Mikael Gustaf Örn (born 29 November 1961) is a

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freestyle and medley swimmer whose notability, during the 1980s, stems from winning a bronze medal at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, held in

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. A native of the southwestern coastal city of

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

, the nation's second-largest and the capital of

Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...

, Mikael Örn, who is 195 cm tall ft. 5 in. competed in the medal-winning

freestyle relay Freestyle is a category of Swimming (sport), swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races ar ...

along with teammates

Thomas Lejdström Thomas Lejdström (born 31 May 1962) is a former Swedish freestyle and medley swimmer, who competed in the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. In 1984 Lejdström won a bronze medal in 4×100 m freestyle relay along with Bengt Baron Bengt ...

Bengt Baron Bengt Baron (born 6 March 1962) is a business leader and former backstroke swimmer from Sweden. Baron won the 100 m backstroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and was a member of the bronze winning team from Sweden in the 4×100 ...

and Per Johansson. His best individual result at the 1984 Olympics was 16th place in men's 200 m

individual medley Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles—backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay. Individual m ...

Clubs

* Kristianstads SLS

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Olympic swimmers for Sweden Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Swimmers from Gothenburg 1961 births Living people Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Swedish male freestyle swimmers Swedish male medley swimmers Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Kristianstads SLS swimmers {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub