Lotte Friis

Lotte Friis

Personal information
Full name	Lotte Friis
Nationality	Denmark
Born	9 February 1988 (1988-02-09) Blovstrød, Denmark
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	72 kilograms (160 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Club	Herlev
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for Denmark Olympic Games Bronze 2008 Beijing 800 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 2009 Rome 800 m freestyle Gold 2011 Shanghai 1500 m freestyle Silver 2009 Rome 1500 m freestyle Silver 2011 Shanghai 800 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Gold 2010 Budapest 800 m freestyle Gold 2010 Budapest 1500 m freestyle Bronze 2010 Budapest 400 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 1500 m freestyle European Championships (SC) Gold 2011 Szczecin 800 m freestyle Gold 2009 Istanbul 800 m freestyle Gold 2007 Debrecen 800 m freestyle Silver 2011 Szczecin 400 m freestyle Silver 2009 Istanbul 400 m freestyle Silver 2004 Vienna 800 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Rijeka 800 m freestyle

Lotte Friis (born 9 February 1988 in Blovstrød) is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.

Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition. At the 2009 World Championships she won silver in the 1500 metre freestyle competition and gold in the 800 metre freestyle competition with the second fastest time ever and a new championship record. At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai Friis won gold in the women's 1500 metre freestyle in the time 15:49.59 and silver in the women's 800 metre freestyle. Friis participated in the women's 400 metre freestyle and made it to the final. She ended as number five in the time 4:04.68, which was a new Nordic record.

References

Official homepage: www.lottefriis.net