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Place of Birth: Vágur, Faroe Islands
About Pál Joensen
- Pál Joensen (born 10 December 1990) is a Faroese elite swimmer.
- He was born in Vágur, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands.
- In August 2012 he moved to Copenhagen, where he swims at the Danish National Training Centre.
- He is now swimming for Aalborg Svømmeklub and for the Faroe Islands.
- Earlier, before moving to Denmark, he was training in a short pool 25 m, because there was no 50 m pool in the Faroe Islands.
- He was training with Susvim (Susvim is short for Suðuroyar Svimjifelag, which means Suduroy Swimming Club).
- His trainer in the Faroe Islands was Jón Bjarnason.
- In August 2010, Joensen won silver in the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest with the time 14:56.90, which was new Nordic record.
- In 2011, at 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai he swam with the second best time of all the heats and made it for the final in the men's 800 m freestyle.
- He set a new Nordic record with the time 7:45.55.
- One of Joensen's biggest dreams was to swim at the Summer Olympics, and that dream did come true.
- He was competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics for Denmark in three events: 400 metre freestyle, 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay and 1500 metre freestyle.
- In December 2012, he won his first medal at a World Swimming Championship, when he took bronze in the men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Istanbul.
- It was the first medal for his country, the Faroe Islands, which was won at a World Swimming Championship.
- Joensen holds many of the national swimming records of his country; and these records are not only in freestyle.
- On short course he holds most of the records in breaststroke, butterfly and individual medley too.
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