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Dutch swimmer
Johan Kenkhuis (born 7 May 1980 in
swimmer
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From a young age, Kenkhuis had a strong interest in swimming. In 1998, he won gold medals in both the 100 meter and 200 meter freestyle events in the European Junior Championships. At the
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However, by 2002, he was growing tired of the sport and close to retirement. His coach, Fedor Hes, helped him develop a different training strategy which involved spending more time on dry land. Seemingly invigorated by the new training style, Johan quickly progressed enough to win fourth place at the 50 meter freestyle event in the World Championships in Barcelona , Spain. He finished only 0.01 seconds behind the bronze medalist.
In the
he played a critical role in securing a silver medal in the event.
Kenkhuis is currently living in Amsterdam where he is a member of De Dolfijn SPAX swim club but trains with XLence Swimteam . He is a Business and Marketing major at the Johan Cruyff University in Amsterdam.
Kenkhuis was one of only eleven
Helsinki, Finland
.
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1993 : Sweden (Wallin , Werner , Frölander , Holmertz )
1995 : Australia (Klim , Dunn , Allen , Kowalski )
1997 : Australia (Klim , Hackett , Kirby , Dunn )
1999 : Netherlands (Van den Hoogenband , Kenkhuis , Zuijdweg , Wouda )
2000 : United States (Davis , Walker , Tucker , Carvin )
2002 : Australia (Pearson , Hass , Dunne , Hackett )
2004 : United States (Lochte , Carvin , Ketchum , Mortimer )
2006 : Italy (Rosolino , Pelliciari , Cassio , Magnini )
2008 : Australia (Palmer , Brits , Sprenger , Monk )
2010 : Russia (Lobintsev , Izotov , Lagunov , Sukhorukov )
2012 : United States (Lochte , Dwyer , Klueh , McLean )
2014 : United States (Dwyer , Lochte , McLean , Clary )
2016 : United States (Pieroni , Pebley , Clark , Grothe )
2018 : Brazil (Melo , Scheffer , Coelho Santos , Correia )
2021 : United States (Smith , Julian , Foster , Held )
2022 : United States (Smith , Foster , Julian , Kibler )
1962: France (Gottvallès , Curtillet , Christophe , Gropaiz )
1966: East Germany (Wiegand , Poser , Gregor , Sommer )
1970: Soviet Union (Bure , Mazanov , Kulikov , Ilyichov )
1974: West Germany (Steinbach , Schiller , Meier , Nocke )
1977: West Germany (Steinbach , Schmidt , Könnecker , Nocke )
1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov , Salnikov , Chayev , Koplyakov )
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1985: West Germany (Schowtka , Fahrner , Korthals , Gross )
1987: East Germany (Richter , Flemming , Zesner , Lodziewski )
1989: West Germany (Sitt , Schadt , Zikarsky , Zikarsky )
1991: Popov
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1993: Popov
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1995: Popov
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1997: )
1999: Netherlands (Kenkhuis , Veens , Wouda , Van den Hoogenband )
2000: Popov
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2002: Germany (Conrad , Herbst , Spanneberg , Kunzelmann )
2004: Italy (Vismara , Galenda , Vassanelli , Magnini )
2006: Italy (Calvi , Galenda , Vismara , Magnini )
2008: Sweden (Piehl , Nystrand , Stymne , Persson )
2010: Russia (Lagunov , Grechin , Lobintsev , Izotov )
2012: France (Leveaux , Bernard , Bousquet , Stravius )
2014: France (Metella , Gilot , Manaudou , Stravius )
2016: France (Meynard , Manaudou , Gilot , Mignon )
2018: Russia (Rylov , Izotov , Morozov , Kolesnikov )
2020: )
2022: Italy (Miressi , Ceccon , Zazzeri , Frigo )
1996: Germany (Conrad , Tröger , Nolte , Smollich )
1998: Netherlands (Veens , Kenkhuis , Aartsen , Van den Hoogenband )
1999: Sweden (Andersson , Frölander , Nystrand , Carlsson )
2000: Sweden (Dahl , Nystrand , Frölander , Andersson )
2001: Ukraine (Sylantyev , Volynets , Lisohor , Shyrshov )
2002: Netherlands (Kenkhuis , Damen , Holst , Veens )
2003: Netherlands (Veens , Kenkhuis , Damen , Van den Hoogenband )
2004: France (Maitre , Bernard , Barnier , Bousquet )
2005: Netherlands (Veens , Zastrow , Damen , Kenkhuis )
2006: Sweden (Nystrand , Stymne , Piehl , Tilly )
2007: Sweden (Stymne , Piehl , Nylin , Nystrand )
2008: France (Bernard , Gilot , Leveaux , Bousquet )
2009: France (Leveaux , Stravius , Maitre , Bousquet )
2010: Italy (Dotto , Spadaro , Magnini , Orsi )
2011: Italy (Dotto , Orsi , Bocchia , Rolla )
2012: France (Manaudou , Bousquet , Stravius , Leveaux )
2013: Russia (Morozov , Fesikov , Lagunov , Konovalov )
2015: Russia (Sedov , Arbuzov , Kliukin , Konovalov )
2017: Russia (Kolesnikov , Morozov , Fesikov , Vekovishchev )
2019: Russia (Grinev , Vekovishchev , Kolesnikov , Morozov )
2021: Netherlands (Puts , Pijnenburg , Simons , de Boer )
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