Eric la Fleur
Personal information | |
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Full name | Eric Johan Lennart la Fleur |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Lund, Sweden | 11 December 1979
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | freestyle |
College team | Arizona Wildcats |
Eric la Fleur (born 11 December 1979) is a Swedish former Olympic swimmer. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he swam the 4×100 m freestyle relay preliminaries for the Swedish team that became disqualified.[1]
Biography[]
La Fleur was born on 11 December 1979 in Lund to parents Lennart and Barbro la Fleur.[2] He started his swimming career in the Lund swimming team . His brother, , is also a former swimmer.
- 17-Time All American Div. 1 NCAA Swimming, swimming for University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
- Represented Sweden in World and European Championships.
- Silver medalist in 4×100 m freestyle relay in Moscow World Championship (short course) and Berlin European Championship (long course).
- Multiple Swedish champion.
Clubs[]
- Malmö KK
- SK Poseidon, Lund
References[]
- ^ "Eric la Fleur". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ "Player Bio: Eric la Fleur :: Men's Swimming". University of Arizona. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Swedish male freestyle swimmers
- Living people
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Sweden
- Arizona Wildcats men's swimmers
- Malmö KK swimmers
- SK Poseidon swimmers
- Swedish swimming biography stubs