Job Kienhuis (born 7 November 1989) is a Dutch
swimmer
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who mainly specializes in the middle- and long
freestyle
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events. He is currently training under the guidance of former world champion
Marcel Wouda
Marcel Reinier Wouda (born 23 January 1972) is a former Dutch swimmer, who became the first Dutch world champion in men's swimming when he won the world title in the 200 m individual medley at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Per ...
alongside Olympic champion
Hinkelien Schreuder
Hinkelien Schreuder (born 13 February 1984) is a former butterfly, freestyle and backstroke swimmer from The Netherlands, who also competed in the medley events. Schreuder won the Olympic gold medal in the 4×100 freestyle relay at the 2008 Ol ...
. He holds 4 national records, the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle in both
long course
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and
short course
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.
Swimming career
Kienhuis participated in the
2007 European Junior Swimming Championships
The 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 18 to July 22, 2007 in Antwerp, Belgium.
Medal table
Medal summary Boy's events
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, 50 m freestyle
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, 100 m freestyle
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, 200 m freestyle
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, 400 m freest ...
in
Antwerp
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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
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,
France
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.
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
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in the 1500 m freestyle but did not reach the final.
Personal bests
See also
*
List of Dutch records in swimming
Below is the complete list of the Dutch records in swimming, which are ratified by the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB).
Long course (50 m) Men
Women
Mixed relay
Short course (25 ...
References
1989 births
Living people
Dutch male freestyle swimmers
People from Denekamp
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Overijssel
21st-century Dutch people
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