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]
EventTimeDateLocation
100 m medley54.71 2021-07-04Amsterdam, Netherlands
200 m medley1:55.992019-12-06Glasgow, United Kingdom
400 m medley4:05.762019-12-05Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Long course
EventTimeDateLocation
200 m medley1:59.44 NR2021-07-28Tokyo, Japan
400 m freestyle4:13.46 NR2019-07-28Gwangju, 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.