Jani Sievinen


Jani Nikanor Sievinen is a former medley swimmer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In winning the World Championship 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 Michael Phelps.
Jani Sievinen was married to Mari Sievinen. They have three daughters. Sievinen also has two sons from his previous marriage to Susanna Sievinen.