Jani Sievinen
Jani Nikanor Sievinen ( pronunciation / i;? Born March 31, 1974 in Vihti ) is a former Finnish swimmer. Together with Antti Kasvio he was the most successful Finnish swimmers in the 1990s.
Career
Due to its versatility, Sievinen celebrated great success mainly due to the location distances.
Overall, it took from 1992 to 2004 at four Summer Olympics in part. In Barcelona in 1992, he could only reach about 200 meters individual medley the final, where he remained for 28 hundredths of a second behind the Hungarian Attila Czene and thus missed the bronze medal. About the 100 meter butterfly stretch as he missed the final 13. He also went with all Finnish squadrons at the start, was never better than twelfth place with this but.
In the early nineties of the 20th century, he also made numerous new world and European records. He improved, for example, at a swimming arrange the Finnish Hyvinkää the 50m backstroke Short Course European record 00:24,81 min. But the Short Course World and European record 200m individual medley, he improved in that time more than once. This was in 2004 by George Bovell ( world record) and 2005 of László Cseh be definitively improved. Between 1993 and 1997 Sievinen also the 400 meters individual medley short-course world and European record held for five years.
His only long course world record he swam in his world title over 200 meters individual medley at the World Swimming Championships in Rome in 1994. But this process was for nine years made before the American Michael Phelps corrected him in 2003. The European record could ever be only 13 years later improved at the World Swimming Championships in 2007 by László Cseh.
1996, at the Olympic Games, he won his first and only Olympic medal with the silver medal in the 200m individual medley. It was as early as 1992 Attila Czene before him. About 400 meters individual medley and 200 -meter freestyle he did not make it past the lead and was ultimately each case 17 With the Finnish 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay, he finished twelfth overall place.
At the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000, he came on his parade route, the 200m individual medley finals, but this ended in eighth. About 400 meters individual medley he landed ever only in 27th place overall.
Four years later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he came across a 20th place not out on the 200 meter track position.
He was still four short course world champion, three times Short Course European Championships and European Champion on the long course between 1999 and 2003. Above all, the year 2002 stands out, in which he each the title over the 200 meters individual medley bewziehungsweise at the Short Course World Championships in Moscow in 2002, at the European Swimming Championships in Berlin in 2002 and at the Short Course European Championships 2002 in Riesa in Riesa on the 100 meters individual medley title could win.
Resignation
For the Home Short Course European Championships in Helsinki in 2006 the five-time World and twelve -time European champion finished its 16 -year career with a fifth place on the 100 meter location distance.