Full name Par Arvidsson Nickname(s) Para Name Par Arvidsson | Nationality Sweden Role Butterfly swimmer | |
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Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics.flv
Pär Arvidsson (born February 27, 1960 in Finspång) is a former butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, after having set the world record in the same event a couple of months earlier in Austin, Texas. He held the record until April 1981.
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- Mens 100 metre butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympicsflv
- 1981 NCAA Swim Champs 100 Fly Austin Texas
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Between 1976 and 1983 he became Swedish champion 22 times.

He held the Swedish record in the 200 butterfly until 2008.
After Graduating from the University of California Berkeley with a degree in economics he attended and graduated from Harvard Business School.
1981 NCAA Swim Champs-100 Fly; Austin Texas
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