Joris Keizer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Joris Keizer

Dutch swimmer

Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1979

Place of Birth: Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands

Profession: physicist, swimmer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Joris Gerhard Keizer (born 26 January 1979, in Hengelo) is a retired butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia.
There he was eliminated in the semifinals of the 100m butterfly, and finished in fourth place with the men's 4×100 medley relay team.
A year earlier, Keizer won the bronze medal in the 50m butterfly at the 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships.
He retired from the sport after a disappointing appearance at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He received his PhD in Physics and is now a post-doctorate researcher at the University of New South Wales.