Lisa Nystrand
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team |  Sweden |
| Born | 15 May 2006[3] Sweden |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Individual medley, backstroke, breaststroke |
| Club | SK Neptun (current),[1] Väsby SS (former)[2] |
Lisa Nystrand (born 15 May 2006) is a Swedish competitive swimmer. At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, she placed tenth in the semifinals of the 200-metre individual medley and twelfth in the 400-metre individual medley. She placed fourteenth in the semifinals of the 200-metre backstroke at the 2021 European Short Course Championships. At the 2021 European Junior Championships, she placed sixth in the final of the 200-metre individual medley, eighth in the final of the 400-metre individual medley, and tenth in the semifinals of the 200-metre breaststroke.
Background
[edit]Nystrand was born 15 May 2006 in Sweden and formerly competed for Väsby SS.[3][2] She currently competes for Simklubben Neptun (SK Neptun).[1]
Career
[edit]2020–2021
[edit]In June 2020, at the senior Swedish National Championships, conducted in a virtual format, Nystrand won gold medals and nationals titles in the 200-metre breaststroke, 200-metre individual medley, and 400-metre individual medley, as well as a silver medal in the 200-metre backstroke.[4] The following year, in April at the Swedish Swim Open, she qualified for her first senior LEN European Aquatics Championships at 15 years of age, achieving a qualifying time of 2:15.46 in the 200-metre individual medley for both the senior and junior European Championships of the year.[5] Her time of 2:15.46 was 1.08 seconds faster than the Olympic selection time in the event for the 2020 Summer Olympics (2:16.54) and was achieved before the end of the qualifying period, which closed on 27 June.[6]
At the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, held in May at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Nystrand placed 26th in the 200-metre individual medley with a time of 2:16.34, which was again faster than the 2020 Summer Olympics selection time and was attained in the qualifying period.[6][7] In her other event, the 200-metre backstroke, she placed 28th, finishing in a time of 2:17.50.[8] While her 200-metre individual medley times from April (2:15.46) and May (2:16.34) were both faster than the Olympic selection time of 2:16.54 and were both attained before 27 June, the International Olympic Committee invited no female Swedish swimmers to compete in the event for Team Sweden at the 2020 Olympic Games.[6][9] Two months later, in July at the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships held in Rome, Italy, she placed sixth in the final of the 200-metre individual medley with a 2:15.08, eighth in the final of the 400-metre individual medley with a 4:50.04, tenth in the semifinals of the 200-metre breaststroke with a personal best time of 2:31.65, fourteenth in the 4×100-metre medley relay, swimming the backstroke leg of the relay, 34th in the 100-metre backstroke with a 1:05.70, and did not start the 200-metre backstroke.[10]
For the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships, contested at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia in November, Nystrand achieved a fourteenth-place finish in the semifinals of the 200-metre backstroke with a personal best time of 2:09.85, after a personal best time of 2:10.78 in the preliminary heats, and a seventeenth-place finish in the 200-metre individual medley with a personal best time of 2:13.16.[2][11][12] She also placed sixteenth in the 400-metre individual medley with a personal best time of 4:41.12.[12]
2022
[edit]The following year, as a 16-year-old at the 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships held in July in Otopeni, Romania, Nystrand competed in seven events, including placing fourth in the final of the 200-metre individual medley with a 2:14.84, fourth in the final of the 400-metre individual medley with a 4:47.65, twelfth in the semifinals of the 200-metre backstroke with a personal best time of 2:17.13, and 20th in the 200-metre breaststroke with a 2:35.54.[13]
2022 European Aquatics Championships
[edit]At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in August at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, Nystrand placed 25th in her first event of the Championships, the 200-metre backstroke, with a time of 2:17.84.[14] In her second event, the 400-metre individual medley, she placed twelfth with a time of 4:50.40.[15] For her third and final event of the Championships, the 200-metre individual medley, she advanced past the preliminaries for the first time at a LEN European Aquatics Championships, qualifying for the evening semifinals.[16] In the semifinals of the event, she placed tenth with a personal best time of 2:14.64 and did not qualify for the final.[17][18][19]
2023
[edit]On day one of the 2023 Stockholm Swim Open, 13 April, Nystrand placed fourth in the b-final of the 200-metre freestyle with a 2023 European Junior Swimming Championships qualifying time of 2:04.70.[1] The following day, she won the 400 metre individual medley with another qualifying time, 4:50.84.[20] On the third morning, she ranked ninth in the preliminaries of the 200-metre breaststroke with a time of 2:33.35 before withdrawing from further competition in the event.[21] In the evening session, she placed fourth in the final of the 200-metre individual medley with a time of 2:17.27.[22] In the 100-metre breaststroke preliminaries on the fourth and final day of competition, she ranked tenth with a time of 1:11.09 and withdrew from further competition in the event.[23]
International championships (50 m)
[edit]| Meet | 100 backstroke | 200 backstroke | 200 breaststroke | 200 medley | 400 medley | 4×100 freestyle | 4×100 medley | 4×100 mixed freestyle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior level | ||||||||
| EJC 2021 (age: 15) | 34th (1:05.70) | DNS | 10th (2:31.65) | 6th (2:15.08) | 8th (4:50.04) | 14th (4:17.08) | ||
| EJC 2022 (age: 16) | 12th (2:17.13) | 20th (2:35.54) | 4th (2:14.84) | 4th (4:47.65) | 10th (3:54.43) | 11th (4:18.08) | 12th (3:40.96) | |
| Senior level | ||||||||
| EC 2020 (age: 15) | 28th (2:17.50) | 26th (2:16.34) | ||||||
| EC 2022 (age: 16) | 25th (2:17.84) | 10th (2:14.64) | 12th (4:50.40) | |||||
International championships (25 m)
[edit]| Meet | 200 backstroke | 200 medley | 400 medley |
|---|---|---|---|
| EC 2021 (age: 15) | 14th (2:09.85) | 18th (2:13.16) | 16th (4:41.12) |
Personal best times
[edit]Long course metres (50 m pool)
[edit]| Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Age | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m backstroke | 2:17.13 | sf | 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships | Otopeni, Romania | 7 July 2022 | 16 | [13] |
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:09.84 | 2023 Helsinki Swim Meet | Finland | 8 April 2023 | 16 | [3] | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:30.88 | 2023 Helsinki Swim Meet | Finland | 9 April 2023 | 16 | [3] | |
| 200 m individual medley | 2:14.64 | sf | 2022 European Aquatics Championships | Rome, Italy | 15 August 2022 | 16 | [17][19] |
| 400 m individual medley | 4:47.47 | h | 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships | Rome, Italy | 6 July 2021 | 15 | [10] |
Legend: h – preliminary heat; sf – semifinal
Short course metres (25 m pool)
[edit]| Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Age | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m backstroke | 2:09.85 | sf | 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships | Kazan, Russia | 3 November 2021 | 15 | [2][11][12] |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:23.50 | 2022 Nordic Short Course Swimming Championships | Norway | 10 December 2022 | 16 | [3] | |
| 200 m individual medley | 2:10.28 | 2022 Nordic Short Course Swimming Championships | Norway | 12 December 2022 | 16 | [3] | |
| 400 m individual medley | 4:38.09 | 2022 Nordic Short Course Swimming Championships | Norway | 11 December 2022 | 16 | [3] |
Legend: sf – semifinal
References
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- ^ a b c d Fransson, Malin (3 November 2021). "15-åringen slaktade sitt personliga rekord: "En chock"" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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- ^ Fransson, Malin (10 April 2021). "15-åriga medleytalangen kvalade till senior-EM" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: Qualifying Time Standards - SW". FINA. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ LEN (21 May 2021). "Hungary 2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships: Results 200m Individual Medley Women Preliminary". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ LEN (22 May 2021). "Hungary 2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships: Results 200m Individual Medley Women Preliminary". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Memo: Qualification System_ Games of the XXXII Olympiad _ Tokyo 2020". FINA. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ a b LEN (12 July 2021). "LEN European Junior Swimming Championships Rome - Italy: Complete Results Book". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Lisa Nystrand satte personbästa på EM" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ a b c LEN (7 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Complete Results Book". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ a b LEN (10 July 2022). "Romania 2022 LEN European Junior Swimming Championships: Complete Results Book". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ LEN (11 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Backstroke Women Preliminary". Microplus. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ LEN (13 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 400m Individual Medley Women Preliminary". Microplus. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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- ^ a b LEN (15 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Individual Medley Women Semi-Final". Microplus. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Sarah Sjöström snabbast i semin på 50 fritt: "Gjorde det jag skulle"" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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- ^ "Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm 2023: Event 12, 400m Individual Medley Women". livetiming.se. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm 2023: Event 22, 200m Breaststroke Women - Heats". livetiming.se. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm 2023: Event 24, 200m Individual Medley Women". livetiming.se. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm 2023: Event 30, 100m Breaststroke Women". livetiming.se. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.