Tag: Rikke Møller Pedersen
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Rikke Møller Pedersen: The experience was taken away from me
Read SwimmingWorld While many in the Russian swimming community found relief that Yuliya Efimova’s doping ban will end in time for her to make a run at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, not everyone in Europe is totally happy about the situation. Rikke Moller Pedersen of Denmark, who now officially stands as the European Short…
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Paulus Wildeboer passes away, 59 years old
Yesterday evening the sad news were received that Paulus Wildeboer has died from prostate cancer. Paulus was father of Olaf and Aschwin Wildeboer, coaching in Spain for more than 25 years before becoming national head coach of Denmark, and then after London 2012 mentor coach of Swimming Queensland. A tough but excellent coach, he as…
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Danish Dames making their mark on the World Rankings
Now after the big spring selections for Berlin and Glasgow 2014, we can conclude that the state of Danish swimming is good, at least on the women’s side. Their 2012 female Olympians all posted at top-8 times, Mie Ø. Nielsen bettered the Nordic records in the 50 and 100 back, and Rikke Møller Pedersen has…
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Rikke Møller Pedersen gives up sweets in pursuit of world record
At the Danish Open / European Trials in March, Rikke Møller Pedersen was only 0.83 sec from the 200 meter breaststroke world record, that she set at the Barcelona 2014 World Championships. She wasn’t fully rested at the trials, but is that now at the Swim Cup Eindhoven 2014, with a declared mission to take…
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15 Danish swimmers qualified for Berlin 2014 Europeans
At the end of the Danish Open 2014 in Bellahøj tonight, the Danish swimming federation announced the 15 swimmers qualified for the LEN 2014 European Swimming Championships in Berlin. In another press release national coach Nick Juba commented: “I think that the trials have been efficient and successful, but also fairly predictable. Our ‘big hitters’…
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Rikke Møller Pedersen chases 200 breast world record with a time of 2:19.94
At the 2014 Danish Open in Bellahøj tonight, Rikke Møller Pedersen gave her own 200 breaststroke world record a good go with a winning time of 2:19.94, the world record 2:19.11 and the competition back in 2:28.90 and less. To celebrate this, she indulged herself in a pair of winegums Post by Rikke Møller Pedersen.
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Herning 2013 Europeans Day 1 – Prelims
The LEN 2013 European Short Course Championships are underway, the ‘LEN Timing System’ still a bit dodgy but improving during the first batch of preliminary heats. Yuliya Efimova set a new championships record of 29.47 in the women’s 50 breaststroke, and the world records were broken in both the men’s 4×50 medley and women’s 4×50…
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29 Danish swimmers selected for the Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships
After the final night of finals at the Danish Short Course Championships 2013, Danish Swimming’s Sports Director Mikkel von Seelen announced the squad for Herning 2013, including all 28 that qualified for individual events, plus Danish record setting breaststroke Mathias Andersen who has been selected to strengthen the (medley) relays. See svoem.org (The Danish Herning…
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Rikke Møller Pedersen named Danish Swimmer of the Year 2013
Today on the last day of Danish Short Course Championships 2013, the Danish Coaches Association announced that its members had chosen Rikke Møller Pedersen as Danish Swimmer of the Year 2013, based on her results in the period 1 September 2013 until 31 August 2013. Highlights of the year were her World Championship title in…