Sarah Sjöström

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Sarah Sjöström
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Sjöström in Haninge, Sweden, in August 2013
Personal information
Full nameSarah Fredrika Sjöström
National team Sweden
Born (1993-08-17) 17 August 1993 (age 28)
Salem, Sweden
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight76 kg (168 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle, backstroke
ClubEnergy Standard
Södertörns SS
CoachJohan Wallberg
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Sweden
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 2 1
World Championships (LC) 8 6 3
World Championships (SC) 6 4 1
European Championships (LC) 14 6 3
European Championships (SC) 12 12 2
Total 41 30 10
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2013 Barcelona 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2017 Budapest 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwangju 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwangju 200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2021 Abu Dhabi 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2021 Abu Dhabi 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×100 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2008 Eindhoven 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2010 Budapest 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2012 Debrecen 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2012 Debrecen 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2016 London 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2016 London 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2016 London 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2010 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2012 Debrecen 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2016 London 4×100 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2013 Herning 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2013 Herning 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Netanya 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Netanya 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Netanya 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2017 Copenhagen 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2017 Copenhagen 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Copenhagen 4×50 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kazan 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kazan 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kazan 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kazan 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2008 Rijeka 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2009 Istanbul 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2009 Istanbul 4×50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2013 Herning 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2013 Herning 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2013 Herning 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Netanya 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Netanya 4×50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2017 Copenhagen 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2017 Copenhagen 100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2017 Copenhagen 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kazan 4×50 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Herning 4×50 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kazan 100 m medley

Sarah Fredrika Sjöström (Swedish: [ˈsɑ̂ːra ˈɧø̂ːstrœm]; born 17 August 1993) is a Swedish competitive swimmer specialising in the sprint freestyle and butterfly events. She is the current world record holder in the 50-meter freestyle (long course), the 100-meter freestyle (long course), the 50-meter butterfly (long course), the 100-meter butterfly (long course), and the 4×50-meter medley relay (short course). She is a former world record holder in the 50-meter freestyle (short course), 100-meter freestyle (short course), 100-meter butterfly (short course), and 200-meter freestyle (short course). She is the first Swedish woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming.[2][3] She won the Overall Swimming World Cup in 2017 and 2018 and she has won 10 individual World Championship gold medals. She currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.

Sjöström is the only female swimmer to win five individual medals at a single FINA World Aquatics Championships and as of 2019 has won a total of 16 individual medals at long course World Championships, more than any other female swimmer in history. Only Michael Phelps has won more individual medals (20). In 2021, Sjöström achieved a career total of over 1000 most valuable player points in the International Swimming League and became the first swimmer in history to do so.

Career[]

2008–2009[]

On 22 March 2008, at the age of 14, Sjöström took the gold medal in women's 100 m butterfly at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, with a time of 58.44 seconds.[4][5] In the semi-finals the day before, she set a new national record of 58.38 seconds, breaking Anna-Karin Kammerling's previous record of 58.71 seconds. At the same event in the Swedish championships in 2008, she finished with a time of 58.55.

Sjöström earned a spot on the Swedish Swimming Team for the Beijing Olympics, where she finished 27th in the preliminary heats of the 100m butterfly with a time of 59.08 and 29th in the preliminary heats of the 100m backstroke with a time of 1:02.38, failing to advance to the semi-finals in both races. She also swam the backstroke leg on the medley relay in which the Swedish team qualified in seventh place for the finals, though the team was disqualified in the final for an illegal relay take-off. The day of the medley relay final coincided with Sjöström's 15th birthday.

On 26 July 2009, at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Sjöström set a world record in the semifinals with a time of 56.44, surpassing Inge de Bruijn's nine-year-old record. On the next day, in the finals for the women's 100 m butterfly, she won the gold medal and improved her world record time to 56.06.[6][7][8]

2010–2011[]

At the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, she defended her 2008 gold medal by winning the women's 100 m butterfly stroke.[9] In December 2011 She broke the Swedish record when she won the 100m freestyle at the Open Dutch Championships in Eindhoven. However, she failed to win a medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai. [10]

2012 Summer Olympics[]

See also: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

2012 was a year of both successes and setbacks. At the early summer European Championships in Debrecen, Sjöström swam home double gold in the 50 butterfly and 100 meters free.[11][12]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sjöström competed in four individual events,[13] reaching the semi-finals of the 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle, and finishing 4th in the final of the 100 m butterfly in a time of 57.17. Sjöström's world record was broken in this race by Dana Vollmer of the United States.[14] In 2015 however Sjöström regained the world record by improving it twice at the World Championships in Kazan.[15]

2013–2015[]

At the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Herning, Denmark Sjöström won four individual and two team medals.[16]

Sjöström at the 2015 European Short Pool Championships

On 5 July 2014 Sjöström broke the world record in the 50mbutterfly (long course) with a time of 24.43. The large margin of 0.64 seconds by which she broke the old record has been compared with Bob Beamon's 1968 long jump world record.[17]

At the 2014 European Aquatics Championships in Berlin later that summer Sjöström won three gold and four silvermedals. On 18 August, she and the rest of the Swedish relay team won gold in the 4x100 freestyle and the next day she also won the final of the 50m butterfly. On 20 August, the she won a new gold medal, this time in the 100 m freestyle. During the championships, she won a total of seven medals, including silver in the 4 × 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 50 m freestyle and 4 × 100 meters medley.[18][19]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships she won five medals, including gold medals in the 50m and 100m butterfly events, during the latter she broke the world record twice. She went on to win her third medal when she won her first world championship gold in the long track in the 50m butterfly.

Sjöström also became the first Swedish swimmer to win two world championship gold medals during the same long track championships. The final championship day ended with a bronze in the 50m freestyle and a silver in the team race in the 4 × 100 meters medley. Thus Sjöström won medals in all four individual starts, and in the three team races there was a silver and two fourth places. In all, she won two golds, two silvers and a bronze medal during world championship week; more medals than any Swede has previously won at the same world championships. In 2015 she was received the Jerring Prize and a Victoria Scholarship.[20][21]

In 2015, Sarah Sjöström was named the first Swedish swimmer by Swimming World Magazine to be named "Swimmer of the Year in Europe"; she was also awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, an annual award "for the most significant Swedish sports achievement of the year", with the words "For explosive willpower, double world records and a historic gold cavalcade".[20][21]

2016 Summer Olympics[]

See also: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

On 25 January 2016, Sjöström was awarded the Swedish public radio Jerring Award for the second year in a row.[22]

On 7 August 2016 Sjöström won the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the Rio Olympics, setting a World record with a time of 55.48.[23] When Sjöström went on to win silver and bronze medals in the 200 m and 100 m freestyle respectively, she became the second woman in history and the fifth swimmer overall, following Mark Spitz (1972), Kornelia Ender (1975, 1976), Matt Biondi (1986, 1988) and Michael Klim (1998), to win medals in both the 100 m and 200 m freestyle and the 100 m butterfly at the same Olympiad, or World Championships.[24]

2017–2019[]

In January 2017, Sjöström competed in the 19th Luxembourg Euro Meet and won the 50 m freestyle event with a time of 24.01, the 100 m freestyle event with a time of 53.21, the 50 m butterfly event with a time of 25.02, and the 100 m butterfly event with a time of 57.12.[25] In April 2017 Sjöström competed in the Stockholm Swim Open and won the 50 m butterfly event with a time of 25.63.[26] She also won the 100 m butterfly event with a time of 56.26.[27][28] She also won the 50 m freestyle event, setting a time of 23.83, the second fastest time ever.[29] In the 100 m freestyle event she won first place with the time of 52.54, a new personal best and Swedish (national) record.[30]

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, Sjöström won five medals, the most for a woman in individual events at this Championships. She won a gold in 50 m butterfly, which is the third consecutive gold she has won in this event at the Championships;[31] two silvers (in 100 m butterfly and 50m freestyle); and two bronzes in 100m and 200m freestyle.

She was named FINA female swimmer of the meet, which she also won in 2017.[32]

In the summer of 2017 Sjöström broke four world records in two weeks (in Budapest and later at World Cup competitions in Moscow). As a simultaneous holder of eight world records on the short and long course, she became the most record holder in international swimming. [48] In early August Sjöström improved her time in the 50 m freestyle on the short course, at races in Berlin, from 23.10 to 23.00. In the race, however, she was second behind Ranomi Kromowidjojo, who with the time 22.93 took from Sjöström one of her eight records.

In the Autumn of 2019 she was a member of the inaugural International Swimming League competing for the Energy Standard Swim Club of which she was co-captain (with Chad le Clos). The team won the overall title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.[33] At the first stop on the league in Indianapolis, USA she won the MVP title amassing 55.5 points over the competition, and after the final in Las Vegas, she was named overall MVP with 243.5 points over the season. During the inaugural ISL season she won the 50m Freestyle three time (Indianapolis, Naples and Las Vegas), the 100m Freestyle twice (Indianapolis and Naples), the 50m Butterfly three times (Indianapolis, Naples and Las Vegas), and the 100m Butterfly in Indianapolis. She also won the 50m Freestyle Skins event three times - in (Indianapolis, Naples and Las Vegas).

2020–2021[]

In the 2020 International Swimming League season Sjöström placed 5th overall in points in 2020, due in part to a back injury that made her sit out of a full match.[34] She ranked second to Caeleb Dressel in points-per-match with 59.4, noted 16 individual wins, including three in the skins.[35] And while neither were official world records, Sjöström also featured on Energy Standard’s women’s and mixed 400 free relays that were both the fastest of all-time.[35]

Due to a broken elbow Sjöström accidentally obtained by falling on ice in February 2021, she did not compete at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships.[36][37] She returned to training in the pool in March and to competitive swimming in early June ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics.[37][38] In the 50 metre freestyle at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sjöström won the silver medal.[37] The persistence Sjöström demonstrated in working through her elbow injury and winning a medal at the Olympic Games earned her the "Olympic Resilience Award" for the 2020 Summer Olympics from Swimming World.[39] In her other events, Sjöström placed fifth in the 100 metre freestyle, fifth in the 4×100 metre medley relay, sixth in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, and seventh in the 100 metre butterfly.[40]

At the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships held at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia in November, Sjöström competed in nine events, winning four gold medals, one each in the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, 50 metre butterfly, and 100 metre butterfly, a silver medal in the 4×50 metre medley relay, and a bronze medal in the 100 metre individual medley as well as placing fourth in the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay and the 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay and fifth in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay.[41]

In the 2021 International Swimming League, Sjöström became the first swimmer in history, male or female, to achieve over 1000 most valuable player points as part of their time competing in the International Swimming League, out-ranking the second-ranked Caeleb Dressel by over 50 points.[42] Sjöström won most valuable player honors both for the entire 2021 season and for the 2021 final match.[43] For the whole 2021 season, Sjöström was the top-earning athlete, winning $269,125 in the form of prize money, which was over $70,000 more than the next-highest-earning athlete Siobhan Haughey.[44]

2021 World Short Course Championships[]

2021 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 4×50 m medley 1:42.38 (WR)
Gold medal – first place 50 m freestyle 23.08 (CR)
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m medley 3:46.20 (ER)
Silver medal – second place 100 m freestyle 51.31
Silver medal – second place 50 m butterfly 24.51
Silver medal – second place 4×50 m freestyle 1:34.54 (NR)
Bronze medal – third place 4×100 m freestyle 3:28.80

For the 2021 World Short Course Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in December, Sjöström entered to compete in the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, and 50 metre butterfly individual events.[45] In the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, Sjöström swam on both the prelims and the finals relay, helping to win the bronze medal in the event in a time of 3:28.80, which was the first time she won a medal in the event at a world or European short course championships.[46][47] Sjöström won her heat in the prelims with a time of 52.21 seconds in the 100 metre freestyle on day two, finishing 0.17 seconds ahead of Kayla Sanchez of Canada and qualifying for the semifinals ranked second overall.[48] Later in the day, in the final of the 4×50 metre medley relay, Sjöström split a 23.96 for the butterfly leg of the relay to help win the gold medal and tie the world record and championships record at 1:42.38.[49][50][51] The same session, she ranked first in the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle with a 51.53 and qualified for the final the following day.[52]

In the morning of day three, Sjöström qualified for the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly ranking first with a time of 24.92 seconds.[53] Sjöström won the silver medal in the final of the 100 metre freestyle later in the day with a time of 51.31, finishing less than four-tenths of a second behind gold medalist Siobhán Haughey of Hong Kong.[54] For the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly, she qualified for the final ranking second with a 24.94.[55] In the final the following day, Sjöström won the silver medal with a time of 24.51 seconds.[56] The fifth morning, Sjöström advanced to the semifinals of the 50 metre freestyle ranking first by over three-tenths of a second with a 23.31 in the prelims heats.[57] In the semifinals she swam one-hundredth of a second faster, qualifying for the final with a time of 23.30 seconds.[58]

On the sixth and final day, Sjöström led-off the 4×50 metre freestyle relay with a 23.50 in the prelims, helping qualify the relay to the final ranking third.[59] In her first final of the evening, Sjöström helped set a new Swedish record of 1:34.54 and win the silver medal in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay with a lead-off split of 23.33 seconds.[60] For her next race, the 50 metre freestyle final, Sjöström won the gold medal and set a new Championships record of 23.08 seconds, breaking the former record of 23.19 set by Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands in 2018 by over one-tenth of a second.[61][62] In her final event of the championships, Sjöström split a 54.65 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay, helping win the gold medal in a new European record time of 3:46.20.[63]

Personal bests[]

Long course (50 m)[]

WR award in Kazan 2015
Event Time


Date Meet Location Ref
50 m freestyle 23.67 Sport records icon WR.svg sf 29 Jul 2017 World Championships Budapest, Hungary [64]
100 m freestyle 51.71 Sport records icon WR.svg r 23 Jul 2017 World Championships Budapest, Hungary
200 m freestyle 1.54.08 Sport records icon NR.svg 9 Aug 2016 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
400 m freestyle 4.06.04 Sport records icon NR.svg 16 Mar 2014 Golden Lanes (in French) Amiens, France [65]
50 m backstroke 27.80 Sport records icon NR.svg 30 Jun 2017 Swedish Championships Borås, Sweden [66]
100 m backstroke 59.98 5 Apr 2015 Swim Cup (in Dutch) Eindhoven, Netherlands
50 m butterfly 24.43 Sport records icon WR.svg 5 July 2014 Swedish Championships Borås, Sweden
100 m butterfly 55.48 Sport records icon WR.svg 7 Aug 2016 Summer Olympic Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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

Short course (25 m)[]

Event Time


Date Meet Location Ref
50 m freestyle 23.00 Sport records icon NR.svg all-time 2nd 7 Aug 2017 World Cup Berlin, Germany [67]
100 m freestyle 50.58 Sport records icon ER.svg all-time 2nd 11 Aug 2017 World Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands [68]
200 m freestyle 1.50.43 Sport records icon ER.svg all-time 2nd 12 Aug 2017 World Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands [69]
400 m freestyle 4.02.33 Sport records icon NR.svg 20 Nov 2014 Swedish SC Championships Stockholm, Sweden [70]
100 m backstroke 58.83 7 Nov 2010 World Cup Stockholm, Sweden [71]
50 m butterfly 24.50 Sport records icon CR.svg all-time 3rd 7 Nov 2021 European SC Championships Kazan, Russia [72]
100 m butterfly 54.61 Sport records icon ER.svg all-time 2nd 6 Dec 2014 World SC Championships Doha, Qatar [73]
200 m butterfly 2.04.23 21 Nov 2014 Swedish SC Championships Stockholm, Sweden [74]
100 m individual medley 57.10 Sport records icon NR.svg all-time 2nd 2 Aug 2017 World Cup Moscow, Russia [75]
200 m individual medley 2.08.17 27 Jan 2012 Swedish Jr SC Championships Stockholm, Sweden [76]
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

World records (50 m)[]

No. Event Time Date Meet Location Age
1 100 m butterfly 56.44 26 July 2009 World Championships Rome, Italy 15
2 100 m butterfly (2) 56.06 27 July 2009 World Championships Rome, Italy 15
3 50 m butterfly 24.43 5 July 2014 Swedish Championships Borås, Sweden 20
4 100 m butterfly (3) 55.74 2 August 2015 World Championships Kazan, Russia 21
5 100 m butterfly (4) 55.64 3 August 2015 World Championships Kazan, Russia 21
6 100 m butterfly (5) 55.48 7 August 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 22
7 100 m freestyle 51.71 23 July 2017 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 23
8 50 m freestyle 23.67 29 July 2017 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 23

World records (25 m)[]

No. Event Time Date Meet Location Age
1 100 m butterfly 54.61 6 December 2014 World SC Championships Doha, Qatar 21
2 200 m freestyle 1:50.78 7 December 2014 World SC Championships Doha, Qatar 21
3 50 m freestyle 23.10 2 August 2017 World Cup Moscow, Russia 23
4 100 m freestyle 50.77 3 August 2017 World Cup Moscow, Russia 23
5 100 m freestyle (2) 50.58 11 August 2017 World Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands 23
6 200 m freestyle (2) 1:50.43 12 August 2017 World Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands 23
7 4×50 m medley =1:42.38 17 December 2021 World SC Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 28

International championships (50 m)[]

Meet 50 free 100 free 200 free 100 back 50 fly 100 fly 4×100 free 4×200 free 4×100 medley
EC 2008 23rd 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[a] 4th
OG 2008 29th N/A 27th 8th[b]
WC 2009 19th 6th 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5th 13th 11th
EC 2010 4th 4th 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6th 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
WC 2011 4th 4th 4th 12th 10th
EC 2012 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
OG 2012 14th 9th 12th N/A 4th 8th[b] 10th
WC 2013 4th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4th 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4th 9th
EC 2014 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
WC 2015 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4th 4th 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
EC 2016 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6th
OG 2016 13th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5th 5th 9th
WC 2017 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5th 5th
EC 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WC 2019 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6th 7th
OG 2020 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5th N/A 7th 6th 5th
a Sjöström swam only in the heats
b Team Sweden was disqualified in the final

International finals (50 m)[]

Only individual

International championships (25 m)[]

Meet 50 free 100 free 200 free 50 fly 100 fly 200 fly 100 medley 4×50 free 4×100 free 4×200 free 4×50 medley 4×100 medley 4×50 mixed free 4×50 mixed medley
EC 2008 6th 7th 6th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
EC 2009 9th (h) 4th 7th 8th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A N/A 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A N/A N/A
EC 2013 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A N/A 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A
WC 2014 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 19th 7th 4th
EC 2015 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A N/A 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A
EC 2017 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) DNS 9th 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A
EC 2021 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5th N/A N/A 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A 4th 4th
WC 2021 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Accomplishments and awards[]

Sjöström won the gold medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics on 7 August 2016, setting an Olympic and World record with a time of 55.48. She also won a gold medal in 100 m butterfly in the World Championships in Rome 2009 and set the world record.

Awards[]

  • 2014: The Swedish Jerring Award[77]
  • 2015: The Swedish Jerring Award[77]
  • 2015: Female European Swimmer of the Year, announced by Swimming World Magazine[78]
  • 2015: The Swedish Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal[79]
  • 2015: The Victoria Award[80]
  • 2017: The Swedish Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal[81]
  • 2017: Female World and European Swimmer of the Year, announced by Swimming World Magazine[82]
  • 2017: Best Female Athlete from Europe, announced by Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC)[83]
  • 2019: MVP in International Swimming League[84]
  • 2021: Olympic Resilience Award, announced by Swimming World for the 2020 Olympic Games[39]
  • 2021: MVP in International Swimming League entire season[43]
  • 2021: MVP in International Swimming League final match[43]

See also[]

References[]

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Records
Preceded by
Britta Steffen
 Women's 50-metre freestyle
world record-holder (long course)
29 July 2017 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Cate Campbell
 Women's 100-metre freestyle
world record-holder (long course)
23 July 2017 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Therese Alshammar
 Women's 50 metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
5 July 2014 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Inge de Bruijn
Dana Vollmer
 Women's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
27 July 2009 – 29 July 2012
2 August 2015 – present 		Succeeded by
Dana Vollmer
Incumbent
Preceded by
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
 Women's 50 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)
2 August 2017 – 7 August 2017 		Succeeded by
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Preceded by
Cate Campbell
 Women's 100 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)
3 August 2017 – 26 October 2017 		Succeeded by
Cate Campbell
Preceded by
Federica Pellegrini
 Women's 200 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)
7 December 2014 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Diane Bui Duyet
 Women's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (short course)
7 December 2014 – 3 December 2021 		Succeeded by
Kelsi Dahlia
Awards
Preceded by
Ingemarsdotter, Wikén,
Haag, Kalla
Henrik Stenson
 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
2015
2017 		Succeeded by
Henrik Stenson
Hanna Öberg
Preceded by
Katinka Hosszú
Katinka Hosszú
 European Swimmer of the Year
2015
2017, 2018 		Succeeded by
Katinka Hosszú
Incumbent
Preceded by
Katie Ledecky
 Swimming World
World Swimmer of the Year
2017 		Succeeded by
Katie Ledecky
Preceded by
Katinka Hosszú
 FINA Swimmer of the Year
2017 		Succeeded by
Katinka Hosszú
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