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Eric la Fleur

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Eric la Fleur
Personal information
Full nameEric Johan Lennart la Fleur
Nationality Sweden
Born (1979-12-11) 11 December 1979 (age 44)
Lund, Sweden
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
College teamArizona Wildcats

Eric la Fleur (born 11 December 1979) is a Swedish former Olympic swimmer. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he swam the 4×100 m freestyle relay preliminaries for the Swedish team that became disqualified.[1]

Biography

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La Fleur was born on 11 December 1979 in Lund to parents Lennart and Barbro la Fleur.[2] He started his swimming career in the Lund swimming team SK Poseidon. His brother, Oscar la Fleur, is also a former swimmer.

  • 17-Time All American Div. 1 NCAA Swimming, swimming for University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
  • Represented Sweden in World and European Championships.
  • Silver medalist in 4×100 m freestyle relay in Moscow World Championship (short course) and Berlin European Championship (long course).
  • Multiple Swedish champion.

Clubs

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References

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  1. ^ "Eric la Fleur". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Player Bio: Eric la Fleur :: Men's Swimming". University of Arizona. Retrieved 27 January 2021.