Job Kienhuis Explained

Job Kienhuis
Fullname:Job Kienhuis
Strokes:freestyle
Club:Nationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven
Birth Date:7 November 1989
Birth Place:Denekamp
Height:190cm
Weight:72.5kg

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.

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

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nationaalzweminstituuteindhoven.nl/wie/profiel.php?id=55 Job Kienhuis
  2. http://www.ffnatation.fr/webffn/eau_results.php?idact=eau&idcpt=492 Kienhuis and Muller European Junior Open Water Champions
  3. Web site: Men's 1500 m freestyle - EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS -Eindhoven, The Netherlands - 25 - 28 November 2010. 27 November 2010. www.omegatiming.com. 28 October 2018.
  4. Web site: Job Kienhuis Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121853/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/job-kienhuis-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. en. 2018-10-27.
  5. http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=athleteDetail&athleteId=1565182 Job Kienhuis