HEIDTMANN Jacob

6 Nov 1994
26
Male
PINNEBERG
 
Germany
SAN DIEGO, CA
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation400IndMed4x200Free
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRAH (DSQ)6th

World Championships
YearLocation200Free400IndMed4x200Free
2019Gwangju, KORH (1:47.38)-8th (7:07.65)
2017Budapest, HUN-H (4:17.68)H (7:11.03)
2015Kazan, RUS-5th (4:12.08)5th (7:09.01)

European Championships
YearLocation200Free400IndMed4x200Free4x200Free
2018Glasgow, GBR8th (1:47.26)6th (4:16.29)4th (7:09.31)1st (7:28.43)


Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final
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Football, politics. (Twitter profile, 19 May 2021)
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Armed Forces Athlete
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Political Science - University of Hamburg, Germany
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English, German
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Team Elite Aquatics [USA] / ST Stadtwerke Elmshorn [GER]
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David Marsh [Team Elite], USA
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He was unable to compete in July 2014 due to illness. (mirkoseifert.de, 22 Apr 2016)
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"I was a hyperactive child, so my mother sent me to swimming." (teamdeutschland.de, 01 Jan 2019)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (aqua-free.com, 01 Jan 2021)
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US basketball player Michael Jordan. (teamdeutschland.de, 01 Jan 2019)
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"It doesn't matter how many hours you do something, what matters is what you do in those hours." (aqua-free.com, 01 Jan 2021)
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He was named the 2018 Schleswig-Holstein Sportsman of the Year in Germany. (shsv.de, 20 Dec 2018)

He was named the 2015 Sportsman of the Year by the Pinneberger Tageblatt and Elmshorner Nachrichten newspapers. (mirkoseifert.de, 22 Apr 2016)

General Interest

General
MOVING TO THE UNITED STATES
In September 2019 he moved to San Diego, CA, United States of America, to train with David Marsh's Team Elite group, alongside fellow German swimmer Marius Kusch. "I can train [in San Diego] with the best in the world. I am at the best age for swimming and decided to put all my eggs in one basket. I am using all my savings, which were intended for the time after university graduation, but I have not regretted it. Since moving, I have achieved times that are close to my German record." (kn-online.de, 25 Mar 2020; sport.de 15 Nov 2019)

RIO DISQUALIFICATION FUELS TOKYO DREAM
He was disqualified from the final of the 400m individual medley at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro following a turn violation during the breaststroke leg. "I am very much looking forward to rewriting my Olympic Games chapter [in 2020]. Of course, it's still in there somewhere in my head that I was disqualified after qualifying in fifth [for the final] at Rio 2016. Even though I still think that I was wrongly disqualified at the time, the fact that the final was taken away motivated me. But I'm totally positive and I'm not afraid, I've never been disqualified since. I've put all my eggs in one basket this year [2020], used all my savings to train with Dave Marsh in San Diego, then qualified as fifth German onto the team with the second best time in the world this year for my Tokyo ticket. So, I'm back where I was four years ago, on the way and at the best age." (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 07 Mar 2020, 24 Mar 2020; dw.com, 07 Aug 2016; kn-online.de, 25 Mar 2020; sport.de 15 Nov 2019)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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