Job Kienhuis

Job Kienhuis

Personal information
Full name	Job Kienhuis
Nationality	Netherlands
Born	(1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 35) Denekamp
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	72.5 kg (160 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	freestyle
Club	Nationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven
Medal record European Championships (SC) 2010 Eindhoven 1500 m freestyle

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

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

• List of Dutch records in swimming

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.