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Lars Frölander

Frölander at the 2006 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Lars Arne Frölander
National team	Sweden
Born	(1974-05-26) 26 May 1974 (age 50) Boden, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Linköpings ASS
College team	Southern Methodist University (1996–1998)
Coach	Eddie Sinnott SMU Mustangs
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Sweden Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympics 1 2 0 World Championships (LC) 2 3 2 World Championships (SC) 7 5 2 European Championships (LC) 3 6 8 European Championships (SC) 9 4 3 Total 22 20 15 Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 100 m butterfly 1992 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle 1996 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1994 Rome 4×200 m freestyle 2001 Fukuoka 100 m butterfly 1994 Rome 100 m butterfly 1998 Perth 100 m butterfly 2001 Fukuoka 50 m butterfly 1998 Perth 100 m freestyle 2001 Fukuoka 100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 1993 Palma 4×200 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg 100 m butterfly 1999 Hong Kong 100 m freestyle 1999 Hong Kong 100 m butterfly 2000 Athens 100 m freestyle 2000 Athens 100 m butterfly 2000 Athens 4×100 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg 4×100 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg 4×200 m freestyle 1999 Hong Kong 4×100 m medley 2002 Moscow 4×100 m freestyle 2006 Shanghai 4×100 m freestyle 1999 Hong Kong 4×100 m freestyle 2008 Manchester 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 1997 Seville 100 m butterfly 1999 Istanbul 100 m butterfly 2000 Helsinki 100 m butterfly 1993 Sheffield 4×100 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 4×200 m freestyle 1997 Seville 100 m freestyle 2000 Helsinki 50 m butterfly 2000 Helsinki 4×100 m medley 2002 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 4×100 m freestyle 1999 Istanbul 100 m freestyle 1999 Istanbul 50 m butterfly 1999 Istanbul 4×100 m medley 2000 Helsinki 100 m freestyle 2002 Berlin 50 m butterfly 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m medley 2010 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 1998 Sheffield 100 m freestyle 1998 Sheffield 4×50 m medley 1999 Lisbon 4×50 m freestyle 1999 Lisbon 4×50 m medley 1999 Lisbon 50 m butterfly 1999 Lisbon 100 m butterfly 2000 Valencia 4×50 m freestyle 2001 Antwerp 50 m butterfly 2005 Trieste 50 m butterfly 1998 Sheffield 100 m butterfly 1999 Lisbon 100 m freestyle 2000 Valencia 100 m butterfly 2001 Antwerp 100 m butterfly 1998 Sheffield 50 m butterfly 2001 Antwerp 4×50 m freestyle 2001 Antwerp 4×50 m medley

Lars Arne Frölander (born 26 May 1974) is a Swedish swimmer. He has competed in six consecutive Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012).

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, and 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 September 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, at the age of 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 seconds too slow to advance to the semifinals.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

Clubs

• Borlänge SS
• Sundsvalls SS (1996–2001)
• Linköpings ASS (2001–)

References

1. Annika Sohlander (5 December 2000). "Det är bara att gratulera" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 26 July 2019.

External links

• Profile at FINA
• Lars Frölander at Swimrankings.net

v t e 1992 Sweden Olympic swimming team
Men's Competition	Jan Bidrman Rudi Dollmayer Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz Håkan Karlsson Fredrik Letzler Pär Lindström Göran Titus Tommy Werner Christer Wallin
Women's Competition	Louise Karlsson Therèse Lundin Malin Nilsson Eva Nyberg Linda Olofsson Malin Strömberg Ellenor Svensson

v t e 1996 Sweden Olympic swimming team
Men's competitions	Anders Holmertz Lars Frölander Fredrik Letzler Pär Lindström Anders Lyrbring Johan Wallberg Christer Wallin
Women's competitions	Therese Alshammar Lena Eriksson Hanna Jaltner Louise Jöhncke Louise Karlsson Josefin Lillhage Malin Nilsson Linda Olofsson Maria Östling Åsa Sandlund Johanna Sjöberg

v t e 2000 Sweden Olympic swimming team
Men's competitions	Daniel Carlsson Lars Frölander Martin Gustavsson Patrik Isaksson Stefan Nystrand Johan Nyström Mattias Ohlin Johan Wallberg
Women's competitions	Therese Alshammar Emma Igelström Camilla Johansson Louise Jöhncke Anna-Karin Kammerling Josefin Lillhage Johanna Sjöberg Malin Svahnström

v t e 2004 Sweden Olympic swimming team
Men's competitions	Erik Andersson Eric la Fleur Lars Frölander Martin Gustavsson Stefan Nystrand Mattias Ohlin
Women's competitions	Therese Alshammar Cathrin Carlzon Anna-Karin Kammerling Josefin Lillhage Ida Mattsson Maria Östling Johanna Sjöberg Malin Svahnström Lotta Wänberg

v t e 2008 Sweden Olympic swimming team
Men's competitions	Jonas Andersson Lars Frölander Stefan Nystrand Jonas Persson Simon Sjödin Petter Stymne Christoffer Wikström
Women's competitions	Therese Alshammar Eva Berglund Gabriella Fagundez Petra Granlund Claire Hedenskog Joline Höstman Anna-Karin Kammerling Josefin Lillhage Ida Mattsson Sarah Sjöström Hanna Westrin

• 1974 births
• Living people
• People from Boden Municipality
• Swedish male freestyle swimmers
• Swedish male butterfly swimmers
• Olympic swimmers for Sweden
• Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
• Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
• World record setters in swimming
• World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
• European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• SMU Mustangs men's swimmers
• Swedish expatriate swimmers in the United States
• Southern Methodist University alumni
• Borlänge SS swimmers
• Sundsvalls SS swimmers
• Linköpings ASS swimmers
• Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Olympic gold medalists in swimming
• Olympic silver medalists in swimming
• Goodwill Games medalists in swimming
• Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
• Sportspeople from Norrbotten County
• 20th-century Swedish sportsmen
• 21st-century Swedish people