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Stefan Nystrand

Swedish swimmer

Summary

Swedish swimmer

FieldValue
fullnameStefan Nystrand
imageMen's 50m free semifinal - Roma09.jpg
captionStefan Nystrand (Sweden, lane 4), Amaury Leveaux (France, lane 3) and Cullen Jones (USA, lane 2) in the men's 50m freestyle semifinals at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.
nationality
strokesFreestyle
clubSK Neptun
birth_date
birth_placeHaninge, Sweden
height1.93 m
weight85 kg
show-medalsyes
{{MedalCounttotalyes
{{MedalSilver2002 Moscow<ref>{{cite weburlhttp://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=8866485archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908060623/http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=8866485url-status=deadarchive-date=2007-09-08title=2002 World Championships – Short Course Swim Rankings resultsaccess-date=2007-07-24 }}4×100 m freestyle }}
{{MedalSilver2004 Indianapolis<ref>{{cite weburlhttp://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC(25m)/Indianapolis_2004/results/pdf/Results_2004_World_Short_Course_25m_Indianapolis.pdftitle=7th FINA World Championships – 25m Indianapolis 2004access-date=2007-07-24archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926041704/http://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC(25m)/Indianapolis_2004/results/pdf/Results_2004_World_Short_Course_25m_Indianapolis.pdfarchive-date = 26 September 2007}}50 m freestyle }}
{{MedalBronze2000 Athens<ref>{{cite weburlhttp://www.fina.org/events/WC/Fukuoka_2001/site/wldswimchamps00_results.htmltitle=5th FINA World Swimming Championshipsaccess-date=2007-07-24archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071218160948/http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Fukuoka_2001/site/wldswimchamps00_results.htmlarchive-date = 18 December 2007}}50 m freestyle }}
{{MedalBronze2006 Shanghai<ref>{{cite weburlhttp://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC(25m)/Shanghai_2006/results/index.phptitle=Shanghai 2006 resultsaccess-date=2007-07-24archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070306103724/http://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC(25m)/Shanghai_2006/results/index.phparchive-date = 6 March 2007}}100 m individual medley }}

| show-medals = yes |Olympic Games |1|1|2-- |World Championships (LC) |0|0|1 |World Championships (SC) |1|4|4 |European Championships (LC) |1|7|3 |European Championships (SC) |11|3|2 |Mediterranean Games |5|0|0--

Stefan Nystrand (born 20 October 1981) is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.

Biography

His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is a Croat from Split.

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 2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, behind Filippo Magnini of Italy. The following year he won 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 was only the second person to do so after then world record holder Pieter van den Hoogenband) in Paris, Nystrand revealed that he averages less than 3,000 meters a practice, a minuscule amount compared to other professional swimmers, and never more than 20,000 meters a week. He is also noted for having an atypical front crawl technique in which his arms do not bend during the recovery phase. Normally, a swimmer will bend the arm at the elbow while above water to improve their line in the water.

Nystrand has also competed at the Olympic Games, in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. 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.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

Clubs

  • Södertörns SS (−2006)
  • SK Neptun (2006–2011)
  • Spårvägens SF (2011–)

References

References

  1. "2002 World Championships – Short Course Swim Rankings results".
  2. "7th FINA World Championships – 25m Indianapolis 2004".
  3. "5th FINA World Swimming Championships".
  4. "Shanghai 2006 results".
  5. (21 November 2007). "Dva svjetska rekorda za obitelj Kokeza".
  6. (30 July 2009). "Results Men's 50m Freestyle Semi". OmegaTiming.
  7. (30 July 2009). "Results Men's 100m Freestyle". OmegaTiming.
  8. (15 November 2009). "Results Men's 50 m Freestyle". Omega Timing.
  9. (10 November 2009). "Results Men's 100m Freestyle". Omega Timing.
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