Michael Söderlund
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| Full name | Per Michael Söderlund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 March 1962 Karlskrona, Blekinge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle and backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Karlskrona SS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of California, Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michael Söderlund (born 30 March 1962 in Karlskrona, Blekinge) is a former swimmer from Sweden who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, between 1980 to 1988. In the 1984 Summer Olympics, he was a part of the 4×100 m freestyle relay team, swimming one leg in the prelims. His best individual result in the Olympics was a 6th place on 200 m backstroke on the time of 2:04.10, which was a Swedish record for 27 years. Soderlund was on the 400-meter freestyle relay team that captured the bronze medal in the ’84 Olympiad at Los Angeles.
Personal bests
Long course (50 m)
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Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
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| 200 m freestyle | 1:51.44 | 24 Mar 1988 | US Summer Nationals | Orlando, FL, United States | ||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:04.10 | 26 Jul 1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union |
Legend: WR – World record; ER – European record; NR – Swedish record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Clubs
External links
- Michael Söderlund at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Michael Söderlund at Olympics.com
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Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Swedish male swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Sweden
- Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Karlskrona SS swimmers
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Swedish male freestyle swimmers
- Swedish male backstroke swimmers
- Swedish swimming biography stubs
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs