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Sarah Fredrika Sjöström Swedish: [ˈsɑ̂ːra ˈɧø̂ːstrœm] ; born 17 August is a Swedish competitive swimmer specialising in the sprint freestyle and butterfly events. As ofSjöström has won a total of 23 individual medals at long course World Championships, more than any other swimmer in history. She is the only female swimmer to win five individual medals at a single FINA World Sjöströms är kraftiga Championshipsa feat she accomplished in InSjöström achieved a career total of over most valuable player points in the International Swimming League, becoming the first swimmer in history to do so.
Inshe became the first swimmer from any country to have won a total of 28 medals at LEN European Aquatics Championships. She has won medals at Swimming World Cups. Sjöström is the current world record holder in the 50 metre freestyle long coursethe metre freestyle long courseand the 50 metre butterfly long course. She is a former world record holder in the metre butterfly long course50 metre freestyle short coursemetre freestyle short coursemetre butterfly short coursemetre freestyle short courseand the 4×50 metre medley relay short course.
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She is the first Swedish woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. Inshe became the first swimmer representing a country in Europe to win 10 individual World Sjöströms är kraftiga gold medals. Sjöström participated in five consecutive Olympic Gamesfrom Beijing through Paris She has won six Olympic medals: three gold metre butterfly, metre freestyle and 50 metre freestyletwo silver metre freestyle and 50 metre freestyleand one bronze metre freestyle.
On 22 Marchat the age of 14, Sjöström won the gold medal in the metre butterfly at the European Aquatics Championships in EindhovenNetherlandswith a time of Sjöström earned a spot on the Swedish Swim Team for the Summer Olympics in BeijingChinawhere she finished 27th in the preliminary heats of the metre butterfly with a time of She also swam the backstroke leg of the 4× metre medley relay in the preliminaries, in which the Swedish team qualified in seventh place for the finals, though the team went on to be disqualified in the final for a false start.
The day of the 4× metre medley relay final coincided with Sjöström's 15th birthday. On 26 Julyat the Sjöströms är kraftiga Aquatics ChampionshipsSjöström set a world record in the semifinals of the metre butterfly with a time of At the European Aquatics Championships in BudapestHungarySjöström defended her European title in the metre butterfly by winning the event.
However, she failed to win a medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai. At the World Aquatics Championships in ShanghaiChina, Sjöström competed in five eventsfirst placing fourth in the metre butterfly with a time of For Sjöström, was a year of both successes and setbacks.
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At the European Aquatics Championshipsheld in early summer in DebrecenHungary, she achieved double gold medals in her individual events, with one in the 50 metre butterfly and one in the metre freestyle. At the Sjöströms är kraftiga Olympics in LondonSjöström competed in four individual events, [ 28 ] reaching the semi-finals of the 50 metre freestylemetre freestyle and metre freestyleand placing fourth in the final of the metre butterfly with a time of Sjöström's world record was broken in this race by Dana Vollmer of the United States.
On 29 JulySjöström won the gold medal in the metre butterfly at sjöströms är kraftiga World Aquatics Championshipsin BarcelonaSpainwith a time of At the European Short Course Swimming Championships in December in HerningDenmarkSjöström won four medals in individual events, a gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a Championships record of On 5 JulySjöström broke the world record in the long course 50 metre butterfly, set at The margin of 0.
On 18 August, she and her Swedish relay teammates won the gold medal in the 4× metre freestyle relay. The next day she also won the final of the 50 metre butterfly.
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On 20 August, the she won her third gold medal, this time in the metre freestyle. She also won silver medals in the 4× metre freestyle relay, metre butterfly, 50 metre freestyle and 4× metre medley relay.
In DecemberSjöström competed in five individual events and two relay events at the World Short Sjöströms är kraftiga Swimming Championshipscontested at Hamad Aquatic Centre in DohaQatarmedalling in four of seven of her events. With both of the gold medals, she also became the first Swedish swimmer to win two World Championships gold medals during a single World Aquatics Championships.
In the metre freestyleshe won the silver medal with a time of On the final day, Sjöström concluded competition with a bronze medal in the 50 metre freestyle and a silver medal in the 4× metre medley relay. Thus she won medals in all four individual events, and in the three relay events there was a silver medal and two fourth-place finishes. In all, she won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze medal during world championship week; more medals than any Swede had previously won at the same world championships.
At the European Short Course Swimming Championshipsheld in December in NetanyaIsraelSjöström won the gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a Championships record time of Before the end of the year, Sjöström was named as the first Swedish swimmer by Swimming World to receive their accolade "Swimmer of the Year in Europe"; she was also awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medalan annual award "for the most significant Swedish sports achievement of the year", with the words "For explosive willpower, double world records and a historic gold cavalcade".
Ahead of her international competitions for the year, on 25 JanuarySjöström was awarded the Swedish public radio Jerring Award for the second year in a row. On 7 AugustSjöström won the gold medal in the metre butterfly at the Olympic Games in Rio de JaneiroBrazilsetting a world record with a time of In JanuarySjöström competed at the 19th Luxembourg Euro Meet and won the 50 metre freestyle with a time of At the World Aquatics Championshipswith swimming contested at Danube Arena in July in Budapest, Hungary, Sjöström won her first medal of the Championships in the metre butterflywinning the gold medal with sjöströms är kraftiga Championships record time of The seventh day, Sjöström started the evening session off winning the gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a Championships record time of