Therese Svendsen (born
Malmö
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, March 13, 1989) is a
Swedish
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swimmer representing
SK Ran
SK Ran is a Swedish swim team from Malmö, Sweden founded in 1922. The club's greatest rival is Malmö KK, also from Malmö.
Swedish two-times Olympic gold medalist Gunnar Larsson has swum for SK Ran.
Swimmers
* Gunnar Larsson
*Ida Marko-Varga
...
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Biography
She is a former holder of the
Swedish record in short-course 200 m backstroke, and swam for Sweden at the
2007 World Championships (backstroke events).
As of 2008, she is attending/swimming for the USA's
Southern Methodist University
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Svendsen's bio
from the SMU Athletics website; retrieved 2009-07-13.
She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics
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, where she finished 35th in the 100 metre backstroke event.
References
Swedish female backstroke swimmers
1989 births
Living people
Olympic swimmers of Sweden
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Sportspeople from Malmö
21st-century Swedish women
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