Föreningen Göteborg Sim, commonly known as Göteborg Sim, is a Swedish swimming club based in
Gothenburg
Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
and founded in 1991. The greatest swimmers in the history of Göteborg Sim is
Erik Andersson and
Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage (born 15 March 1980) is a former swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle swimming, freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She competed in four Olympiads: in C ...
.
History
Göteborg Sim was founded on 3 June 1991 through a merge of
Göteborgs KK Najaden (founded through a merge of
Göteborgs KK and
SK Najaden in 1971, where Göteborgs KK was founded in 1934 as Masthuggets SIS, and SK Najaden in 1917 from the women's department of
SK Göteborg) and
Askim-Frölunda SK (founded 1972 as Askims SK).
At the
1999 FINA World Swimming Championships, Göteborg Sim swimmer
Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage (born 15 March 1980) is a former swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle swimming, freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She competed in four Olympiads: in C ...
won a gold in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay with Sweden.
Lillhage, who had swum for Göteborg Sim and its merging members her whole career except for two years at
Simavdelningen 1902, continued to
Väsby SS
Väsby Simsällskap, commonly known as Väsby SS or VSS, is a swimming club from Upplands Väsby north of Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1964 and the home pool is Vilundabadet. Väsby SS is one of the major Swedish swim teams finishing in t ...
the following year.
[
Göteborg Sim had their first Olympic swimmer at the ]2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
, when Claire Hedenskog and Joline Höstman participated.[
In 2022, the diving and synchronized swimming club SIK Delfin (founded in 1997 as SHK Göteborg) joined Göteborg Sim.][
]
Swimmers
''Swimmers that have participated in the Summer Olympics while representing Göteborg Sim:''
* Claire Hedenskog[
]
References
External links
Göteborg Sim's Official Website
Swimming clubs in Sweden
Sports clubs and teams established in 1991
Sports clubs and teams in Gothenburg
1991 establishments in Sweden
1990s establishments in Gothenburg and Bohus County
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