Henrik Christiansen (swimmer)

Henrik Christiansen
Personal information
Born (1996-10-09) 9 October 1996
Sport
Sport Swimming
Henrik Christiansen
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Norway
European Championships
2016 London 400 metre freestyle
European Championships (SC)
2015 Netanya 1500 m freestyle

Henrik Christiansen (born 9 October 1996) is a Norwegian swimmer.

Junior career

He won three medals at the 2014 European Junior Swimming Championships.[1]

Senior career

He won a silver medal at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships in the 400 metre freestyle.[2]

He also competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.[3]

He turned down swimming scholarship offers from Stanford University and UC Berkeley to continue his training in Norway.[4]

Records

He hold multiple national swimming records.[5]

References

  1. "Henrik Christiansen Takes Huge Chunk Off Norwegian National Record". Swimswam.com. 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  2. "EM-sølv til Henrik Christiansen: – Jeg har ikke toppet formen - Svømming - VG". Vg.no. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  3. by admin · Published March 15, 2011. "Christiansen crushes Norwegian records – Norwegian American Weekly". Norwegianamerican.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  4. NRK. "Christiansen dropper anerkjente universitet i USA". Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  5. "Henrik Christiansen Dominates Norwegian Champs". Swimmingworldmagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
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