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.

Robert Lijesen
Personal information
Full nameRobert Lijesen
Nationality Netherlands
Born (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 (age 39)
Dordrecht
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
ClubNationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven
Medal record
Men's Swimming
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2008 Manchester 4×100 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m freestyle

Swimming career

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Lijesen 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

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He 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

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Personal bests

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Short course[1][3]
Event Time Date Location
50 m freestyle 21.72 2008-12-19 Amsterdam, Netherlands
100 m freestyle 47.42 2008-12-21 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Long course[1][3]
Event Time Date Location
50 m freestyle 22.40 2008-12-05 Eindhoven, Netherlands
100 m freestyle 49.71 2008-03-21 Eindhoven, Netherlands

References

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  1. ^ a b c Robert Lijesen www.zwemkroniek.com
  2. ^ "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)
  3. ^ a b Robert Lijesen at swimrankings.net