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Dutch swimmer (born 1989)
Job Kienhuis
Personal information
Full nameJob Kienhuis
Nationality Netherlands
Born (1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 35)
Denekamp
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight72.5 kg (160 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
ClubNationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven
Medal record
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Eindhoven 1500 m freestyle

Job Kienhuis (born 7 November 1989) 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

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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.

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.

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

Personal bests

Short course
Event Time Date Location
400 m freestyle 3:43.56 8 December 2011 Szczecin, Poland
800 m freestyle NR 7:44.33 18 December 2011 St Petersburg, Russia
1500 m freestyle NR 14:30.14 18 December 2011 St Petersburg, Russia
Long course
Event Time Date Location
400 m freestyle 3:53.21 26 July 2011 Shanghai, China
800 m freestyle NR 7:51.92 8 April 2011 Eindhoven, Netherlands
1500 m freestyle NR 14.58.34 4 December 2011 Eindhoven, Netherlands

See also

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. ^ Job Kienhuis at swimrankings.net. Retrieved on 2009-01-06.
2012 Dutch Olympic swimming team
Men's competition
Women's competition


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