LIESS Nils

24 Aug 1996
24
Male
Youth Olympian
STOCKHOLM
 
Sweden

Events and Medals

Schedule

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

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Youth Olympic Games
YearLocation400Free800Free100Fly200Fly
2014Nanjing, CHNH (3:55.66)DNS6th (54.14)4th (1:58.32)

World Championships - Individual Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly events
YearLocation100Free200Free200Back100Fly200Fly
2019Gwangju, KORH (49.42)H (1:48.29)--H (DNS)
2017Budapest, HUN-H (1:48.07)H (2:00.96)H (53.50)H (1:57.96)
2015Kazan, RUS----H (1:58.76)

World Championships - Medley and Relay events
YearLocation4x100Free M4x200Free4x100Medley M4x100Medley X
2019Gwangju, KORH (3:16.85)H (7:12.08)H (3:36.98)-
2015Kazan, RUSH (3:22.61)H (7:17.99)H (3:38.94)H (3:53.56)

European Championships
YearLocation100Free200Free200Back100Fly200Fly4x100Free M4x200Free4x100Medley M
2020Budapest, HUNH (49.58)SF (1:47.16)-H (54.21)-6th (3:13.41)8th (DSQ)-
2018Glasgow, GBR-SF (1:48.76)H (2:04.53)-SF (1:57.91)--H (3:39.21)

World Championships Short Course
YearLocation100Free200Free200Back200Fly4x50Free M4x100Medley
2018Hangzhou, CHNH (48.34)H (1:45.47)H (1:54.55)H (1:55.64)H (1:28.28)H (3:33.10)


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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Athlete
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English, French, German
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Geneve Natation 1885 [Switzerland]
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Her brother Alexander represented Switzerland in swimming at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (cstenero.ch, 01 May 2015; SportsDeskOnline, 03 Feb 2020)
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He first began swimming at age six. He began competing at age 10. (swiss-aquatics.ch, 2014)
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His parents practised the sport and he later wanted to follow in the footsteps of his older brother Alexander who began competing in swimming. "I liked the competition among swimmers. The will to win is what always motivates me." (cstenero.ch, 01 May 2015; Stiftung Schweizer Sporthilfe YouTube channel, 11 Mar 2015)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (lemanbleu.ch, 19 Jan 2020)
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He trains up to 25 hours a week in Stockholm, Sweden. (ibelieveinyou.ch, 2020)
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"Dream big, or don't dream at all." (teamgeneve.ch, 2020)
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In 2019 he received the Elite Sports Merit Award from the community of Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland. (teamgeneve.ch, 01 Jul 2019)

He was named Sports Prospect of the Year in 2014 by Swiss Sport Support Foundation. (Facebook page, 31 Dec 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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