Robert Lijesen (born 5 February 1985 in Dordrecht) is a Dutch Swimmer,[1] who is specialized in the 50 and 100 m freestyle. He is currently trained by former world champion Marcel Wouda at the same club as multiple olympic champion Pieter van den Hoogenband. He holds the European record in the 4 × 100 m freestyle Short Course together with Bas van Velthoven, Mitja Zastrow and Robin van Aggele in 3:09.18[2] swum during the World SC Championships 2008 in Manchester they finished second in this event behind the United States who swam a world record in the same race.
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| Full name | Robert Lijesen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1985 Dordrecht | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Swimming career
editLijesen made his international senior debut at the 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships in Shanghai with the 23rd place in the 100 m freestyle.
2008
editHe was part of the team that broke the European record in the 4 × 100 m freestyle (SC) at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships alongside Bas van Velthoven, Mitja Zastrow and Robin van Aggele winning a silver medal doing so. Individually he reached 17th place in the 50 m freestyle. With the 4 × 100 m medley relay he reached an 8th place together with Bastiaan Tamminga, van Aggele and Joeri Verlinden swimming a new national record.
A few weeks before at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven he won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle, where he split faster than Pieter van den Hoogenband who was later revealed suffered from the flu. Individually he ended 12th in the 100 m freestyle, in the 50 m freestyle he reached the final where he finished 6th.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished 10th in the 4 × 100 m freestyle with Zastrow, van den Hoogenband and van Velthoven. In the 50 m freestyle, his only individual start, he reached a 32nd spot.
See also
editPersonal bests
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References
edit- ^ a b c Robert Lijesen www.zwemkroniek.com
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b Robert Lijesen at swimrankings.net
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