Arjan Knipping

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Arjan Knipping
Personal information
Full nameArjan Antonius Knipping
National teamFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Born (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 30)
De Heurne, Netherlands
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Medley
ClubPSV
CoachGeert Janssen

Arjan Knipping (born 1 August 1994) is a Dutch swimmer specialising in 200 and 400 metre individual medley. [1] [2] [3] Knipping holds the Dutch national record on the 200 and 400 metre medley. [4]

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Career

He represented the Netherlands at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships and reached the finals in both the 200 and 400 metre individual medley, [5] setting a new national record in both events. [6] With these results he also qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [6]

He also competed in the 2017 Summer Universiade and 2018 European Aquatics Championships. [3] [7] [8]

Personal bests

Short course [9]
EventTimeDateLocation
100 m medley54.712021-07-04 Amsterdam, Netherlands
200 m medley1:55.992019-12-06 Glasgow, United Kingdom
400 m medley4:05.762019-12-05 Glasgow, United Kingdom
Long course [9]
EventTimeDateLocation
200 m medley1:59.44 NR 2021-07-28 Tokyo, Japan
400 m freestyle4:13.46 NR 2019-07-28 Gwangju, South Korea

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References

  1. ↑ "Arjan Knipping: Biography". swimrankings.net. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Arjan Knipping". sportuitslagen.org (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Arjan Knipping". zwemkroniek.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Alltime Top Times Netherlands Long Course (50m) Men". swimrankings.net. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Arjan Knipping Takes Almost Two Seconds Off Dutch Record In Men's 400 IM". SwimSwam. 28 July 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Knipping verrast met finaleplaats 400 meter wisselslag en olympisch ticket" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 28 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Men's 200 individual medley – Heats" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Men's 400 individual medley – Heats" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Arjan Knipping Personal Bests". swimrankings.net. Retrieved 5 November 2021.


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