Job Kienhuis

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.

Job Kienhuis
Personal information
Full nameJob Kienhuis
Nationality Netherlands
Born (1989-11-07) 7 November 1989
Denekamp
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight72.5 kg (160 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
ClubNationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven

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
Short course[5]
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[5]
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 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.


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