Linda Olofsson (swimmer)

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Linda Olofsson

Personal information

Full name

Linda Susanne Olofsson

Nationality

Sweden

Born

29 August 1972
Piteå, Norrbotten

Sport

Swimming

Stroke(s)

Freestyle

Club

Södertälje SS

Medal record

World Championships (SC)
Silver	1993 Palma	4×100 m freestyle
Bronze	1993 Palma	100 m freestyle
Bronze	1995 Rio de Janeiro	4×100 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold	1995 Vienna	50 m freestyle
Silver	1993 Sheffield	50 m freestyle
Silver	1993 Sheffield	4x100 m freestyle
Silver	1995 Vienna	4x100 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Silver	1993 Gateshead	50 m freestyle
Silver	1993 Gateshead	4×50 m medley
Silver	1996 Rostock	4×50 m freestyle
Bronze	1996 Rostock	4×50 m medley

Linda Olofsson (born 29 August 1972 in Piteå, Norrbotten), later Linda Andersson, is a former female freestyle swimmer from Sweden.^[1] She competed twice at the Summer Olympics for her native country, in 1992 and 1996, both in the women's 50 m freestyle and the women's 4×100 m freestyle.

References

↑ Sports Reference: Linda Olofsson

European Champions in Women's 50 m Freestyle

1987: Tamara Costache (ROM)
1989: Catherine Plewinski (FRA)
1991: Simone Osygus (GER)
1993: Franziska van Almsick (GER)
1995: Linda Olofsson (SWE)
1997: Natalya Meshcheryakova (RUS)
1999: Inge de Bruijn (NED)
2000: Therese Alshammar (SWE)
2002: Therese Alshammar (SWE)
2004: Therese Alshammar (SWE)
2006: Britta Steffen (GER)
2008: Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
2010: Therese Alshammar (SWE)
2011: Britta Steffen (GER)
2012: Aleksandra Gerasimenya (BLR)

v t e 1992 Sweden Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Competition	Jan Bidrman Rudi Dollmayer Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz Håkan Karlsson Fredrik Letzler Pär Lindström Göran Titus Tommy Werner Christer Wallin

Women's Competition	Louise Karlsson Therèse Lundin Malin Nilsson Eva Nyberg Linda Olofsson Malin Strömberg Ellenor Svensson

v t e 1996 Sweden Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Competition	Anders Holmertz Lars Frölander Fredrik Letzler Pär Lindström Anders Lyrbring Johan Wallberg Christer Wallin

Women's Competition	Therese Alshammar Lena Eriksson Hanna Jaltner Louise Jöhncke Louise Karlsson Josefin Lillhage Malin Nilsson Linda Olofsson Maria Östling Åsa Sandlund Johanna Sjöberg

Persondata
Name	Olofsson, Linda
Alternative names
Short description	Swimmer
Date of birth	29 August 1972
Place of birth	Piteå, Norrbotten
Date of death
Place of death

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