Sarah Sjöström

Sarah Sjöström

Sjöström in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Sarah Fredrika Sjöström
National team	Sweden
Born	17 August 1993 Salem, Stockholm County
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle, backstroke
Club	Södertörns SS
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Sweden Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 1 World Championships (LC) 4 3 1 World Championships (SC) 3 1 0 European Championships (LC) 10 6 3 European Championships (SC) 5 8 1 Total 23 19 6 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m butterfly 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m freestyle 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 100 m butterfly 2013 Barcelona 100 m butterfly 2015 Kazan 50 m butterfly 2015 Kazan 100 m butterfly 2013 Barcelona 100 m freestyle 2015 Kazan 100 m freestyle 2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley 2015 Kazan 50 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2014 Doha 200 m freestyle 2014 Doha 50 m butterfly 2014 Doha 100 m butterfly 2014 Doha 100 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 2008 Eindhoven 100 m butterfly 2010 Budapest 100 m butterfly 2012 Debrecen 100 m freestyle 2012 Debrecen 50 m butterfly 2014 Berlin 100 m freestyle 2014 Berlin 50 m butterfly 2014 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle 2016 London 100 m freestyle 2016 London 50 m butterfly 2016 London 100 m butterfly 2010 Budapest 4×100 m medley 2012 Debrecen 4×100 m freestyle 2014 Berlin 50 m freestyle 2014 Berlin 100 m butterfly 2014 Berlin 4×200 m freestyle 2014 Berlin 4×100 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m freestyle 2010 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle 2016 London 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2013 Herning 50 m butterfly 2013 Herning 100 m butterfly 2015 Netanya 100 m freestyle 2015 Netanya 50 m butterfly 2015 Netanya 100 m butterfly 2008 Rijeka 4×50 m freestyle 2009 Istanbul 4×50 m freestyle 2009 Istanbul 4×50 m medley 2013 Herning 50 m freestyle 2013 Herning 100 m freestyle 2013 Herning 4×50 m freestyle 2015 Netanya 50 m freestyle 2015 Netanya 4×50 m medley 2013 Herning 4×50 m medley

Sarah Fredrika Sjöström (Swedish: [ˈɧøːˌstɾøm]; 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). She is first Swedish woman to win Olympic swimming gold.^[2]

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.^[3][4] 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.^[5][6][7]

At the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, she defended her 2008 gold medal by winning the women's 100 m butterfly stroke.^[8] (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.^[9] 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.^[10]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships she won five medals, including gold medals in the 50 m and 100 m butterfly events, during the latter she broke the world record twice. In 2015 she was awarded the Victoria Scholarship.^[11][12]

On 25 January 2016 Sjöström was awarded the Swedish public radio Radiosportens Jerringpris award for the second year in a row.^[13]

2012 Summer Olympic Games

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sjöström competed in four individual events,^[14] 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.^[15] In 2015 however Sjöström regained the world record by improving it twice at the world championships in Kazan.^[16]

2016 Summer Olympic Games

On 7 August 2016 Sjöström won the gold medal in the 100 meter butterfly at the Rio Olympics, setting a World record with a time of 55.48.^[17] When Sjöström went on to win silver and bronze medals in the 200 m and 100 m freestyle respectively, she became the second woman in history and the fifth swimmer overall, following Mark Spitz (1972), Kornelia Ender (1975, 1976), Matt Biondi (1986, 1988) and Michael Klim (1998), to win medals in both the 100 m and 200 m freestyle and the 100 m butterfly at a single Olympic Games, or World Champioships.^[18]

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	Borås, Sweden
100 m freestyle	52.67	NR	13 Apr 2014	European Aquantic Championship	Eindhoven, Netherlands
200 m freestyle	1.54.08	NR	9 Aug 2016	2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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	55.48	WR	7 Aug 2016	2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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	[19]
100 m freestyle	51.24	r	6 Nov 2015	Swedish SC Championships	Helsingborg, Sweden	[20]
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

Olympic Games
Year	Date	Event	Time	Position
2012 London	29 July 2012	100 m butterfly	57.17	4th
2016 Rio de Janeiro	7 August 2016	100 m butterfly	55.48 WR	1st

World Aquatics Championships
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
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
2014 Berlin	19 August 2014	50 m butterfly	24.98	1st
	20 August 2014	100 m freestyle	52.67	1st
	22 August 2014	100 m butterfly	56.52	2nd
	24 August 2014	50 m freestyle	24.37	2nd
2016 London	17 May 2016	50 m butterfly	24.99	1st
	18 May 2016	100 m freestyle	52.82	1st
	19 May 2016	100 m butterfly	55.89	1st

Accomplishments

Sjöström won the gold medal in the 100 meter butterfly at Rio Olympics on August 7, 2016 setting an Olympic and World record with a time of 55.48. She also won a 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

1. "BBC Sport - London 2012 Olympics - Sarah Sjostrom : Sweden, Swimming". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
2. "Sjöström gives Sweden a new hero". 2016-08-11.
3. "14-åriga Sarah tog skrällguld" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television..
4. "EM-guld till Sarah Sjöström" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio..
5. "Nytt världsrekord av Sjöström" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television..
6. "Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom Lowers World Record in 100 Fly". Swimming World Magazine.
7. TT (2013-12-15). "Sjöström: "Guld är en riktig bonus"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 May 2015.
8. Blomqvist, Anna (13 August 2010). "Sjöström försvarade sitt EM-guld" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
9. TT (2013-12-15). "Nytt guld för Sarah Sjöström". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2016.
10. 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.
11. Roos, Pontus (2015-06-01). "Sarah Sjöström får Victoriastipendiet 2015". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2016.
12. "Sjostrom and Hosszu set world marks at swim championships". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
13. "Sarah Sjöström vinner Jerringpriset" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
14. "London 2012 Official Results". London 2012 Official Results. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
15. "London 2012 Official Results". London 2012 Official Results. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
16. "Sarah Sjöström Bio - SwimSwam". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
17. Radio, Sveriges. "Swimmer Sarah Sjöström wins gold in Rio - Radio Sweden". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
18. "HistoFINA - Statistics Archives". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
19. "Nytt guld för Sarah Sjöström". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
20. 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