Tag: Rikke Møller Pedersen

  • Tokyo 2020: Swimmer Schoenmaker Storms to Record-Breaking Victory | CGTN Africa

    Tokyo 2020: Swimmer Schoenmaker Storms to Record-Breaking Victory | CGTN Africa

    South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker smashed one of swimming’s longest-standing world records as she took victory in the 200 meters breaststroke. The 24-year-old surged away from American duo Lilly King and Annie Lazor to become the first female swimmer to dip under 2 minutes and 19 seconds for a 200-meter breaststroke. Her time of 2…

  • Team Denmark unveils first 5 swimmers for Rio 2016

    Team Denmark unveils first 5 swimmers for Rio 2016

    Team Denmark has picked five swimmers to be part of the Danish Olympic team participating in the 2016 Olympics in Rio next summer. Jeanette Ottesen, Lotte Friis, Rikke Møller Pedersen, Mie Ø Nielsen and Viktor Bromer were selected today by the Danish athletics association DFI in co-operation with the national swimming association Dansk Svømmeunion. “All…

  • Strong Danish squad selected for the Kazan 2015 Swimming World  Championships

    Strong Danish squad selected for the Kazan 2015 Swimming World Championships

    The Danish Swimming Federation has selected the squad to compete for World Championship medals in Kazan in August. There will be 12 Danish swimmers participating in the World Swimming Championships when they get underway in the Russian city of Kazan from August 2 It is a very strong and experienced squad who will be competing for medal…

  • MOM Meet Marseilles 2015 live on Dailymotion

    MOM Meet Marseilles 2015 live on Dailymotion

    Friday 6th to Sunday 8th March 2015, the 4th Meeting Open Méditerranée will be held in Marseilles, France, featuring world class swimmers like Katinka Hosszú (HUN), Florent Manaudou (FRA), Mireia Belmonte (ESP), Michael Jamieson (GBR), Inge Dekker (NED), Nathan Adrian (USA), Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN), Fabio Scozzolli (ITA), Sarah Sjöström (SWE) and our guy Pál…

  • Vikings Test Form at North Sea Swim Meet 2014

    Vikings Test Form at North Sea Swim Meet 2014

    The Stavanger Swim Hall in Norway will this weekend 7-9 November 2014 be venue of the 42nd North Sea Swim Meet, featuring the Danish ‘Viking’ team including Jeanette Ottesen and Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN), Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (FIN), Pál Joensen (FAR), Marco Loughran (GBR), swimmers from Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and of course the best Norwegian…

  • Danes select 17 for ‘Viking’ squad

    Danes select 17 for ‘Viking’ squad

    The Danish Swimming Federation today announced 17 swimmers selected for their ‘Viking’ squad, which is the squad consisting of swimmers already on the national team, and those potentials who are very close to qualifying for major international senior meets. More a rebranding of an already existing squad, than a follow-up to the Great Danes project,…

  • Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 10

    Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 10

    Peaty breaks WR, Italy and Denmark clinch two titles apiece Adam Peaty’s new World record in the 50m breast was the highlight of the evening session at the 32nd European Championships in Berlin. Since 2008 the Brit is the first to bring down an individual WR at the long-course Europeans. Italy and Denmark earned two…

  • Behold these Awesome Photos from the Bergen Swim Festival 2014

    A selection of photos from the Bergen Swim Festival 2014, courtesy of swim fan, dad and photographer friend Kjell Eirik Irgens Henanger. You can see more of his work here on Flickr.

  • Bergen Swim Festival 23 – 25 May 2014

    “Scandinavia’s Coolest Swim Meet“, still short course meters in Sentralbadet in Bergen, Norway. This year featuring Daniel Gyurta and Katinka Hosszu (HUN), Cameron van der Burgh (RSA), Rikke Møller Pedersen and Jeanette Ottesen (DEN), Jennie Johansson and Simon Sjödin (SWE), Pál Joensen (FAR) and others. Invitation, Schedule, Start Lists and Live Timing on medley.no