Jonas Carl Andersson (born 2 June 1984) is a Swedish

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from

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, representing

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Biography

Jonas Andersson was born on 2 June 1984 in

, to Ewa and Jan Andersson. He competed at the 2001 Nordic Junior Championships in Fredrikshavn, where he finished third in the 200 m breaststroke. At the

2002 European Junior Swimming Championships The 2002 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from 11–14 July 2002 in Linz, Austria. Medal table Medal summary Boy's events , - , 50 m freestyle , - , 100 m freestyle , - , 200 m freestyle , - , 400 m freestyle ...

in Linz, he finished 12th in the 200 m breaststroke. Jonas Andersson attended Södra Latins gymnasium in

and studied Economics at

Stockholm School of Economics The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE; sv, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, HHS) is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along with ...

. He graduated with a

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Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

at the

University of Nevada, Las Vegas The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes the S ...

. He has returned to the Stockholm School of Economics to finish his master's degree. At the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, he competed with the

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. At the 2006

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Championships, he finished third in the 200 y breaststroke, and in the 2007 championships, he won the 200 y breaststroke and finished second in the 100 y breaststroke. Both years he was a part of the 4x50 y medley relay gold winning team. In 2007, he won his first individual

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titles, when he won all the individual breaststroke events (50 m breaststroke, 100 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke). Andersson competed for Sweden at the 2008 Olympics, where he narrowly missed his personal best while placing third in his heat with a time of 1:01.77 on 100 m breaststroke and maintained his top 50 in the world status. In total, he finished 31st in the 100 m breaststroke. He also was a part of the 4 × 100 m medley relay team that finished 11th in the prelims.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

Clubs

External links

Jonas Andersson profile on UNLV Rebel's Website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Jonas 1984 births Living people Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Sweden European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Stockholm School of Economics alumni SK Neptun swimmers UNLV Rebels men's swimmers Swedish male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers from Stockholm