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Sarah Sjöström
Sjöström in 2015
Personal information
Full nameSarah Fredrika Sjöström
National team Sweden
Born (1993-08-17) 17 August 1993 (age 31)
Salem, Stockholm County
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight150 lb (68 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle, backstroke
ClubSödertörns SS
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Sweden
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships (LC) 4 3 1
World Championships (SC) 3 1 0
European Championships (LC) 7 6 1
European Championships (SC) 5 8 1
Total 19 18 3
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2013 Barcelona 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan 50 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 100 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2008 Eindhoven 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2010 Budapest 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2012 Debrecen 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2012 Debrecen 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2010 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2012 Debrecen 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2013 Herning 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2013 Herning 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Netanya 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Netanya 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Netanya 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2008 Rijeka 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2009 Istanbul 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2009 Istanbul 4×50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2013 Herning 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2013 Herning 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2013 Herning 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Netanya 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Netanya 4×50 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Herning 4×50 m medley

Sarah Fredrika Sjöström (Swedish: [ˈɧœˈstɾœm]; born 17 August 1993) is a Swedish competitive swimmer specialized in the sprint freestyle and butterfly events. She is the current world record holder in the 50 meter butterfly (long course), the 100 meter butterfly (long course and short course), and the 200 meter freestyle (short course).

Career

On 22 March 2008, at the age of 14, she took the gold medal in women's 100 m butterfly at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[2][3] She was clocked for 58.44 seconds. In the semi-finals the day before, she set a new national record with 58.38 seconds, breaking Anna-Karin Kammerling's old one (58.71 seconds). At the Swedish championships in 2008 she swam at 58.55.

On 26 July 2009 at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships Sjöström set a world record in the semifinals with a time of 56.44, surpassing Inge de Bruijn's nine-year-old record. On the next day, in the finals for the women's 100 m butterfly, she won the gold medal and improved her world record time to 56.06.[4][5][6]

At the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, she defended her 2008 gold medal by winning the women's 100 m butterfly stroke.[7] (The European Aquatics Championships is a biennial event and hence did not take place in 2009.)

At the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Herning, Denmark Sjöström won four individual and two team medals.[8]

On 5 July 2014 she broke the world record in the 50 meter butterfly (long course) with a time of 24.43. The large margin of 0.64 seconds by which she broke the old record has been compared with Bob Beamon's 1968 long jump world record.[9]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships she won five medals, including gold medals in the 50 m and 100 m butterfly events. In 2015 she was awarded the Victoria Scholarship.[10]

On 25 January 2016 Sjöström was awarded the Swedish public radio Radiosportens Jerringpris award for the second year in a row.[11]

2012 Summer Olympic Games

See also: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sjöström competed in four individual events,[12] reaching the semi-finals of the 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle, and finishing 4th in the final of the 100 m butterfly in a time of 57.17. Sjöström's world record was broken in this race by Dana Vollmer of the United States.[13]

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

WR award in Kazan 2015
Event Time


Date Meet Location Ref
50 m freestyle 23.98 4 Jul 2014 Swedish Nationals Boras, Sweden
100 m freestyle 52.67 NR 13 Apr 2014 European Aquantic Championship Eindhoven, Netherlands
200 m freestyle 1.54.31 NR 6 Aug 2015 2015 World Aquatics Championships Kazan, Russia
100 m backstroke 59.98 NR 5 Apr 2015 Swim Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands
50 m butterfly 24.43 WR 5 July 2014 Swedish Championships Borås, Sweden
100 m butterfly 55.64 WR 3 Aug 2015 2015 World Aquatics Championships Kazan, Russia
Legend: WR – World record; ER – European record; NR – Swedish record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course (25 m)

Event Time


Date Meet Location Ref
50 m freestyle 23.55 21 Nov 2014 2014 Swedish Swimming Championships Herning, Denmark [14]
100 m freestyle 51.24 r 6 Nov 2015 Swedish SC Championships Helsingborg, Sweden [15]
200 m freestyle 1.50.78 WR 7 Dec 2014 World SC Championships Doha, Qatar
100 m backstroke 59.03 7 Nov 2009 World Cup Moscow, Russia
50 m butterfly 24.58 (sf) 4 Dec 2014 World SC Championships Doha, Qatar
100 m butterfly 54.61 WR 6 Dec 2014 World SC Championships Doha, Qatar
Legend: WR – World record; ER – European record; NR – Swedish record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

International finals

Only individual

Accomplishments

Sjöström won the gold medal in 100 metre butterfly in the World Championship in Rome 2009 and set the world record. She also participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished 27th in the 100 metre butterfly and 29th in the 100 metre backstroke. She also participated in Sweden's 4×100 metre medley relay team. They managed to reach the final, but in the final they were disqualified for an over-long false start.

See also

References

  1. ^ "bbc.co.uk/sport"
  2. ^ "14-åriga Sarah tog skrällguld" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television..[dead link]
  3. ^ "EM-guld till Sarah Sjöström" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio..[dead link]
  4. ^ "Nytt världsrekord av Sjöström" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television..[dead link]
  5. ^ "Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom Lowers World Record in 100 Fly". Swimming World Magazine.
  6. ^ TT (15 December 2013). "Sjöström: "Guld är en riktig bonus"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  7. ^ Blomqvist, Anna (13 August 2010). "Sjöström försvarade sitt EM-guld" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  8. ^ TT (15 December 2013). "Nytt guld för Sarah Sjöström". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  9. ^ Lord, Craig (5 July 2014). "Sarah Sjostrom Storms To A Beamonesque 24.43 World Record In 50 Butterfly In Boras". Swimvortex. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  10. ^ Roos, Pontus (1 June 2015). "Sarah Sjöström får Victoriastipendiet 2015". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Sarah Sjöström vinner Jerringpriset" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  12. ^ "London 2012 Official Results". London 2012 Official Results. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "London 2012 Official Results". London 2012 Official Results. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ [1]
  15. ^ Lord, Craig (6 November 2015). "SPEED FROM SARAH SJÖSTRÖM; HANSSON SISTERS MUSCLE IN ON RECORD-BREAKING ACTION". Swimvortex. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
Records
Preceded by
Inge de Bruijn
Dana Vollmer
 Women's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
27 July 2009 – 29 July 2012
2 August 2015 – present 		Succeeded by
Dana Vollmer
Incumbent
Preceded by Women's 50 metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
5 July 2014 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Women's 200 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)
7 December 2014 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Women's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (short course)
7 December 2014 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
2015 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by European Swimmer of the Year
2015 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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