Sarah Sjöström
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| Full name | Sarah Fredrika Sjöström | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
17 August 1993 Salem, Stockholm County | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle, backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |
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| 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
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 | |
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| 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
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
| Olympic Games | ||||
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| Year | Date | Event | Time | Position |
| 2012 London | 29 July 2012 | 100 m butterfly | 57.17 | 4th |
| World Aquatics Championships | ||||
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| Year | Date | Event | Time | Position |
| 2009 Rome | 27 July 2009 | 100 m butterfly | 56.06 WR | 1st |
| 1 August 2009 | 50 m butterfly | 26.66 | 6th | |
| 2011 Shanghai | 25 July 2011 | 100 m butterfly | 57.38 | 4th |
| 27 July 2011 | 200 m freestyle | 1:56.41 | 4th | |
| 30 July 2011 | 50 m butterfly | 25.87 | 4th | |
| 2013 Barcelona | 29 July 2013 | 100 m butterfly | 56.53 | 1st |
| 31 July 2013 | 200 m freestyle | 1:56.63 | 4th | |
| 2 August 2013 | 100 m freestyle | 52.89 | 2nd | |
| 4 August 2013 | 50 m freestyle | 24.45 | 4th | |
| 2015 Kazan | 3 August 2015 | 100 m butterfly | 55.64 WR | 1st |
| 7 August 2015 | 100 m freestyle | 52.70 | 2nd | |
| 8 August 2015 | 50 m butterfly | 24.96 CR | 1st | |
| 9 August 2015 | 50 m freestyle | 24.31 | 3rd | |
| European Aquatics Championships | ||||
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| Year | Date | Event | Time | Position |
| 2008 Eindhoven | 22 March 2008 | 100 m butterfly | 58.44 | 1st |
| 2010 Budapest | 10 August 2010 | 50 m butterfly | 26.14 | 4th |
| 11 August 2010 | 100 m freestyle | 54.16 | 4th | |
| 13 August 2010 | 100 m butterfly | 57.32 | 1st | |
| 2012 Debrecen | 22 May 2012 | 50 m butterfly | 25.64 | 1st |
| 23 May 2012 | 100 m freestyle | 53.61 | 1st | |
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
- World record progression 200 metres freestyle
- World record progression 50 metres butterfly
- World record progression 100 metres butterfly
- List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- List of World Swimming Championships (25 m) medalists (women)
References
- ↑ "bbc.co.uk/sport"
- ↑ "14-åriga Sarah tog skrällguld" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television..
- ↑ "EM-guld till Sarah Sjöström" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio..
- ↑ "Nytt världsrekord av Sjöström" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television..
- ↑ "Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom Lowers World Record in 100 Fly". Swimming World Magazine.
- ↑ TT (2013-12-15). "Sjöström: ”Guld är en riktig bonus”". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ↑ Blomqvist, Anna (13 August 2010). "Sjöström försvarade sitt EM-guld" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ↑ TT (2013-12-15). "Nytt guld för Sarah Sjöström". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ Lord, Craig (5 July 2014). "Sarah Sjostrom Storms To A Beamonesque 24.43 World Record In 50 Butterfly In Boras". Swimvortex. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ Roos, Pontus (2015-06-01). "Sarah Sjöström får Victoriastipendiet 2015". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ "Sarah Sjöström vinner Jerringpriset" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "London 2012 Official Results". London 2012 Official Results. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ↑ "London 2012 Official Results". London 2012 Official Results. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ↑
- ↑ Lord, Craig (November 6, 2015). "SPEED FROM SARAH SJÖSTRÖM; HANSSON SISTERS MUSCLE IN ON RECORD-BREAKING ACTION". Swimvortex. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- @sarahsjo on Twitter
Media related to Sarah Sjöström at Wikimedia Commons
| 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 Therese Alshammar |
Women's 50 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) 5 July 2014 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Federica Pellegrini |
Women's 200 metre freestyle world record holder (short course) 7 December 2014 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Diane Bui Duyet |
Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (short course) 7 December 2014 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Ida Ingemarsdotter, Emma Wikén, Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalla |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 2015 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Katinka Hosszú |
European Swimmer of the Year 2015 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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