Pál Joensen
Pál Joensen 
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On August 24th, 2010, Pál Joensen was congratulated on winning a silver medal after his return to the Faroe Islands from the European Swimming Championships |
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| Surname: | Pál Joensen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Faroe Islands
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | Suðuroyar Svimjifelag | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | December 10, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Vágur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.80 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 75 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pál Joensen (born December 10, 1990 in Vágur ) is a Faroese swimmer who is currently the best in his country.
Career
Joensen first appeared on the international stage at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne , when he competed in the 50, 100, 200, 400 and 800 meter freestyle , but failed in each of the heats. The following year he managed to swim to three titles at the Junior European Championships in Belgrade . With a time of 7: 56.90 he set a junior European record over 800 meters. At the same time, it was the all-age record for the Nordic countries . In a congratulatory letter, the Faroese Prime Minister Jóannes Eidesgaard spoke of the “greatest Faroese sporting achievement of all time”.
At the 2010 European Swimming Championships in the Hungarian capital, Budapest , he finished fifth in the 800 meter freestyle final. Two days earlier he had surprisingly won the silver medal in the 1500 meters freestyle. Joensen is the first athlete in the Faroe Islands to win a medal at international championships. As a result, plans were accelerated to build the Faroe Islands' first 50-meter basin in his native Vágur in his honor . In the following year he again reached fifth place over 800 meters at the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai . He had previously achieved the second fastest time of all heats with 7: 45.55 and set a new Nordic record. Over 1500 meters he was on the bronze course for a long time, but had to admit defeat to the Hungarian Gergő Kis on the last track .
Joensen also regularly shows exceptional performances at the Island Games , where he has collected 21 gold medals since 2007. It is noteworthy that Joensen still trains in the small indoor swimming pool in his home town, which only has 25-meter lanes.
In 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2013 Joensen received the “Faroese Sportsman of the Year” award from the public broadcaster Kringvarp Føroya on New Year's Eve .
Pál Joensen was part of the Danish Olympic team at the 2012 Summer Games and the 2016 Summer Games .
He is studying at Copenhagen Business School .
Records
| Nordic Records (1) | |||
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| 1500 m freestyle | 14: 46.33 min | July 31, 2011 | Shanghai |
| Faroese Records - Long Course (4) | |||
| 200 m freestyle | 01: 48.98 min | March 23, 2012 | Brønshøj |
| 400 m freestyle | 03: 46.84 min | March 22, 2012 | Brønshøj |
| 800 m freestyle | 7: 45.55 min | July 26, 2011 | Shanghai |
| 200 m chest | 02: 21.71 min | May 25, 2015 | Mountains |
| Faroese Records - Short Course (15) | |||
| 50 m freestyle | 00: 23.19 min | July 2, 2009 | Åland |
| 100 m freestyle | 00: 50.04 min | July 1, 2009 | Åland |
| 200 m freestyle | 01: 46.61 min | December 14, 2008 | Rijeka |
| 400 m freestyle | 03: 40.12 min | December 9, 2009 | Istanbul |
| 800 m freestyle | 07: 36.24 min | December 17, 2011 | Atlanta |
| 1500 m freestyle | 14: 26.54 min | December 7, 2014 | Doha |
| 100 m chest | 01: 02.80 min | June 29, 2015 | Saint Brélade |
| 200 m chest | 02: 14.82 min | 2nd July 2015 | Saint Brélade |
| 200 m layers | 02: 01.97 min | April 14, 2012 | Tórshavn |
| 400 m layers | 04: 18.97 min | April 15, 2012 | Tórshavn |
| 4 × 50 m freestyle (with Mortensen , Toftum and E. Joensen ) | 01: 33.24 min | June 30, 2015 | Saint Brélade |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle (with E. Joensen , Mortensen and Toftum ) | 03: 26.31 min | 2nd July 2015 | Saint Brélade |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle (with E. Joensen , Bech and Hoffgaard ) | 07: 54.67 min | November 5, 2011 | Klaksvík |
| 4 × 50 m layers (with Hjelm , E. Joensen and Toftum ) | 01: 44.22 min | June 29, 2009 | Saint Brélade |
| 4 × 100 m layers (with Høvdanum , Mohr and Thomsen ) | 03: 49.65 min | July 1, 2009 | Åland |
| (As of April 15, 2018) | |||
Individual evidence
- ↑ PDF version of the Prime Minister's letter of congratulations on tinganes.fo (official website of the Prime Minister's Office). Retrieved July 31, 2011 ( Faroese )
- ↑ Suðurrás.fo: 50 m. svimjihylur byggjast á Oyrunum í Vági from September 27, 2010, accessed on April 20, 2011 (Faroese)
- ↑ Svimjihollin.com: Grøn Multihøll á Oyrunum í Vági , accessed on April 20, 2011 (Faroese)
- ↑ Joensen's results at the Island Games 2007
- ↑ Joensen's results at the Island Games 2009
- ↑ Joensen's results at the Island Games 2011
- ↑ 42 nye danske OL-udtagelser. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 12, 2012 ; Retrieved June 30, 2012 (Danish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.b.dk/livsstil/pal-bliver-dansker-i-12-dage-for-at-komme-til-ol
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Joensen, Pál |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Faroese swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vágur |