Tag: Pál Joensen
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CC photo #569: Almost there after Belgrade 2008
Pál Joensen, Jón Bjarnason, Malan Bærendsen, a TV guy and me in the back of a lorry, driving the last stretch alongside Vatnið to VB húsið ‘Vesturið á Eiðinum’ in Vágur, Suðuroy.
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CC photo #551: Pál racing past the Szczecin 2050 ad at Szczecin 2011
A photo from the LEN 2011 European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland. Faroe Island’s Pál Joensen racing past the Szczecin Project 2050 ad during warmup on the last day of the meet.
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Fond memories – Our Pál Joensen 2008 Belgrade Tribute
Pál Joensen gold medal winner in the 400, 800 and 1500 meter freestyle at the Beograd 2008 European Junior Championships. This tribute was played on local radio on arrival to the Faroe Islands again, a mash-up of the Bosnian hit song “Zjenico oka moga” by Hari Mata Hari that we heard all the time while…
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Rod Gilmour launches Pál Joensen book project site
You might remember how we had a visit from the British sports journalist Rod Gilmour, back in May, him working on a book about Pál Joensen. Well, a few moments ago he launched a website for the Pál Joensen book project, go see thepaleffect.tumblr.com!
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Paltrinieri new 1500 SC World Champion, as Glæsner loses his medal
The Danish Swimming Federation today specifies in a new press release, that Mads Glæsner will not only lose his 400 meter freestyle bronze medal from the Istanbul 2012 World Championships (25m), but also his 1500 meter freestyle gold medal. This means that the world championship honor goes to Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri, the silver medal to…
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CC photo #528: Pál taking one more in Barcelona
Or something, Faroe Island’s Pál Joensen training in the Piscina Sant Andreu before the “34. Trofeu International Ciutat de Barcelona de Natació” / 2013 Mare Nostrum leg in Barcelona, Spain. Jon Hestoy took the photo, president of the Faroese Swimming Association.
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CC photo #524: A young Pál Joensen at Rhodes 2007
Pál Joensen sporting a typical ‘Faroe tan’ at the Natwest Island Games in Rhodes, Greece, back in 2007. He won gold in the 200, 400 and 1500 freestyle, gold in the men’s 4×50 free, 4×50 medley and 8×50 free mix relay, plus a bronze in the men’s 4×100 medley. This year the Island Games are…