Tag: Birita Debes

CC photo #582: Team FAR at BCN2013

Aug 5, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands

The very last photo we took in Palau Sant Jordi at the 15th FINA World Championships. From left to right Birita Debes (backstroke), RÃ³kur Ã JÃ¡kupsstovu (team leader), PÃ¡l Joensen (distance crawl), Bartal Hestoy (medley), Poula Ã˜ssursdÃ³ttir Mohr (butterfly) and Kristian Martin Joensen (coach). Photographer is Jon Hestoy, president of Faroe Island’s Swimming Association.
Two competitions, two Faroese records

Jul 30, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Faroe Islands

Birita Debes yesterday broke her own Faroese record in the women’s 100 backstroke, when she managed a time of 1:05.64, the old record a 1:06.19 from the Danish Open meet in March. We might be ranking a bit low on the general roster, but pretty high when it comes to national records per event :-)
CC photo #542: Team Faroe at the Barcelona 2013 Mare Nostrum meet

Jun 26, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands

From left to right coach Kristian Martin Joensen, Ã“li Mortensen, Markus Joensen, Bartal Hestoy, Alvi Hjelm, PÃ¡l Joensen, Poula Ã˜. Mohr and Birita Debes. Note: The towels are *not* our official outfit (even though that *would* be awesome)
CC photo #492: Haljand-test in TÃ³rshavn 4 May 2013

May 6, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands, Technique

An interesting angle that Bartal chose here, Haljand on the start block filming Faroese swimmer AstriÃ° FoldarskarÃ°’s finish while Holger hauls the sideways filming cart and Birita Debes gets ready for her swim. That fly swatter thing outside is one of the four new light towers of our national football stadium that can be seen…
CC photo #455: Team Faroe running across a street in HafnarfjÃ¶rÃ°ur, back in 2010

Mar 30, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Dryland, Faroe Islands, Fun

Very organized, eh, this sprint across a street in HafnarfjÃ¶rÃ°ur, Iceland, during the Small States 2010 competition. At least I (the photographer) was in safety.
Danish Open 2013 Day 1: Friis and Pedersen post swift times

Mar 26, 2013

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rokur

in Competition

Lotte Friis clocked 4:06.49 in the women’s 400 freestyle at the Danish Open 2013 in Copenhagen today, 4th best in the world this year, and Rikke MÃ¸ller Pedersen a swift 1:06.55 in the women’s 100 breaststroke semifinal, faster than her best time from the London 2012 Olympics. Young gun Magnus Westermann posted a new Danish…
CC photo #288: Flags at the FINA 2011 World Cup leg in Stockholm, Sweden

Oct 13, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands

The diving well nicely decorated in Eriksdalsbadet, Stockholm, Sweden. Swimmer PÃ¡l Joensen and coach JÃ³n Bjarnason standing in the foreground, Birita Debes in the pool, all Faroese. Unfortunately we couldn’t go this year, because of the dual meet against Iceland, but we’ll be in Berlin next weekend.
5 Faroese records, 5 junior on 1st day of SC champs

May 11, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Faroe Islands

The Faroese Short Course Championships started out well today, with 5 national records and 5 junior records being set during prelims and finals. See all results from prelims here and from finals here.
CC photo #82: Waiting outside the Jaked stand in Rome

Mar 21, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands

Fun memories from the Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships. Birita wanted one of those brand new Jaked supersuits, so we arrived at about 8 in the morning only to find out when the shop opened at 10 that they didn’t have size 20 nor 22. The day before we had been too far back in…