the beauty of swimming.