Henrik Christiansen

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Day 7 Prelim All-Star: Ilya Druzhinin Cracks 15 Minute Barrier In 1500

Full Name:	Henrik Christiansen
Born:	October 09th, 1996
	Skjetten, Skedsmo
Nationality:	Norwegian
Status:	Active

Henrik Christiansen holds multiple distance national records for his home nation of Norway and in 2016 made his Olympic debut at 19 years old. But swimming on the world's biggest stage wasn't always the ultimate dream for Christiansen. From a young age he was involved on another stage, putting on plays and taking part in the theater. There came a time he had a tough decision to make to focus on acting or swimming. He chose the latter, and just a few years later was representing his country. Christiansen and his coach Ronnie Austensen have build up a strong trust over the years they have worked together. Christiansen says they work in collaboration and challenge each other. He believes at home in Norway is the best place he can reach success, which is why he reportedly turned down scholarships to swim at Stanford and UC Berkeley in 2016. International Career As a junior swimmer, Christiansen won three medals at the 2014 European Championships. A silver in the 400 meter freestyle in a new national record of 3:49.60 and two bronzes in the 800 and 1,500 meter freestyle. A month later, he picked up another two bronze medals in the 400 and 800 meter …

Day 7 Prelim All-Star: Ilya Druzhinin Cracks 15 Minute Barrier In 1500

Ilya Druzhinin had a terrific 1500m free this morning that almost saw him make the final out of heat 2.

Norwegian Record Holder Henrik Christiansen Turns Down NCAA

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2015 European Short Course Championship Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

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Underwater photography by Mike Lewis

Henrik Christiansen Takes Huge Chunk Off Norwegian National Record

Henrik Christiansen of Norway broke his own 800m freestyle Norwegian national record Tuesday morning in order to qualify for the final ahead of some of the top worlds competitors.