Henrik Christiansen (swimmer)

Henrik Christiansen
Personal information
Nationality Norwegian
Born (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Norway
European Championships (LC)
2016 London400 m freestyle
2018 Glasgow400 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
2015 Netanya1500 m freestyle
2017 Copenhagen 400 m freestyle
2017 Copenhagen1500 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 holds multiple national swimming records.[5]

References

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