Job Kienhuis

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Job Kienhuis
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Full nameJob Kienhuis
NationalityFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Born (1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 35)
Denekamp
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight72.5 kg (160 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokesfreestyle
ClubNationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven
Medal record
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Eindhoven 1500 m freestyle

Job Kienhuis (born 7 November 1989) [1] is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in the middle- and long freestyle events. He is currently training under the guidance of former world champion Marcel Wouda alongside Olympic champion Hinkelien Schreuder. He holds 4 national records, the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle in both long course and short course.

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Swimming career

Kienhuis participated in the 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium where ended 16th in the 400 m freestyle and 12th in the 1500 m freestyle. In the summer of 2008 he won a gold medal at the 2008 European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Sète, France. [2]

In December 2008 at the Swim Cup Eindhoven 2008 he broke the national records in the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle, long course. Two weeks later at the national short course champions he lowered the national record at the 1500 m freestyle.

He won bronze in the 1500 m freestyle at the 2010 European Short Course Championships which was held in Eindhoven. [3]

In 2012, he represented the Netherlands at the Olympics in the 1500 m freestyle but did not reach the final. [4]

Personal bests

Short course [5]
EventTimeDateLocation
400 m freestyle3:43.568 December 2011 Szczecin, Poland
800 m freestyle NR 7:44.3318 December 2011 St Petersburg, Russia
1500 m freestyle NR 14:30.1418 December 2011St Petersburg, Russia
Long course [5]
EventTimeDateLocation
400 m freestyle3:53.2126 July 2011 Shanghai, China
800 m freestyle NR 7:51.928 April 2011 Eindhoven, Netherlands
1500 m freestyle NR 14.58.344 December 2011Eindhoven, Netherlands

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References

  1. Job Kienhuis Archived 2012-09-06 at archive.today nationaalzweminstituuteindhoven.nl Retrieved on 2009-01-06
  2. Kienhuis and Muller European Junior Open Water Champions ffnatation.fr Retrieved on 2009-01-06
  3. "Men's 1500 m freestyle - EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS -Eindhoven, The Netherlands - 25 - 28 November 2010". www.omegatiming.com. 27 November 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  4. "Job Kienhuis Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  5. 1 2 Job Kienhuis at swimrankings.net. Retrieved on 2009-01-06.