Simon Sjödin

Simon Sjödin

Netanya 2015
Personal information
Full name	Simon Sjödin
National team	Sweden
Born	4 October 1986 Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, medley
Club	SK Neptun
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Sweden European Championships (LC) 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m medley European Championships (SC) 2013 Herning 200 m medley 2015 Netanya 200 m butterfly

Simon Sjödin (born 4 October 1986) is a Swedish competitive swimmer who represented Sweden at both the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2016 Olympic Games.

Biography

Simon Sjödin was born 4 October 1986 in, to parents Kristina and Omar.

Sjödin won his first Swedish Swimming Championships title in 2005, when he won the 200 meter butterfly.^[1]

In 2007, he changed swim club from Södertörns SS to SK Neptun.

In 2008, Simon Sjödin competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics representing Sweden. He finished 26th in the 200 m butterfly and 11th with the Swedish team in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.^[2]

In 2016, he competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics having qualified to swim both 200 m butterfly and 200 m individual medley. Simon reached the semi-final in 200 m butterfly with a time of 1.56.46 beating the Swedish national record in the process.^[3] In the semi-final he ended up at 6th place in his heat and ranked 13th overall.^[4]

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location	Ref
100 m backstroke	55.27	NR (rh)	15 Aug 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
200 m backstroke	2:02.19	NR	1 Jul 2009	Swedish Championships	Linköping, Sweden
100 m butterfly	52.27	(h)	31 Jul 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy
200 m butterfly	1:57.01	NR (h)	28 Jul 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[5]
200 m individual medley	1:59.16	NR	5 Apr 2013	2013 Eindhoven Cup	Eindhoven, Netherlands	[6]
400 m individual medley	4:21.52	NR	25 Mar 2010	Amsterdam Swim Cup	Amsterdam, Netherlands

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
200 m backstroke	1:58.52		23 Nov 2007	Swedish SC Championships	Jönköping, Sweden
100 m butterfly	52.66		18 Oct 2008	World Cup	Durban, South Africa
200 m butterfly	1:52.90	NR (h)	10 Nov 2009	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[7]
200 m individual medley	1:55.72	NR	11 Nov 2009	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[8]
400 m individual medley	4:13.08		30 Nov 2008	Swedish SC Championships	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

Clubs

• Södertörns SS (-2007)
• SK Neptun (2007-)

References

1. "Simon Sjödin". SCM Sport och Medicin.
2. "Simon Sjödin". Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish Olympic Committee) (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-08-08.
3. http://www.expressen.se/sport/os2016/simon-sjodin-slog-svenskt-rekord-i-os/
4. http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/s/simon-sjodin.html
5. "Results Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). OmegaTiming. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
6. Braden Keith (2013-04-05). "Nijhuis Breaks Dutch Record; Sjodin Breaks Swedish Record on Day 2 in Eindhoven". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
7. "Results Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
8. "Results Men's 200m IM" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2009-11-11.

• "Simon Sjödin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 May 2010.

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