Thomas Lejdström (born 31 May 1962) is a former

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freestyle and medley swimmer, who competed in the

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

Summer Olympics. In 1984 Lejdström won a bronze medal in 4×100 m freestyle relay along with

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and Per Johansson. Nicknamed ''Lejan'' his best individual result at the Olympics is a 7th place at 200 m freestyle in 1980. Lejdström is the father of the Swedish Youth Olympics swimmer

Gustav Åberg Lejdström Carl Gustav Thomas Åberg Lejdström (born 13 March 1992) is a Swedish swimmer representing Helsingborgs SS. He participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, where he finished 10th in the boys' 400 metre freestyle and 20th in the bo ...

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Clubs

Västerås SS The Västerås Simsällskap, Västerås SS or VSS, Sweden, Swedish, is a swim team from Västerås founded November 3, 1910. Its home pool is Lögarängsbadet in Västerås. The club practises swimming (sport), swimming, Diving (sport), diving, wa ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lejdstrom, Thomas 1962 births Swedish male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers for Sweden Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Living people University of California, Berkeley alumni Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Swedish male freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming California Golden Bears men's swimmers Västerås SS swimmers Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swedish male medley swimmers Sportspeople from Västerås