Louise Mai Jansen (born April 14, 1984) is a Danish former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events.[1] She is an eighteen-time national champion and a Nordic record holder in the freestyle and medley (both 200 m). She is also an eighth-place finalist in the 200 m individual medley at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary with a time of 2:17.37, just eight seconds off the record set by Julie Hjorth-Hansen in 2009.[2] Jansen is an economics graduate, majoring in mathematics at Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Louise Mai Jansen |
| National team |  Denmark |
| Born | 14 April 1984 Gladsaxe, Denmark |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, medley |
| Club | Allerød SK |
Jansen made her first Danish team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. There, she failed to reach the semifinals in any of her individual events, finishing thirty-seventh in the 200 m freestyle,[3][4] and thirtieth in the 200 m individual medley with respective times of 2:06.06 and 2:27.08.[5][6]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Jansen extended her swimming program to two events: 200-metre freestyle and 4×200-metre freestyle relay. She cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:02.20 (200 m freestyle) from the Danish Open in Copenhagen.[7] In the 200 m freestyle, Jansen raced to fourth place and thirty-fourth overall on the same heat as Athens by exactly one second ahead of Singapore's Lynette Lim in 2:01.30.[8] She also teamed up with Hjorth-Hansen, Micha Østergaard, and Lotte Friis in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Swimming the third leg, Jansen recorded a split of 2:00.31, and the Danish team finished the preliminary heats in tenth overall with a Danish record of 8:00.81.[9]
At the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy, Jansen helped her Danish team (Hjorth-Hansen, Ostergaard, and Friis) to dip under an eight-minute barrier and broke a new record of 7:55.56 in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, but finished only in twelfth place overall from the preliminary heats.[10]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Julie Hjorth-Hansen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "European Long Course Championships: Camille Lacourt Rattles World Record in 50 Back". Swimming World Magazine. 12 August 2010. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ "Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Women's 200 Freestyle, Prelims Day 3: Dana Vollmer Stakes Her Claim as Fastest Qualifier, Benko Also Through to Evening Round". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ "Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Women's 200 Individual Medley Prelims Day 3: Klochkova Aims for Repeat Olympic Gold; Americans Qualify 3rd and 4th". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 200m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 53. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "2009 FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
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