Sarah Sjöström

Sarah Sjöström
Personal information
Full name Sarah Fredrika Sjöström
Nationality  Sweden
Born 17 August 1993 (1993-08-17) (age 18)
Salem, Stockholm County
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Stroke(s) Butterfly
Club Södertörns SS

Sarah Fredrika Sjöström (born 17 August 1993 in Salem, Stockholm County) is a Swedish swimmer. 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.[1][2] 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 Sarah 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.[3][4]

At the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, she defended her 2008 gold medal by winning the women's 100 m butterfly stroke.[5] (The European Aquatics Championships is a biennial event and hence did not take place in 2009.)

Contents

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Event Time Date Meet Location Ref
50 m freestyle  25.65  02009-07-05 5 July 2009 Swedish Championships Linköping, Sweden
100 m freestyle  54.73  02010-03-27 27 March 2010 Amsterdam Swim Cup Amsterdam, Netherlands
200 m freestyle  1:57.34  NR
 02009-07-02 2 July 2009 Swedish Championships Linköping, Sweden
100 m backstroke  1:00.74  NR (rh)
 02009-08-01 1 August 2009 World Championships Rome, Italy [6]
50 m butterfly  25.66  02009-08-01 1 August 2009 World Championships Rome, Italy
100 m butterfly  56.06  WR
 02009-07-27 27 July 2009 World Championships Rome, Italy [7]

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  24.61  02009-11-14 14 November 2009 World Cup Berlin, Germany
100 m freestyle  52.60  =
 02009-11-07 7 November 2009 World Cup Moscow, Russia
100 m freestyle  52.60  =
 02009-11-11 11 November 2009 World Cup Stockholm, Sweden
100 m backstroke  59.03  02009-11-07 7 November 2009 World Cup Moscow, Russia
50 m butterfly  25.52  (sf)
 02009-12-11 11 December 2009 European SC Championships Istanbul, Turkey
100 m butterfly  56.42  (sf)
 02009-12-12 12 December 2009 European SC Championships Istanbul, Turkey

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

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.

References

  1. ^ "14-åriga Sarah tog skrällguld", Sveriges Television (Swedish).
  2. ^ "EM-guld till Sarah Sjöström", Sveriges Radio (Swedish).
  3. ^ Nytt världsrekord av Sjöström, Sveriges Television (Swedish).
  4. ^ Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom Lowers World Record in 100 Fly, Swimming World Magazine.
  5. ^ Anna Blomqvist (2010-08-13). "Sjöström försvarade sitt EM-guld" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=21192&a=2106001. Retrieved 2010-08-14. 
  6. ^ "Results Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats". OmegaTiming. 2009-08-01. http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C74B_ResSummaryRelay_36_Heats_Women_4x100_Medley.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  7. ^ "Results Women's 100m Butterfly". OmegaTiming. 2009-07-27. http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C73A1_Res1Heat_101_Finals_1_Women_100_Fly.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
Records
Preceded by
Inge de Bruijn		 Women's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
27 July 2009 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Men's competition
Women's competition