Stefan Nystrand
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Full name | Stefan Nystrand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Haninge, Sweden |
20 October 1981 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | SK Neptun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Stefan Nystrand (born 20 October 1981 in Haninge) is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.
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Biography
His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split.[5]
Nystrand, a short course (25 m) specialist, has won five individual medals in the FINA Short Course World Championships, and captured his first medal (silver) in long course (50 m) in the 100 m freestyle at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, behind Filippo Magnini of Italy. The following year he won a bronze medal at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne at the 50 m freestyle, with a new national record of 21.97.
After breaking the 48 second barrier in the 100 m freestyle long course (he was only the second person to do so after then world record holder Pieter van den Hoogenband) in Paris, Nystrand revealed that he averages less than 3,000 meters a practice, a minuscule amount compared to other professional swimmers, and never more than 20,000 meters a week. He is also noted for having an atypical front crawl technique in which his arms do not bend during the recovery phase. Normally, a swimmer will bend the arm at the elbow while above water to improve their line in the water.
Nystrand has also competed at the Olympic Games, in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. His best placing at the Games is the fourth place he got at the 50 metre freestyle event, 0.06 seconds behind South African medallist Roland Schoeman. At the Berlin round of the 2007 FINA World Cup, Nystrand broke the 100 m freestyle and 50 m freestyle (both short course) world records.
Personal bests
Long course (50 m)
Event | Time |
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Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
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50 m freestyle | 21.45 | NR (sf) | 31 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
100 m freestyle | 47.37 | NR | 30 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [7] |
50 m breaststroke | 28.66 | (sf) | 13 May 2004 | European LC Championships | Madrid, Spain |
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 |
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Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
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50 m freestyle | 20.70 | NR | 15 Nov 2009 | World Cup | Berlin, Germany | [8] |
100 m freestyle | 45.54 | NR | 10 Nov 2009 | World Cup | Stockholm, Sweden | [9] |
50 m breaststroke | 26.70 | 28 Nov 2009 | Swedish SC Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
50 m butterfly | 23.75 | (h) | 25 Oct 2008 | World Cup | Sydney, Australia | |
100 m individual medley | 53.97 | NR | 9 Apr 2006 | World SC Championships | Shanghai, China |
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
Clubs
- Södertörns SS (−2006)
- SK Neptun (2006–2011)
- Spårvägens SF (2011–)
See also
References
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External links
- Swim Rankings profile
Records | ||
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Preceded by | Men's 50 metres freestyle world record holder (short course) 18 November 2007 – 11 April 2008 |
Succeeded by Duje Draganja |
Preceded by | Men's 100 metres freestyle world record holder (short course) 17 November 2007 – 7 December 2008 |
Succeeded by Alain Bernard |
Sporting positions | ||
Preceded by | Swedish National LC Champion Men's 50 m freestyle 2001–2004 |
Succeeded by Marcus Piehl |
Preceded by | Swedish National LC Champion Men's 50 m freestyle 2006–2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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- Swedish swimmers
- 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 swimmers of Sweden
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Södertörns SS swimmers
- SK Neptun swimmers
- Spårvägens SF swimmers
- Swedish people of Croatian descent