Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ:
2008 European Aquatics Championships na Eindhoven n'obodo ya. Ọ dara iru eru maka 2008 Summer Olympics mgbe ọ rụrụ ihe na-akụda mmụọ na 100 m breaststroke. N'ọsọ 50 m breaststroke, ọ gbara nke isii na ngwụcha mgbe ọ gwuchara ndekọ mba na ọkara ngwụcha. Izu ole na ole mgbe asọmpi a gasịrị, Nijhuis kwupụtara na ọ ga-eme ka ọ laghachi azụ n'ọrụ ya na-elekwasị anya na ọmụmụ ya ma tinye obere oge na ọrụ igwu mmiri ya.