KNIPPING Arjan

Netherlands

Swimming

Date of Birth: 1 Aug 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Place of residence : EINDHOVEN

Residence Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 200m Individual Medley
	Men's 400m Individual Medley

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 400m Individual Medley - Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Individual Medley - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	200IndMed	400IndMed
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (2:00.12)	8th (4:17.06)

European Championships

Year	Location	200IndMed	400IndMed
2020	Budapest, HUN	SF (2:00.46)	H (4:17.47)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	SF (2:00.87)	H (4:19.91)

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

Occupation:

Athlete, Shop Assistant

Education:

Johan Cruyff Academy Tilburg, Netherlands

Family:

Wife Mandy, daughter Nora [2018]

Languages spoken:

Dutch, English

Club name:

PSV Eindhoven [Netherlands]

Coach:

Geert Jannsen [club], NED

Start:

He took up swimming as a young child in De Heurne, Netherlands. "When I was a little boy, I was afraid of water. I had no idea that more than 15 years later I would be so much involved with water and swimming." (sport.talentboek.nl, 01 Sep 2019)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (omroepgelderland.nl, 15 Sep 2020)

Training:

He trains twice a day in the pool. He also does strength training three times a week. (omroepgelderland.nl, 15 Sep 2020)

Philosophy:

"Work is the bridge between dreams and reality." (Instagram profile, 05 Feb 2021)

Award:

In 2019 he was nominated for Sportsman of the Year at the Eindhoven SportAwards. (dse.nl, 17 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
LIVING APART FROM FAMILY
His wife Mandy and daughter Nora live in a house in Enschede, Netherlands, which is over 100km from where he is based in Eindhoven. They will live apart until at least after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "We know what to expect from each other. We have what we want together and we are at peace with that. It's quite difficult to miss them a lot, but we are in touch by phone from Monday to Friday. When I am at home, I try to be there and give my full attention to my family. There have been times when I have wondered if I still wanted this situation. It just costs money. But I can still get everything out of swimming now. Fortunately my partner understands that too." (nos.nl, 04 Dec 2020; gelderlander.nl, 10 Jul 2019)

SUPERMARKET WORK
Up until 2020 he was working 20 hours a week in a supermarket in between training and competing. In 2020 he received extra funding from the Dutch government, which allowed him to cut down his hours to eight a week split between two shifts. He also said he enjoys the social aspect of working at the supermarket. "I don't earn that much as a swimmer, but now I can now work a bit less. It's also a good distraction and allows me to be around people. I want to keep doing that in the run-up to the [Tokyo 2020] Games." (nos.nl, 04 Dec 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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