Stefan Nystrand
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Stefan Nystrand (born October 20, 1981 in Haninge) is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split.[6] Nystrand, a short course (25 m) specialist, has won five individual medals in the FINA Short Course World Championships, and captured his first medal (silver) in long course (50 m) in the 100 m Freestyle at the European LC Championships 2006 in Budapest, behind Filippo Magnini of Italy. The following year he wins a bronze medal at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne at the 50 m freestyle, with a new national record of 21.97. After breaking the 48 second barrier in the 100 m freestyle long course (he is only the second person to do so) in Paris, Nystrand revealed that he averages than 3,000 meters a practice, a minuscule amount compared to other professional swimmers, and never more than 20,000 meters a week.
Nystrand has also competed at the Olympic Games, in 2000 and 2004, and his best placing at the Games is the fourth place he got at the 50 metre freestyle event, 0.06 seconds behind South African medallist Roland Schoeman. At the Berlin round of the 2007 FINA World Cup, Nystrand broke the 100 m freestyle and 50 m freestyle (both short course) world records.
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[edit] Personal bests
[edit] Long course
- 50 m freestyle 21.93 NR
- 100 m freestyle 47.91 NR
[edit] Short course
- 50 m freestyle 20.93 ex-WR
- 100 m freestyle 45.83 WR
[edit] Clubs
- Södertörns SS (-2006)
- SK Neptun (2006-)
[edit] References
- ^ 12th FINA World Championships. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
- ^ 2002 World Championships - Short Course Swim Rankings results. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
- ^ 7th FINA World Championships - 25m Indianapolis 2004. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
- ^ 5th FINA World Swimming Championships. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
- ^ Shanghai 2006 results. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
- ^ Dva svjetska rekorda za obitelj Kokeza (Croatian) (November 21, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
[edit] External links
- Swim Rankings profile
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Preceded by Roland Schoeman |
Men's 50 metres Freestyle World Record Holder (Short Course) November 18, 2007 – April 11, 2008 |
Succeeded by Duje Draganja |
| Preceded by Roland Schoeman |
Men's 100 metres Freestyle World Record Holder (Short Course) November 17, 2007 – |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by John Miranda |
Swedish National LC Champion Men's 50 m Freestyle 2001 – 2004 |
Succeeded by Marcus Piehl |
| Preceded by Marcus Piehl |
Swedish National LC Champion Men's 50 m Freestyle 2006 – 2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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