Pál Joensen

Pál Joensen
Joensen in 2014
Personal information
NationalityFaroe Islands/Denmark
Born (1990-12-10) 10 December 1990
Vágur, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubAalborg Svømmeklub
Medal record
Representing  Faroe Islands
World Championships (SC)
2012 Istanbul1500 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
2010 Budapest1500 m freestyle
2014 Berlin800 m freestyle
2014 Berlin1500 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
2013 Herning1500 m freestyle
Island Games
2007 Rhodes200 m freestyle
2007 Rhodes400 m freestyle
2007 Rhodes1500 m freestyle
2007 Rhodes4×50m freestyle
2007 Rhodes4×50m medley
2009 Åland50 m freestyle
2009 Åland100 m freestyle
2009 Åland200 m freestyle
2009 Åland400 m freestyle
2009 Åland1500 m freestyle
2009 Åland200 m breaststroke
2009 Åland4×50 m medley
2009 Åland50 m butterfly
2011 Isle of Wight100 m freestyle
2011 Isle of Wight200 m freestyle
2011 Isle of Wight400 m freestyle
2011 Isle of Wight1500 m freestyle
2011 Isle of Wight200 m breaststroke
2011 Isle of Wight400 m medley
2011 Isle of Wight4×50 m freestyle
2011 Isle of Wight4×100 m freestyle
2011 Isle of Wight8×50 m freestyle
2009 Åland100 m medley
2009 Åland200 m medley
2009 Åland4×100 m freestyle
2009 Åland4×100 m medley
2009 Åland400 m medley
2009 Åland50 m breaststroke
2011 Isle of Wight100 m medley
2011 Isle of Wight200 m medley
2011 Isle of Wight4×50 m medley
2011 Isle of Wight4×100 m medley
2007 Rhodes4×100 m medley
2009 Åland100 m breaststroke
2009 Åland200 m butterfly
2011 Isle of Wight100 m breaststroke
European Junior Championships (LC)
2008 Belgrade400 m freestyle
2008 Belgrade800 m freestyle
2008 Belgrade1500 m freestyle

Pál Joensen (born 10 December 1990) is a Faroese elite swimmer. He was born in Vágur, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. He has won World and European Championship medals. His bronze medal in the men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Istanbul was the first medal won by a Faroese swimmer at the World Aquatic Championships.

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics for Denmark in three events: 400 metre freestyle, 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay and 1500 metre freestyle. As a Faroese athlete, he competed for Denmark as the Faroe Islands do not have a separate Olympic body.

Joensen holds many of the national swimming records for the Faroe Islands; and these records are not only in freestyle. In short course swimming he holds most of the records in breaststroke, butterfly and individual medley too.