Erik Tony Emanuel Andersson (born September 10, 1984) is a

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, freestyle and medley

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from

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currently representing

Linköpings ASS Linköpings Allmänna Simsällskap is one of the oldest Swedish swim teams, founded on 4 June 1824. It is one of the best-known Swedish swimming teams. The head coach for the swim team is Niklas Larsson. Swimmers * Erik Andersson (2006–present) ...

. He started his career in Trollhättans SS, but moved to

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and

to study at the

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. Andersson participated in the

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finishing 32nd on the 100 m butterfly. at Sports Reference He also has bronze medal on 4x50 m freestyle relay from the European SC Championships 2004 in

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together with David Nordenlilja,

Marcus Piehl Marcus Piehl (born 23 August 1985) is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He was a member of the Swedish swimming team 2002–2009. His best performance was relay in short course. The Swedish team won the European Championship in 2006 and 2007. The ...

and

Petter Stymne Petter Stymne (born 9 May 1983 in Ryd, Sweden) is a Swedish swimmer from Skövde, representing SK Neptun from Stockholm. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Stymne became gold medalist and world rec ...

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

Clubs

* Trollhättans SS (-2005, 2005–2006) *

Göteborg Sim Göteborg Sim is a Swedish swim team from Gothenburg founded in 1991. The greatest swimmers in the history of Göteborg Sim is Erik Andersson and Josefin Lillhage. Swimmers * Erik Andersson (2005) *Josefin Lillhage Josefin Lillhage (born 15 ...

(2005) *

(2006-)

References

1984 births Living people Swedish male butterfly swimmers Swedish male freestyle swimmers Swedish male medley swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Sweden Linköping University alumni Trollhättans SS swimmers Göteborg Sim swimmers Linköpings ASS swimmers {{Sweden-swimming-bio-stub