the world swimming championships are being held at fort lauderdale, florida.
where are the world swimming championships being held?
fort lauderdale, florida
pál joensen (born 10 december 1990) is a faroese elite swimmer. he was born in vágur, suðuroy, faroe islands. in august 2012 he moved to copenhagen, where he swims at the danish national training centre. he is now swimming for aalborg svømmeklub and for the faroe islands. earlier, before moving to denmark, he was training in a short pool 25 m, because there was no 50 m pool in the faroe islands. he was training with susvim (susvim is short for suðuroyar svimjifelag, which means suduroy swimming club). his trainer in the faroe islands was jón bjarnason. in august 2010, joensen won silver in the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 2010 european aquatics championships in budapest with the time 14:56.90, which was new nordic record. in 2011, at 2011 world aquatics championships in shanghai he swam with the second best time of all the heats and made it for the final in the men's 800 m freestyle. he set a new nordic record with the time 7:45.55. one of joensen's biggest dreams was to swim at the summer olympics, and that dream did come true. he was competing at the 2012 summer olympics for denmark in three events: 400 metre freestyle, 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay and 1500 metre freestyle. in december 2012, he won his first medal at a world swimming championship, when he took bronze in the men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2012 fina world swimming championships (25 m) in istanbul. it was the first medal for his country, the faroe islands, which was won at a world swimming championship. joensen holds many of the national swimming records of his country; and these records are not only in freestyle. on short course he holds most of the records in breaststroke, butterfly and individual medley too.
pál joensen
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section::::world swimming championships.:2006 fina youth world swimming championships.





















































aged 16, crespo took part in the 2006 fina youth world swimming championships held in rio de janeiro, brazil. he won a bronze medal, the first medal every won by panama at the youth world swimming championships.





















































bullet::::- bronze medal: 50 m breaststroke





















































section::::"regional games".





















































crespo has participated in different regional games, such as: bolivarian games, central american games, central american and caribbean games, south american games and pan american games.





















































section::::bolivarian games.
édgar crespo