page_title: Pál Joensen
section_title: Honours
hierarchical_section_title: Pál Joensen / Honours
caption_attribution_description: Føroyskt: 50-metra langi svimjihylurin í Páls Høll. Langhylurin er Føroya fyrsta 50-metra svimjihylur. Høllin lat upp alment 17. oktober 2015 og er uppkallað eftir Føroya besta svimjara, Pál Joensen, ið er vágbingur. English: Páls Høll is the first 50-meter swimming pool in the Faroe Islands. It was built in Vágur from 2013 until 2015 and opened officially on 17 October 2015. It is named after Pál Joensen, who is - until now - the best Faroese swimmer ever and the only Faroese swimmer who has competed at the Olympics. The swimming pool is heated with the warm water from the SEV-electricity power plant, which until the hall was built was running into the sea. Dansk: Páls Høll har Færøernes første 50-meter svømmepool. Hallen er opkaldt efter Færøernes bedste svømmer, Pál Joensen. Hallen ligger ved Oyrarnar i Vágur i Pál Joensens hjembygd. Den ligger ved siden af SEV-værket, som er et elektricitetsværk, som indtil Páls Høll blev bygget lod det varme vand løbe ud i havet. Nu bliver det varme overskudsvand fra SEV-værket brugt til at varme vandet og selve hallen Páls Høll.
context_page_description: Pál Joensen 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 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.
context_section_description: 2015 – Páls Høll which is the first 50-meter swimming pool in the Faroe Islands was named after him
  2013 – Sportsperson of the Year, chosen by Kringvarp Føroya (no award was given from 2010 to 2012)
  2009 – Sportsperson of the Year, chosen by the National Radio and Television Station of the Faroe Islands, Kringvarp Føroya
  2008 – Sportsperson of the Year, chosen by Kringvarp Føroya
  2007 – Sportsperson of the Year, chosen by Kringvarp Føroya
caption: The 50-meter pool in Pál Høll on the opening day, 17 October 2015.
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