Henrik Christiansen (swimmer)
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| Nickname | The Muffin Man | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 September 1996 Lørenskog, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Henrik Christiansen is a Norwegian swimmer.
Junior career
He won three medals at the 2014 European Junior Swimming Championships.[1]
Senior career
He won a silver medal at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships in the 400 metre freestyle.[2]
He also competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.[3]
He turned down swimming scholarship offers from Stanford University and UC Berkeley to continue his training in Norway.[4]
International Swimming League
In 2019, he was a member of the 2019 International Swimming League representing Team Iron. He won the 400 m freestyle in London.
Personal life
Christiansen went viral on TikTok during the 2024 Summer Olympics for several videos he posted about his love for the chocolate muffins served at the Olympic dining hall. He was dubbed the nickname "Olympic Muffin Man" due to this.[5][6][7]
Records
He holds multiple national swimming records.[8]
References
- ^ Bowmile, Mitch (4 August 2015). "Henrik Christiansen Takes Huge Chunk Off Norwegian National Record". SwimSwam. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "EM-sølv til Henrik Christiansen: – Jeg har ikke toppet formen - Svømming - VG". Vg.no. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ Jones, Molly (24 August 2015). "Christiansen crushes Norwegian records". The Norwegian American. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Dropper anerkjente universitet i USA". NRK (in Norwegian). 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ Tumin, Remy (1 August 2024). "The hottest item at the Olympics is a chocolate muffin". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ Treisman, Rachel (1 August 2024). "A Norwegian swimmer's love affair with chocolate muffins may be winning the Olympics". NPR. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ Apstein, Stephanie (1 August 2024). "Do You Know the Olympics' Muffin Man?". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ Marsteller, Jason (22 March 2015). "Henrik Christiansen Dominates Norwegian Champs". Swimming World. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
External links
- Henrik Christiansen at World Aquatics
- Henrik Christiansen at Swimrankings.net
- Henrik Christiansen at Olympics.com
- Henrik Christiansen at Olympedia
- Henrik Christiansen at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
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- Living people
- 1996 births
- Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Norwegian male freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Norway
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Championships (multi-sport event) silver medalists
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Norwegian people
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Norwegian swimming biography stubs