Arjan Knipping Explained

Arjan Knipping
Full Name:	Arjan Antonius Knipping
Birth Date:	1 August 1994
Birth Place:	De Heurne, Netherlands
Height:	175 cm
Weight:	65 kg
Strokes:	Medley
Club:	PSV
Coach:	Geert 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]

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] Event Time Date Location 100 m medley 54.71 2021-07-04 Amsterdam, Netherlands 200 m medley 1:55.99 2019-12-06 Glasgow, United Kingdom 400 m medley 4:05.76 2019-12-05 Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Long course Event Time Date Location 200 m medley 1:59.44 NR 2021-07-28 Tokyo, Japan 400 m freestyle 4:13.46 NR 2019-07-28 Gwangju, South Korea

Notes and References

1. Web site: Arjan Knipping: Biography . swimrankings.net . 6 December 2019 . en .
2. Web site: Arjan Knipping . sportuitslagen.org . 6 December 2019 . nl .
3. Web site: Arjan Knipping . zwemkroniek.com . 6 December 2019 . nl.
4. Web site: Alltime Top Times Netherlands Long Course (50m) Men . swimrankings.net . 5 December 2019 . 6 December 2019 . en.
5. News: Arjan Knipping Takes Almost Two Seconds Off Dutch Record In Men's 400 IM . SwimSwam . 28 July 2019.
6. Web site: Knipping verrast met finaleplaats 400 meter wisselslag en olympisch ticket. 28 July 2019. NU.nl. 27 August 2019. 27 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190827182053/https://www.nu.nl/sport/5971485/knipping-verrast-met-finaleplaats-400-meter-wisselslag-en-olympisch-ticket.html. Dutch. live.
7. Web site: Men's 200 individual medley – Heats. 2017 Summer Universiade. 27 August 2019. 27 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190827202402/https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/resTP2017/pdf/TP2017/SW/TP2017_SW_C74A_SWM052900.pdf. dead.
8. Web site: Men's 400 individual medley – Heats. 2017 Summer Universiade. 27 August 2019. 27 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190827202405/https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/resTP2017/pdf/TP2017/SW/TP2017_SW_C74A_SWM054900.pdf. dead.
9. Web site: Arjan Knipping Personal Bests . swimrankings.net . 5 November 2021.