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Stefan Nystrand
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Full name | Stefan Nystrand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | 23x15px Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Haninge, Sweden | 20 October 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SK Neptun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
{#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 2007 Melbourne|| 50 m freestyle |- style="background-color:#cccccc;text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" | World Championships (SC) |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2000 Athens|| 4×100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2000 Athens|| 100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2002 Moscow[1]|| 4×100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2004 Indianapolis[2]|| 50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2006 Shanghai|| 4×100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 2000 Athens[3]|| 50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 2004 Indianapolis|| 50 m breaststroke |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 2006 Shanghai[4]|| 100 m individual medley |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 2008 Manchester|| 4×100 m freestyle |- style="background-color:#cccccc;text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" | European Championships (LC) |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2008 Eindhoven || 4×100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2000 Helsinki || 4×100 m medley |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2002 Berlin || 4×100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2004 Madrid || 50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2006 Budapest || 100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2008 Eindhoven || 100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2010 Budapest || 50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2012 Debrecen || 50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 2008 Eindhoven || 50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 2008 Eindhoven || 4×100 m medley |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 2010 Budapest || 4×100 m freestyle |- style="background-color:#cccccc;text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" | European Championships (SC) |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1999 Lisboa || 4×50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1999 Lisboa || 4×50 m medley |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2000 Valencia || 50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2000 Valencia || 100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2000 Valencia || 4×50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2001 Antwerp || 50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2001 Antwerp || 100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2002 Riesa || 50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2006 Helsinki || 4×50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2007 Debrecen || 50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2007 Debrecen || 4×50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2003 Dublin || 4×50 m medley |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2006 Helsinki || 100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2007 Debrecen || 100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 2001 Antwerp || 4×50 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"
|Bronze medal – third place|| 2001 Antwerp || 4×50 m medley
#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other Stefan Nystrand (born 20 October 1981 in Haninge) is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. ContentsBiographyHis father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split.[5] 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 bestsLong course (50 m)
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 </dl> Short course (25 m)
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 </dl> Clubs
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