Anders Holmertz (born 1 December 1968) is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle (200 and 400 meters) races in the 1980s and at the beginning of the 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle. He is the brother of another Swedish swimmer, Mikael Holmertz. His first appearance at Olympic Games is in 1984 at

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, at the age of sixteen. Holmertz missed the final of 200 m freestyle, with the time of 1:51.70. He scored his first international medal at the European Championships of Sofia one year later, arriving 3rd in the 4×200 m freestyle relay.Anders Holmertz at Sports Reference
at Sports Reference Homertz's achieved his main success at the next edition of European Championship, winning 200 m freestyle with the time of 1:48.44, beating rising Italian star Giorgio Lamberti. At

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he was the favourite in this race but surprisingly finished second behind

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. Also a relative failure was the next European Championship, where Holmertz was only third in the 200 m freestyle. After a series of fourth places, he trained well for the

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. After a startling battery series, Holmertz was second in the 200 m behind the Russian surprise Yevgeny Sadovyi and third in the 400 m, again beat by Sadovyi and by Kieren Perkins. Holmertz won another silver medal in 4×200 m freestyle relay, the best result ever for his national team. At the 1993 European Championship Holmertz won bronze medal in the 200 m and silver medal in the 400 m, both in freestyle. At the 1994 World Championship in

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Holmertz finally won a gold medal, in the 4×200 m freestyle, plus a solo second place in the 200 m. His last success was a silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at

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in 1996, after a 5th place in the 200 m solo race.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

Titles

FINA World Aquatics Championships

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: 4 × 200 m freestyle

European LC Championships

* European LC Championships 1987: 200 m freestyle

European Junior Swimming Championships

*1983 European Junior Swimming Championships: 1500 m freestyle

Swedish Swimming Championships

*1984 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle *1985 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle *1986 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle *1987 Swedish Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle *1988 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle *1989 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle *1990 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle *1991 Swedish Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle *1992 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle *1993 Swedish Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley *1994 Swedish Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley *1995 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley *1996 Swedish Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley, 4 × 200 m freestyle

Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships

*1984 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle *1985 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle *1986 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle *1987 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle *1988 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle *1989 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle *1990 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle *1991 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley *1992 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 100 m individual medley, 200 m individual medley *1993 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 100 m individual medley *1994 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley *1995 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle *1996 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle *1997 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle

References

Clubs

* Motala SS *

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