Jani Nikanor Sievinen (; born 31 March 1974) is a former medley swimmer from

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, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the

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. In winning the

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200m individual medley title in 1994, he established a new world record of 1:58.16 which lasted for almost nine years until it was broken by

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(USA). Jani Sievinen was married to Mari Sievinen. They have three daughters (born 2008, 2010 and 2013). Sievinen also has two sons (born 1997 and 2001) from his previous marriage to Susanna Sievinen.

References

* Personal website
www.janisievinen.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sievinen, Jani 1974 births Living people People from Vihti Olympic swimmers of Finland Finnish male freestyle swimmers Finnish male backstroke swimmers Finnish male medley swimmers Olympic silver medalists for Finland Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Uusimaa