Sarah Sjöström
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Sarah Sjöström (born 17 August 1993 in Sweden) is a sprinter and multiple world record holder, specializing in butterfly, backstroke and freestyle. She is a 5-time World Champion and 3-time Olympic swimmer with her club team, Södertörns Simsällskap.
Swimming Career
- At the 2008 European Championships, Sjöström won her first international gold medal in the 100m butterfly when she was just 14 years old.
- At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Sjöström finished 27th in the 100m butterfly.
- At the 2009 FINA World Championships, she won a gold medal in the 100m butterfly, setting a new world record.
- At the 2010 European Championships, Sjöström defended her 2008 title at the 2010 European Championships and helped Sweden’s relays to silver (400 medley) and bronze (400 free).
- At the 2012 London Olympics, she finished 4th in the 100m butterfly.
- At the 2013 European Championships, she won 6 medals, including wins in the 50 and 100 butterfly, silver medals in the 50 and 100 freestyle, and 2 silver medals in the 4×50 medley and freestyle relays.
- At the 2013 FINA World Championships, she won gold in the 100m butterfly and silver in the 100m freestyle.
- At the 2014 World Championships, she broke the short course 200m freestyle world record and won the World Championship title, and won the 50m butterfly and 100m butterfly.
- On 5 July 2014, at the Swedish Nationals, she unleashed a 24.43 50 fly to completely shatter the standing world record of 25.07
- At the 2015 FINA World Championships, she set a world record and won the 100m butterfly and won gold in the 50m butterfly and a bronze medal in the 50m freestyle.
- At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 100m butterfly almost a full second ahead of second place, the first woman from Sweden to win a gold medal. She won a silver medal in the 200m freestyle and a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle.
- She participated in the Tahiti Swimming Experience.
- At the 2017 FINA World Championships, she set a world record with a 51.71 leading off for Sweden's 400m freestyle relay and won the 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly.
- At the 2017 European Championships, she finished second in the 100m IM behind Katinka Hosszu and 100 freestyle behind Ranomi Kromowidjojo, and won the 100m butterfly, 50m freestyle and the 4×50m medley relay.
- At the 2018 European Championships, she won gold medals in the 50m freestyle (23.74), 100m freestyle (52.93), 50m butterfly, and 100m butterfly (56.23), setting a championship record in the 50m freestyle.
