Lars Arne Frölander (born 26 May 1974) is a

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. He has competed in six consecutive Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012).

Biography

Frölander was born in Boden. He grew up in

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in Borlänge Municipality. In the

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, he competed in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay along with

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and Tommy Werner. The Swedish team finished second behind the Unified Team. In the 1996 Summer Olympics, Frölander again finished second in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay with the Swedish team. The team consisted of

, Frölander, Anders Lyrbring. This time the

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was the winning team. Frölander also competed in the 100 metre freestyle, where he finished ninth in the heats but scratched the B-final, and in the 100 metre butterfly event, where he finished 19th. The highlight of his career was when he won the

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in the 100 metre butterfly event at the Sydney Olympic Games in September 2000. A couple of months earlier he twice broke the

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in the men's 100 m butterfly (short course). Frölander was awarded the

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in 2000 as a result of his gold medal victory in Sydney. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Frölander, age 38, posted a 52.47 in the opening heats of the 100 m butterfly, less than 1 second slower than top qualifier Chad le Clos, but 0.12 s too slow to advance to the semifinals.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

Clubs

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Sundsvalls SS Sundsvalls SS is a Swedish swim team from Sundsvall training in Sporthallsbadet. Olympics The team's most famous swimmers are Olympic gold medalist for 100m Butterfly Lars Frölander and Olympic bronze medalist Anna-Karin Kammerling. Swimmers ...

(1996–2001) * Linköpings ASS (2001–)

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frolander, Lars 1974 births Living people People from Boden Municipality Swedish male freestyle swimmers Swedish male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers of Sweden Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden World record setters in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming SMU Mustangs men's swimmers Southern Methodist University alumni Borlänge SS swimmers Sundsvalls SS swimmers Linköpings ASS swimmers Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming Goodwill Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Sportspeople from Norrbotten County 20th-century Swedish people 21st-century Swedish people