Emelie Linnea Fast (born 20 February 2004) is a Swedish Olympic

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. She is representing

Södertörns SS Södertörns Simsällskap is a Swedish swim team founded in 1967. The club's activities take place in Eriksdalsbadet, Torvalla simhall and Vårbyhallen. The most famous swimmer is Sarah Sjöström. Swimmers *Stefan Nystrand (-2006) * Louise Jö ...

Career

Emilie Fast was born in

Solna Solna Municipality ( sv, Solna kommun or , ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna is one of t ...

. She won the 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2018

Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships The Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships ( sv, Svenska mästerskapen i kortbanesimning) are annually in late November in an indoor 25m pool. The championships sometimes also works as trials for the World Championships and European Short C ...

, representing

. In 2021, she competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the

2020 European Aquatics Championships The 2020 European Aquatics Championships (also known as the 2021 European Aquatics Championships; 35th) were scheduled to take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 24 May 2020. However, on 5 May it was announced that the event had been postpon ...

, in

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, Hungary. At the championship, she swam below the

Swedish Olympic Committee The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) ( sv, Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (SOK)) is the Swedish National Olympic Committee (NOC). The Swedish Olympic Committee organize the Swedish participation in the Olympics, choose the participants and run the " ...

trial time for the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

, making her able for selection from their side. Later in 2021, she represented Sweden at the

held in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke event. She competed at the

2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were held from 16 to 21 December 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was previously scheduled for 13 to 18 December but moved back three days on 24 February 2021. Originally scheduled to b ...

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* 2004 births Living people Swedish female breaststroke swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Sweden Södertörns SS swimmers {{Sweden-swimming-bio-stub