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Sarah Sjöström
Personal information
Full name Sarah Sjöström
Nationality  Sweden
Stroke(s) Butterfly
Club Södertörns SS
Date of birth 17 August 1993 (1993-08-17) (age 16)
Place of birth Handen, Sweden

Sarah Sjöström (born 17 August 1993 in Handen, Sweden) 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 she 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]

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Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Event Time Date Meet Location Ref
50 m freestyle  25.87  02008-05-03 3 May 2008 Swedish Grand Prix Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
100 m freestyle  55.23  02009-02-08 8 February 2009 Swedish Grand Prix Sweden Malmö, Sweden
200 m freestyle  1:59.66  02009-03-22 22 March 2009 Swedish Grand Prix Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
100 m backstroke  1:00.74  NR (rh)
 02009-08-01 1 August 2009 2009 World Aquatics Championships Italy Rome, Italy
50 m butterfly  25.66  02009-08-01 1 August 2009 2009 World Aquatics Championships Italy Rome, Italy
100 m butterfly  56.06  WR
 02009-07-27 27 July 2009 2009 World Aquatics Championships Italy Rome, Italy

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  24.92  02008-11-28 28 November 2008 Swedish SC Championships Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
100 m freestyle  53.49  02008-11-30 30 November 2008 Swedish SC Championships Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
100 m backstroke  1:00.75  (r)
 02008-11-12 12 November 2008 Swedish Youth SC Championships Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
50 m butterfly  25.88  02008-11-29 29 November 2008 Swedish SC Championships Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
100 m butterfly  56.91  NR
 02008-11-28 28 November 2008 Swedish SC Championships Sweden Stockholm, Sweden

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 Championchip in Rome and set the world record. She also participated in the 2008 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 overlong 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.

External links

Records
Preceded by
Netherlands Inge de Bruijn		 Women's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
27 July 2009 - present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
World Long Course Champions in Women's 100 m Butterfly

 1973: Kornelia Ender (GDR)  •  1975: Kornelia Ender (GDR)  •  1978: Mary-Joan Pennington (USA)  •  1982: Mary T. Meagher (USA)  •  1986: Kornelia Gressler (GDR)  •  1991: Hong Qian (CHN)  •  1994: Limin Liu (CHN)  •  1998: Jenny Thompson (USA)  •  2001: Petria Thomas (AUS)  •  2003: Jenny Thompson (USA)  •  2005: Jessicah Schipper (AUS)  •  2007: Libby Lenton (AUS)  •  2009: Sarah Sjöström (SWE)
European Champions in Women's 100 m Butterfly

1954: Jutta Langenau (GDR) • 1958: Tineke Lagerberg (NED) • 1962: Ada Kok (NED) • 1966: Ada Kok (NED) • 1970: Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) • 1974: Rosemarie Kother (GDR) • 1977: Andrea Pollack (GDR) • 1981: Ute Geweniger (GDR) • 1983: Ines Geißler (GDR) • 1985: Kornelia Gressler (GDR) • 1987: Kristin Otto (GDR) • 1989: Catherine Plewinski (FRA) • 1991: Catherine Plewinski (FRA) • 1993: Catherine Plewinski (FRA) • 1995: Mette Jacobsen (DEN) • 1997: Mette Jacobsen (DEN) • 1999: Inge de Bruijn (NED) • 2000: Martina Moravcová (SVK) • 2002: Martina Moravcová (SVK) • 2004: Martina Moravcová (SVK) • 2006: Inge Dekker (NED) • 2008: Sarah Sjöström (SWE)
2008 Sweden Olympic Swimming Team
Men's competition
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Women's competition

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