Pál Joensen (born 10 December 1990) is a Faroese elite swimmer. He was born in

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, Suðuroy,

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. He has won World and European Championship medals. His bronze medal in the men's 1500 metre freestyle at the

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was the first medal won by a Faroese swimmer at the World Aquatic Championships. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics for

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in three events: 400 metre freestyle, 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay and 1500 metre freestyle. As a Faroese athlete, he competed for Denmark as the Faroe Islands do not have a separate Olympic body. Joensen holds many of the national swimming records for the Faroe Islands; and these records are not only in freestyle. In short course swimming he holds most of the records in breaststroke, butterfly and individual medley too.

Personal life

Born in the Faroe Islands, he moved to Copenhagen in August 2012, where he swims at the Danish National Training Centre. He is now swimming for Aalborg Svømmeklub and for the

. While in the Faroe Islands he had to train in a 25 m short course pool, because there was no 50 m pool in the Faroe Islands. He was training with Susvim (Susvim is short for Suðuroyar Svimjifelag, which means Suduroy Swimming Club). His trainer in the Faroe Islands was Jón Bjarnason.

International swimming career

FINA World Championships 2007

At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in

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, Australia, Joensen competed in five individual events – 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m freestyle and 1500 m freestyle. He did not proceed past the heats stage in any of the events.

Island Games 2007

Pál Joensen won five gold medals and one bronze medal at the

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. * Men's 200 m freestyle, gold, 1:53.60 * Men's 400 m freestyle, gold, 4:00.23 * Men's 1500 m freestyle, gold, 15:48.25 * Men's 4×50 m freestyle relay, gold, 1:36.01 * Men's 4×50 m medley relay, gold, 1:47.71 * Men's 4×100 m medley relay, bronze, 4:00.38

European Junior Swimming Championship 2008

Pál Joensen won 3 gold medals at the 2008 European Junior Swimming Championships in Belgrade. Pál won the gold medals in 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle. * 400 m (3:51.44) * 800 m (7:56.90) * 1500 m (15:18.37)

Island Games 2009

Pál Joensen won gold and set several Faroese records at the

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: * Men's 100 m freestyle, gold, 50.04 * Men's 1500 m freestyle, gold, 15.44.68 * Men's 200 m breaststroke, gold, 2:16.06 * Men's 200 m freestyle, gold, 1:47.76 * Men's 400 m freestyle, gold, 3:45.87 * Men's 50 m freestyle, gold, 23.19 (Tie) * Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay, gold, 1:44.77 (Together with Høvdanum, Mohr and Thomsen) * Men's 50m Butterfly, gold, 25.62 * Men's 100m Individual Medley, silver, 57.66 * Men's 200m Individual Medley, silver, 2:04.41 * Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay, silver, 3:27.14 * Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay, silver, 3:49.65 (Together with Høvdanum, Mohr and Thomsen) * Men's 400m Individual Medley, silver, 4:26.18 * Men's 50m Breaststroke, silver, 29.72 * Men's 100m Breaststroke, bronze, 1:05.50 * Men's 200m Butterfly, bronze, 2:05.81

FINA World Championships 2009

At the

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, Joensen competed in all three events – 400 m, 800 m and

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. He did not proceed past the heats stage in any of the events. Joensen finished in 17th in the 1500 m freestyle with a time of 15.21.37 m, 18th in 800 m freestyle with a time of 8:01.50 and 22nd in the 400 m freestyle with a time of 3:48.93.

FINA World Cup 2009 in Moscow

At the

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on 7 November 2009 Pál Joensen won the men's 1500 m freestyle (14:32.64) short course (25 m) beating his own national record of 14:39.99 set in December 2008. He also broke the Nordic record, which was set by the Dane

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at the

in Stockholm 2008.

FINA World Cup 2009 in Stockholm

At the

in Stockholm on 11 November 2009 Pál Joensen won silver in the men's 1500 m freestyle short course (25 m). His time was 14:32.59, which was new Nordic record. He broke his own record, which he sat 4 days earlier in Moscow.

FINA World Cup 2009 in Berlin

On 15 November 2009 Pál Joensen won silver in the men's 1500 m freestyle short course (25 m) at the World Cup 2009 in

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. His time was 14:32.15, which was new Nordic record, breaking his own record, which he sat 4 days earlier at the World Cup in Stockholm.

European Short Course Swimming Championships 2009

Pál Joensen participated in the

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, 2009 in 400 M Freestyle and 1500 M Freestyle. Joensen qualified for the final in the 400 M Freestyle, but did not participate in the final. Joensen swam in the 1500 M Freestyle final, finishing in 7th place; his time was 14:38.00. The gold medallist in the race was

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from

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, who swam a time of 14:20.44, silver was won by Federico Colbertaldo from

and the bronze medal by

from

. Glæsner swam with a time of 14:26.74, which was new Nordic Record, breaking Joensen's record. Joensen recaptured the Nordic record in the Men's 1500 M Freestyle on Short Course in November 2009, but in Istanbul in December 2009 Glæsner beat Joensen's Nordic Record.

Gold and Bronze at the Telkom SA National Aquatic Championships 2010 in Durban

Pál Joensen participated in the long course 800 M freestyle and 1500 M freestyle for men in Durban at the Telkom SA National Aquatic Championships 2010. He won gold in 800 M freestyle with the time 7:58.92. Chad Ho from

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was number two with the time 8:09.04 and John Ellis from

was number three with the time 8:14.99. A few days later on 17 April 2010 Joensen swam in the final in 1500 Freestyle for men, he was number three with the time 15:21.84. The winner was Heerden Herman from

with the time 15:06.75 and number two was Mark B. Randall with the time 15:09.75.

Great London Swim 2010 – Elite Races

Pál Joensen participated in the British Gas

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2010, which was held on 3 July 2010. He came finished fourth with a time of 16:47.45. The winner was Thomas Lurz from

with the time 16:42.57. Number two was Ky Hurst from Australia and number three was Petar Stoichev from

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. This was the first time Pál Joensen tried to compete in open water swimming. He normally competes in indoors swimming pools.

2010 European Aquatics Championships – Silver Winner

Pál Joensen participated in the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in

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. On 10 August 2010, in the heats of the men's 1500 m freestyle he qualified for the final with the second best time, which was 15:04.05. Samuel Pizzetti from

swam with the best time, 15:03.32. The final was on 11 August 2010. Sébastien Rouault from

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won gold, Pál Joensen won silver, he swam his best time ever (14:56.90) and set a new Nordic record. Gold, silver and bronze winners all swam managed to swim sub-15:00 minutes. The results for the three first swimmers: * 1 Sébastien Rouault,

, 14:55.17. * 2 Pál Joensen,

, 14:56.90. * 3 Samuel Pizzetti,

, 14:59.76.

FINA World Cup 2010 in Berlin

Pál Joensen won two silver medals at the

in October 2010. On 30 October 2010 he won silver in the men's 400 meters freestyle (on short course); his time was 3:44.45. The winner was the

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swimmer

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who swam a time of 3:42.31. On 31 October 2010, Joensen won silver in the men's 1500 meters freestyle (on short course) with the time 14:47.39. The winner was Job Kienhuis from the

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, he swam a time of 14:40.11.

FINA World Cup 2010 in Moscow

Pál Joensen won two gold medals in

at the 2010 FINA Swimming World Cup. In the short course 400 meters freestyle on 2 November 2010, he won with a time of 3:45.56. The silver medallist was the

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n Evgeny Kulikov with the time 3:45.83, and Alexandr Selin won bronze with the time 3:46.29. The following day, on 3 November 2010, Joensen won gold in the men's 1500 meters freestyle with a time of 14:50.66. The

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won silver with a time of 14:53.85 and Sergiy Frolov from

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won bronze with the time 14:54.27.

FINA World Cup 2010 in Stockholm

Pál Joensen swam in the final of the men's 400 meters freestyle at the 2010 FINA Swimming World Cup in Stockholm on 6 November 2010. He won bronze by swimming 3:46.13.

from

took gold in the time 3:41.27 and

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from

won silver in the time 3:41.42.

2011 Island Games on Isle of Wight

Pál Joensen participated in 15 swimming events at the 2011 Islands Games on

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in the period 25 June to 1 July 2011. Joensen won 8 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze medals. * Men's 100m Freestyle, gold, 51.16 * Men's 200m Freestyle, gold, 1:49.83 * Men's 400m Freestyle, gold, 3:54.02 * Men's 1500m Freestyle, gold, 15:28.85 * Men's 400m Medley, gold, 4:23.10 * Men's 200m Breast, gold, 2:15.96 * Men's 4×50m Freestyle (relay), gold 1:33.59 (the others were Magnus Jákupsson, Heðin Lisberg Olsen and

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* Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle, relay, gold, 3:23.10 * Men's 100m Medley, individual, silver, 58.81 * Men's 200m Medley, individual, silver, 2:03.18 * Men's 4×50m Medley, relay, silver, 1:43.23 * Men's 4 × 100 m Medley, relay, silver, 3:47.81 * Men's 100m Breast, bronze, 1:03.78

2011 World Championship

In July 2011 Pál Joensen participated in 800m and 1500m freestyle at the

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. On 26 July he made it to the finals in 800m freestyle with the second best time 7:45.55 which was new Faroese and Nordic record. On 27 July he swam in the final, he was 5th with the time 7:46.51. On 30 July he swam in the second heat in the men's 1500m freestyle, he swam with the sixth best time of all the heats (14:56.66), which was new Nordic and Faroese record and 15 seconds under the qualification time for the Olympic Games 2012. On the following day, 31 July 2011, Pál Joensen swam in the final. He was fourth, he swam in the time 14:46.33, improving the Nordic and Faroese records from the day before by more than 10 seconds. Joensen qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, fulfilling a career dream, by swimming 25 seconds under the qualification time, which was 15:11.83. He swam for

at the Olympics, because the

are not recognized as an independent country and therefore the islands can't participate at the Olympics.

2011 FINA Swimming World Cup

On 15 and 16 October 2011 Pál Joensen participated in two events in

in Stockholm, Sweden. He won gold in the men's 1500 m freestyle in the time 14:52.00 and bronze in the men's 400 m freestyle in the time 3:45.50.

2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships

In December 2011 Joensen participated in the

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, which was held in Szczecin in

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. He qualified for the finals in 400 m freestyle with the time 3:42.37. In the final, he was fourth, in a time of 3:41.05. Joensen swam in the fastest heat in the men's 1500 m freestyle, and in the final he was 5th, with a time of 14:37.83.

2012 Danish Open

In March 2012 Joensen participated in Danish Open in

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in Denmark. On 22 March 2012 he won gold in 400 m freestyle in the time 3:46.84, which was new Faroese record. He also qualified for the 2012 Olympics in 400 m freestyle, having already qualified in the 1500 m freestyle. On 23 March 2012 he won gold in the men's 200 m freestyle with the time 1:48.98, which was new Faroese record. * Gold in 200 m freestyle with the time 1:48.98 (New Faroese record) * Gold in 400 m freestyle with the time 3:46.84 (New Faroese record) * Gold in 1500 m freestyle with the time 15:04.39

2012 Summer Olympics in London

Pál Joensen competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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in three events: 400 metre freestyle, 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay and 1500 metre freestyle. He competes for

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, the Faroe Islands can't participate at the Olympics. His results: * 10th in the men's 400 metre freestyle with the time 3:47.36. * 13th in the men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay (with Daniel Skaaning,

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and

. The team set a new Danish record in the event.) * Nr. 17 in the men's 1500 metre freestyle.

2012 FINA World Swimming Championships on Short Course

In December 2012 Joensen competed at the World Swimming Championships on Short Course in

. On 14 December he competed in the men's final in 400 metre freestyle. He placed 6th in a time of 3:42.23. On the last day, 16 December 2012, he competed in the men's 1500 m freestyle. He originally took bronze in the time 14:36.93, the Danish swimmer

won in the time 14:30.01, Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri took silver in the time 14:31.13. Drug testing later revealed that Glæsner committed a doping violation at the meet, and was stripped of his medals in Istanbul in June 2013, elevating Joensen to silver in the 1500M. However, upon appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Glaesner's 1500-meter freestyle gold medal was reinstated based on the fact that a test after that race, two days after his initial positive test following the 400-meter free, was clean. He still forfeited the 400-meter freestyle bronze, which he did not appeal. This means that Joensen's medal position was returned to bronze. Joensen's bronze medal was his first medal from a World Championship, it is also the first time a swimmer from the Faroe Islands has won a medal at a World Championship in swimming.

2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Herning

Joensen participated at the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Herning. He won a silver medal in the men's 1500 m freestyle. * Silver in 1500 m freestyle with the time 14:35.99 * 21st in 400 m freestyle with the time 3:45.92 * 26th in 200 m freestyle with the time 1:47.03

100 individual Gold Medals at the Faroese Swimming Championships

In May 2014 Joensen first won his 100th gold medal in individual swimming competitions. A few minutes later he won one more gold medal reaching 101 individual gold medals won in the Faroese Championships. He won 15 gold and one silver at the 2014 Faroese Swimming Championship.

2014 Bergen Swim Festival

* Gold in 400 m freestyle with the time 3:45.45

2014 Mare Nostrum International Swimming Meeting of Monte Carlo

* Silver in 400 m freestyle with the time 3:50.41

2014 European Aquatics Championship 2014 in Berlin

Pál Joensen competed at the

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in August 2014. He competed in 1500 m freestyle and in 800 m freestyle. On 20 August he took silver in 1500 m freestyle in the time 14:50.59. The winner was

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, who sat new European record in the time 14:39.93. * Silver in 1500 m freestyle with the time 14:50.59. * Silver in 800 m freestyle with the time 7:48.49.

2014 FINA World Swimming Championships on Short Course

* 4th in 1500 m freestyle with the time 14:26.54 which was Faroese and Nordic record * 17th in 400 m freestyle with the time 3:42.31

Honours

* 2015 – Páls Høll which is the first 50-meter swimming pool in the Faroe Islands was named after him * 2013 – Sportsperson of the Year, chosen by

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(no award was given from 2010 to 2012) * 2009 – Sportsperson of the Year, chosen by the National Radio and Television Station of the Faroe Islands,

* 2008 – Sportsperson of the Year, chosen by

* 2007 – Sportsperson of the Year, chosen by

References

SwimmingWorldMagazine.com

Island Games 2009 in Åland

External links

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Susvim
The Suduroy Swimming Association
SSF.fo
The Faroese Swimming Association
Svimjing.com
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Personal life

International swimming career

FINA World Championships 2007

Island Games 2007

European Junior Swimming Championship 2008

Island Games 2009

FINA World Championships 2009

FINA World Cup 2009 in Moscow

FINA World Cup 2009 in Stockholm

FINA World Cup 2009 in Berlin

European Short Course Swimming Championships 2009

Gold and Bronze at the Telkom SA National Aquatic Championships 2010 in Durban

Great London Swim 2010 – Elite Races

2010 European Aquatics Championships – Silver Winner

FINA World Cup 2010 in Berlin

FINA World Cup 2010 in Moscow

FINA World Cup 2010 in Stockholm

2011 Island Games on Isle of Wight

2011 World Championship

2011 FINA Swimming World Cup

2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships

2012 Danish Open

2012 Summer Olympics in London

2012 FINA World Swimming Championships on Short Course

2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Herning

100 individual Gold Medals at the Faroese Swimming Championships

2014 Bergen Swim Festival

2014 Mare Nostrum International Swimming Meeting of Monte Carlo

2014 European Aquatics Championship 2014 in Berlin

2014 FINA World Swimming Championships on Short Course

Honours

References

Further reading

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