Sven Schwarz (born 31 January 2002) is a German competitive

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. He is the world junior record holder in the

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800 metre freestyle, and the 2023 European under-23 champion over 800 metres (long course). He won a silver medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay and bronze medals in the 800 metre and 1500 metre freestyle at the 2019 European Junior Championships. In 2021, he won one bronze medal each in the 800 metre freestyle and 1500 metre freestyle at the 2021 European Short Course Championships. At the

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(

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), he placed fifth in the final of the 800 metre freestyle.

Background

Schwarz was born 31 January 2002 in

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."Sven Schwarz"
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''. Retrieved 22 October 2022. He competes for swim club W98 Hannover.

Career

2019

2019 European Junior Championships

For his first medal of the

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, held at the

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in early July, Schwarz won the bronze medal in the 1500 metre freestyle with a time of 15:09.41, finishing behind a gold-silver medal finish by two Russian swimmers.Race, Retta (4 July 2019)
"2019 European Junior C'Ships Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021. Schwarz won his second medal on 5 July, splitting a 1:49.04 for the second leg of the

4×200 metre freestyle relay and helping the relay achieve a silver medal-winning time of 7:18.31, which was less than two seconds slower than the gold medal-winning time of 7:16.49 swum by the Russian relay team.Covington, Taylor (5 July 2019)
"2019 European Junior Swimming Championships Finals Day 3: Matthew Richards Swims 48.8 100 Free"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021. On Saturday 6 July, Schwarz posted a personal best time of 7:53.74 in the 800 metre freestyle, earning the bronze medal in the event behind two Russians, only one of which had also finished ahead of him in the 1500 metre freestyle, and making the only swimmers Schwarz finished behind in all three events he medaled in Russian, that is, the only swimmers faster than Schwarz in the events were Russian.Sutherland, James (6 July 2019)
"2019 European Junior Swimming Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

2019 German Championships

At the 2019 German Short Course Championships in

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in November, Schwarz swam a personal best time in the

800 metre freestyle of 7:36.00, which earned him the silver medal in the event behind

Florian Wellbrock Florian Wellbrock (born 19 August 1997) is a German swimmer. He is the world record holder in the short course 1500 metre freestyle. He won gold medals in the 10 kilometre open water swim and 1500 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Cham ...

and set a new world junior record in the event, breaking the mark of 7:41.51 established by

for the event in 2014.Race, Retta (16 November 2019)
"Germany's Sven Schwarz Establishes World Junior Record In SCM 800 Free"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

2021

2021 Swimming World Cup: Berlin

On day one of competition at the

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stop in Berlin, 1 October, Schwarz swam a 3:45.86 in the prelims heats of the 400 metre freestyle and qualified for the final ranked seventh overall.

(1 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021. In the final of the event later the same day, Schwarz finished sixth with a time of 3:44.90.

(1 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021. The second day, Schwarz won the bronze medal in the 1500 metre freestyle timed final in 14:45.83.

(2 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 1500m Freestyle Fastest Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021.Race, Retta (2 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Berlin: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021.De George, Matthew (2 October 2021)
"Matthew Sates Destroys 200 IM World Junior Record at FINA World Cup"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021. On the third and final day of competition, Schwarz ranked 27th overall in the prelims heats of the 200 metre freestyle with his time of 1:49.65 and did not advance to the final.

(3 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

2021 European Short Course Championships

At the

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in November, Schwarz ranked sixth in the prelims heats of the 1500 meter freestyle on 3 November with a time of 14:41.74 and qualified for the final the following day.

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(3 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 1500m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 27 November 2021. In the final, he swam a 14:26.24 and earned the bronze medal in the event, finishing behind gold medalist Florian Wellbrock, also of Germany, and silver medalist

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(4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 1500m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 27 November 2021.Byrnes, Liz (4 November 2021)
"Nicolo Martinenghi Wins 100 Breaststroke Battle; Florian Wellbrock Goes Third All-Time In 1500 At European SC"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021. On 6 November, in the prelims heats of the 800 meter freestyle, Schwarz qualified for the final of the event ranked seventh overall with his time of 7:39.07.

(6 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 800m Freestyle Men Preliminaries"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 27 November 2021. The final day of competition, 7 November, he won the bronze medal in the event, finishing after gold medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri and silver medalist Florian Wellbrock with a time of 7:33.85.

(7 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 800m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 27 November 2021.Byrnes, Liz (7 November 2021)
"Final Session Witnesses Two World Records, A WJR And One European Mark As European SC End"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

2022

Through 30 March for the 2022 year, Schwarz ranked in the global top five for the long course 800 metre freestyle, second, and long course 400 metre freestyle, fourth.Penland, Spencer (30 March 2022)
"Global Top 5 Times In Each LCM Event In 2022 As Selection Meets Heat Up"
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''. Retrieved 30 March 2022. In April, at the 2022 Berlin Swim Open, he lowered his best time in the 800 metre freestyle to a 7:46.64.Keith, Braden (9 April 2022)
"Rafael Miroslaw Breaks German Record In The 100 Free At Berlin Swim Open"
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''. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

2022 European Aquatics Championships

Schwarz was named to the Germany roster for the

, held in August in

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, in the 400 metre freestyle and 800 metre freestyle."German athletes qualified for Rome 2022"
''roma2022.eu''. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022. In the preliminaries of the 800 metre freestyle on day two, he ranked sixth overall with a time of 7:49.30 and qualified for the final.

(12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 800m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022.OA Sport (12 August 2022)
"Europei nuoto Roma 2022 - Risultati batterie day 2: l'Italia incanta nei 100 rana, bene Miressi e Paltrinieri"
(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 12 August 2022. He placed fifth in the final with a time of 7:47.36, finishing less than four seconds behind bronze medalist

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of Italy.

(13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 800m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022. In the preliminaries of the 400 metre freestyle on day seven, he placed tenth with a time of 3:49.58 and did not qualify for the evening final."Campeonatos Europeos: 400m estilo libre - masculino - series: Resultados"
(in Spanish). ''

''. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022."Schwimm-EM in Rom: Gose, Märtens und Mühlleitner auf Medaillenkurs"
(in German). ''tah.de''. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

2022 Swimming World Cup: Berlin

For his first of two individual events at the

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held in

and conducted in short course metres, Schwarz placed fifteenth in the 400 metre freestyle preliminary heats with a time of 3:46.02, which was 4.51 seconds slower than first-ranked

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(21 October 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 23 October 2022. In his second event, the 1500 metre freestyle, he finished in a time of 14:34.87, which was 10.96 seconds faster than his time at the Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin one year prior, and won the bronze medal.

(22 October 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

2023

On 21 April 2023, at the Berlin Swim Open, Schwarz placed fifth in the 1500 metre freestyle with a personal best time of 14:49.22."Swim Open Berlin (GER) 2023: Men, 1500m Freestyle"
''swimrankings.net''. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023. The following two days, he won bronze medals in the 800 metre freestyle, with a personal best time of 7:43.43 on 22 April, and the 400 metre freestyle, with a personal best time of 3:46.56 on 23 April."Grandi crono dal Berlin Open. Florian Wellbrock: 1500 stile libero (14.34.89). Lukas Martens: 800 stile libero (7.42.14) 400 (3.43.86)"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Schwarz has won at Swimming World Cup circuits."Sven Schwarz: Medals"
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''. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

World records

World junior records

Short course metres (25 m pool)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwarz, Sven 2002 births Living people German male swimmers German male freestyle swimmers 21st-century German people

Background

Career

2019

2019 European Junior Championships

2019 German Championships

2021

2021 Swimming World Cup: Berlin

2021 European Short Course Championships

2022

2022 European Aquatics Championships

2022 Swimming World Cup: Berlin

2023

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

World records

World junior records

Short course metres (25 m pool)

See also

References

External links