Full name Lars Arne Frolander World Championships (LC) 2 Weight 80 kg Height 1.84 m | Role Swimmer National team Sweden Name Lars Frolander Club Linkopings ASS | |
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College team Southern Methodist University (1996–1998) Olympic medals Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men\'s 100 metre butterfly Similar People Stefan Nystrand, Therese Alshammar, Sarah Sjostrom, Anders Holmertz, Michael Klim | ||
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Lars Arne Frölander (born 26 May 1974 in Boden) is a Swedish swimmer. He has competed in six consecutive Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012).
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- Feature swim lars frolander 6 time olympic swimmer
- Florida swim camp interview of lars frolander
- Biography
- Clubs
- References
Florida swim camp interview of lars frolander
Biography
Frölander was born in Boden. He grew up in Ornäs in Borlänge Municipality.
In the 1992 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay along with Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Tommy Werner. The Swedish team finished second behind the Unified Team.
In the 1996 Summer Olympics, Frölander again finished second in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay with the Swedish team. The team consisted of Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz, Frölander, Anders Lyrbring. This time the United States was the winning team. Frölander also competed in the 100 metre freestyle, where he finished ninth in the heats but scratched the B-final, and in the 100 metre butterfly event, where he finished 19th.
The highlight of his career was when he won the gold in the 100 metre butterfly event at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. A couple of months earlier he twice broke the world record in the men's 100 m butterfly (short course). Frölander was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 2000 as a result of his gold medal victory in Sydney.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Frölander, age 38, posted a 52.47 in the opening heats of the 100 m butterfly, less than 1 second slower than top qualifier Chad le Clos, but 0.12 s too slow to advance to the semifinals.
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