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She is a former world record holder in the 50 metre freestyle ( short course ), 100 metre freestyle (short course), 100 metre butterfly (short course), 200 metre freestyle (short course), and the 4×50 metre medley relay (short course). She is the first Swedish woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming.
NEW WORLD RECORD | Sarah Sjostrom | Women 50m Freestyle. FINA. 234K subscribers. Subscribed. 626. 67K views 6 months ago #swimmer #fina #swimming. Sarah Sjostrom entered the pool tonight...
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Sarah Sjöström confirmed her status as swimming's sprint queen by clinching her fourth 50m freestyle world title at the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships on Sunday (18 February). The 30-year-old chose not to swim the 100m freestyle in the Qatari capital, and completed her third consecutive 50m freestyle/butterfly double at the World ...
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- 2009 World Championships
- 2010 European Championships
- 2012 London Olympics
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- 2014 Worlds Records & Short Course World Championships
- 2015 World Championships
- 2016 Rio Olympics
Born Aug. 17, 1993 in Sweden, Sarah Sjöström is a sprinter and multiple World Record Holder. Sjöström is versatile swimmer, specializing in butterfly, backstroke and freestyle, but she’s primarily known for her butterfly races. She’s very tall, standing 6’1″, and by just 21 years old, Sjöström was a five-time World Champion and two-time Olympic swi...
Since she started swimming in 2003, Sjöström has been training with the club team, Södertörns Simsällskap. Arena is her professional swimming sponsor, and she incorporates both strength and cross training into her training schedule. She’s earned numerous honors including the Newcomer of the Year at the Sports Gala 2008, the 2009 Year’s Performance ...
At the 2008 European Championships Sjöström won her first international gold medal in the 100m butterfly when she was just 14 years old. Sjöström broke the Swedish National Record in the 100m butterfly with the same swim.
One year after the Olympics Sarah swam at the 2009 World Championships, winning a gold medal in the 100m butterfly and setting a new world record.
Two years after her first gold-medal win, Sjöström defended her 2008 title at the 2010 European Championships. She also helped Sweden’s relays to silver (400 medley) and bronze (400 free).
In 2012 Sjöström qualified for her second Olympic Games, where she swam the 100m butterfly – she just missed the medal podium when she picked up a fourth-place finish.
At the 2013 European Short Course Championships Sjostrom brought home a whopping 6 medals, including wins in the 50 and 100 fly, runner up finishes in the 50 and 100 free, and adding 2 silvers in the 4×50 medley and free relays. At the Barcelona World Championships she won gold in the 100m butterfly and silver in the 100m freestyle.
In 2014 Sjöström really began to develop her 200m freestyle, and she quickly broke the short course world record and won the World Championship title. At the same meet she also picked up wins in the 50m butterfly and 100m butterfly. On July 5, 2014, at the Swedish Nationals, Sjostrom unleashed a 24.43 50 fly to completely shatter the standing world...
In Kazan at the 2015 World Championships, Sjöström didn’t wait long to shock. In the semi-finals of the 100-meter fly, she broke Dana Vollmer’s World Record. Then that night in finals, Sjöström set a new standard, and took the gold medal. This is Sjostrom’s third world title in the 100m fly following her 2009 and 2013 victories. Following her new W...
Sjostrom won her heat in the 100M Butterfly and is seeded first going into the semifinals just ahead of Dana Vollmer and Penny Oleksiak. Sjostrom broke the Olympic Record previously held by Dana Vollmer in the 100M Fly semifinals. Her time of 55.84 was almost a full second ahead of second place seed, Emma McKeon of Australia who swam a 56.81. Winni...
Jul 29, 2023 · Just 17 minutes after winning her fifth-straight World title in the 50 fly, Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom took down the 50 free world record in the semi-finals of the event. She swam a time of 23.61...
2 days ago · Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 23.84. Michelle Coleman (SWE) – 24.48. Petra Senanszky (HUN) – 24.57. Florine Gaspard (BEL) -24.83. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden blasted a 23.84 50 freestyle en route to a ...
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Jan 25, 2024 · by Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent. 25 January 2024, 04:09am. Sarah Sjöström Named Swedish Female Athlete Of The Year After Historic 2023. Sarah Sjöström was named Swedish Female Athlete...
