Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakataetae a Nijhuis i te 2008 European Aquatics Championships
i Eindhoven i tōna whenua. Kaore ia i tohu mo nga Taakaro Orimipia o te Raumati 2008 i te wa i mahi pouri ai ia i te 100 m breaststroke. I roto i te 50 mita breaststroke i mutu ia i te 6th i te whakamutunga i muri i tana kaukau i te rekoata a motu i te haurua whakamutunga. I etahi wiki i muri mai o tenei whakataetae, i kii a Nijhuis ka hoki whakamuri ia i tana mahi, ka aro nui atu ki tana ako, ka iti ake nga haora i roto i tana mahi kaukau.