Sarah Fredrika Sjöström (; born 17 August 1993) is a Swedish competitive

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specialising in the sprint freestyle and

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events and one of the most decorated swimmers of all time. As of 2024, Sjöström has won a total of 23 individual medals at long course World Championships, more than any other swimmer in history. She is the only female swimmer to win five individual medals at a single FINA World Aquatics Championships, a feat she accomplished in 2019. In 2021, Sjöström achieved a career total of over 1000

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points in the International Swimming League, becoming the first swimmer in history to do so. In 2022, she became the first swimmer from any country to have won a total of 28 medals at

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. She has won 112 medals at Swimming World Cups. Sjöström is the current

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holder in the 50 metre freestyle (

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), the 100 metre freestyle (long course), and the 50 metre butterfly (long course). She is a former world record holder in the 100 metre butterfly (long course), 50 metre freestyle ( short course), 100 metre freestyle (short course), 100 metre butterfly (short course), 200 metre freestyle (short course), and the 4×50 metre medley relay (short course). She is the first Swedish woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. She won the Overall Swimming World Cup in

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and

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. In 2022, she became the first swimmer representing a country in Europe to win 10 individual World Championships gold medals. She currently represents Energy Standard in the

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. Sjöström participated in five consecutive

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, from Beijing 2008 through Paris 2024. She has won six Olympic medals: three gold (100 metre butterfly, 100 metre freestyle and 50 metre freestyle), two silver (200 metre freestyle and 50 metre freestyle), and one bronze (100 metre freestyle).

Career

2008–2009

2008 European Championships

On 22 March 2008, at the age of 14, Sjöström won the gold medal in the 100 metre

at the

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, with a time of 58.44 seconds. In the semi-finals the day before, she set a new Swedish record of 58.38 seconds, breaking the previous record of 58.71 seconds by Anna-Karin Kammerling. LEN (21 March 2008)
"29th LEN European Swimming Championships Eindhoven: Women's 100m Butterfly Semifinals Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 23 January 2023. Three days earlier, she won her first medal of the Championships in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, contributing a split time of 56.17 for the third leg of the relay in the preliminary heats before being substituted out for the finals relay and winning a bronze medal for her efforts when the finals relay placed third in 3:41.28. LEN (18 March 2008)
"29th LEN European Swimming Championships Eindhoven: Women's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 23 January 2023."Netherlands sets world record in women's 400 freestyle relay"
''

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''. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2023. At the Swedish championships in 2008 in the same event, she finished in a time of 58.55 seconds.

2008 Summer Olympics

Sjöström earned a spot on the Swedish Swim Team for the

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, where she finished 27th in the preliminary heats of the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 59.08 and 29th in the preliminary heats of the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 1:02.38, failing to advance to the semi-finals in both races. She also swam the backstroke leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the preliminaries, in which the Swedish team qualified in seventh place for the finals, though the team went on to be disqualified in the final for a false start. The day of the 4×100 metre medley relay final coincided with Sjöström's 15th birthday.

2009 World Championships

On 26 July 2009, at the

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, Sjöström set a

in the semifinals of the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 56.44 seconds, surpassing Inge de Bruijn's nine-year-old record."Sjostrom breaks women's 100 fly world record"
''

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''. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2023. The next day, in the final of the event, she won the gold medal and improved her world record time to 56.06 seconds at just of age.Crouse, Karen (27 July 2009)
"Swimmers Need Faster Times Earlier at World Championships"
''

''. Retrieved 7 February 2023."Swimming – Sjostrom wins 100m butterfly, sets world record"
''

''. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

2010–2012

2010 European Championships

At the

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, Sjöström defended her European title in the 100 metre butterfly by winning the event. With a split time of 53.77 seconds for the third leg of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay in the final, she helped Sweden win the bronze medal in a time of 3:38.81. LEN (9 August 2010)
"30th LEN European Swimming Championships Budapest: Women's 4x100m Freestyle Finals Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 23 January 2023. For the 4×100 metre medley relay, she anchored the relay in the final with a time of 53.73 seconds to help her country finish in 4:01.18 and win the silver medal. LEN (15 August 2010)
"30th LEN European Swimming Championships Budapest: Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Finals Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 23 January 2023. In December 2011, she broke the Swedish record when she won the 100 metre freestyle at the Open Dutch Championships in Eindhoven. However, she failed to win a medal at the

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2011 World Championships

At the

, China, Sjöström competed in five events, first placing fourth in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 57.38 seconds, which was 0.32 seconds behind bronze medalist Lu Ying of China.

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(25 July 2011)
"14th FINA World Championships Shanghai (CHN): Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 9 February 2023. In her next event, the 200 metre freestyle, she placed fourth, finishing less than nine-tenths of a second behind world record holder in the event and gold medalist Federica Pellegrini of

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with a time of 1:56.41.

(27 July 2011)
"14th FINA World Championships Shanghai (CHN): Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 9 February 2023. The following day, she helped achieve a time of 8:02.30 and overall placing of twelfth in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, splitting a 1:57.84 for the third leg of the relay in the preliminaries.

(28 July 2011)
"14th FINA World Championships Shanghai (CHN): Women's 4x200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 9 February 2023. Two days later, on the final day of competition, she contributed to an overall placing of tenth in the 4×100 metre medley relay, swimming the backstroke portion of the relay in 1:01.24 in the preliminaries to help achieve a time of 4:02.71 that did not qualify the relay to the evening final.

(30 July 2011)
"14th FINA World Championships Shanghai (CHN): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 9 February 2023. Later in the day, she finished outside the podium in her third and final individual event, this time tying Lu Ying for fourth-place in the final of the 50 metre butterfly with a 25.87.

(30 July 2011)
"14th FINA World Championships Shanghai (CHN): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

2012 European Championships

For Sjöström, 2012 was a year of both successes and setbacks. At the 2012 European Aquatics Championships, held in early summer in

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, Hungary, she achieved double gold medals in her individual events, with one in the 50 metre butterfly and one in the 100 metre freestyle. In her relay event, the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, she helped win the silver medal in a final time of 3:38.40, swimming the third leg of the relay in 54.04 seconds. LEN (21 May 2012)
"31st LEN European Swimming Championships Debrecen (HUN): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

2012 Summer Olympics

At the

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, Sjöström competed in four individual events, reaching the semi-finals of the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle and 200 metre freestyle, and placing fourth in the final of the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 57.17 seconds. Sjöström's world record was broken in this race by

Dana Vollmer Dana Whitney Vollmer (born November 13, 1987) is a former American competition swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning United States ...

of the

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. In 2015, Sjöström regained the world record by improving it twice at the

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, held in

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2013–2014

2013 World Championships

On 29 July 2013, Sjöström won the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly at the

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, with a time of 56.53 seconds, which was 0.44 seconds faster than silver medalist

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and 0.71 seconds faster than bronze medalist Dana Vollmer.

(29 July 2013)
"15th FINA World Championships Barcelona (ESP): Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 18 October 2022.Sejwal, Ritu (29 July 2013)
"Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom won the women's 100m butterfly gold with 56.53secs at the Barcelona swimming world championships on Monday"
''

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''. Retrieved 18 October 2022. Four days later, she won a silver medal in the 100 metre freestyle, finishing 0.55 seconds behind a first-time world champion in the event, Cate Campbell of Australia, with a time of 52.89 seconds.

(2 August 2013)
"15th FINA World Championships Barcelona (ESP): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 18 October 2022."Campbell wins 100m freestyle title"
''

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''. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

2013 European Short Course Championships

At the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships in December in

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, Sjöström won four medals in individual events, a gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a Championships record of 24.90 seconds, a gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly, a silver medal in the 50 metre freestyle, and a silver medal in the 100 metre freestyle, and two medals in relay events, one silver medal each in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay and 4×50 metre medley relay.

2014 European Championships

On 5 July 2014, Sjöström broke the

in the

50 metre butterfly, set at 25.07 by fellow Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar in 2009, with a time of 24.43 seconds. The margin of 0.64 seconds by which she lowered the world record compared to the prior record has been juxtaposed with

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's 1968 long jump world record. At the

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, held in

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later that summer, she won three gold medals and four silver medals. On 18 August, she and her Swedish relay teammates won the gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. The next day she also won the final of the 50 metre butterfly. On 20 August, the she won her third gold medal, this time in the 100 metre freestyle. She also won silver medals in the freestyle relay, 100 metre butterfly, 50 metre freestyle and 4×100 metre medley relay.

2014 World Short Course Championships

In December 2014, Sjöström competed in five individual events and two relay events at the 2014 World Short Course Swimming Championships, contested at Hamad Aquatic Centre in

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, medalling in four of seven of her events.

(7 December 2014)
"12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT): Complete Results Book"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 17 October 2022. She won her first medal of the Championships on day three in the 100 metre freestyle, finishing in a time of 51.39 seconds to win the silver medal just 0.02 seconds behind gold medalist

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(5 December 2014)
"12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 17 October 2022. Approximately 30 minutes later, she won the gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a Championships record time of 24.58 seconds.

(5 December 2014)
"12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 17 October 2022. Two days later, she won the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly with a

and Championships record time of 54.61 seconds, which was over four-tenths of a second faster than the former world record time.

(7 December 2014)
"12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT): Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 17 October 2022."Sjostrom sets new world 100m butterfly record"
''

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''. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2022."Sizzling Sjostrom sets two records on final day"
''

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''. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2022. Approximately 70 minutes later, she won another gold medal with a world record and Championships record time, this time lowering the

in the 200 metre freestyle by over three-tenths of a second with a final mark of 1:50.78.

(7 December 2014)
"12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT): Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 17 October 2022. For her other three events during the five day competition, she placed fourth in the 4×100 metre medley relay with a 3:51.64, seventh in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay with a 4:43.44, and nineteenth in the 200 metre butterfly with a 2:09.51.

2015–2016

2015 World Championships

In 2015, and leading up to the World Championships, Sjöström received the Jerring Prize and a Victoria Scholarship. Approximately two months earlier, at the 2015 Eindhoven Swim Cup in April, she became the first female Swedish swimmer to achieve a time faster than 1:00.00 in the 100 metre backstroke, setting a new Swedish record with a personal best time of 59.98 seconds.Keith, Braden (5 April 2015)
"Sjostrom Breaks 100 Back National Record, Heemskerk Climbs All-Time 100 Free Rankings"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 8 February 2023. At the

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, held in July and August, she won a total of five medals, including gold medals in the 50 metre butterfly and 100 metre butterfly events, during the latter she broke the world record twice, first with a 55.74 in the semifinals then again with a 55.64 in the final."World Swimming: Sarah Sjostrom sets new 100m butterfly record"
''

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''. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2023. Her gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly was the first gold medal she won at a FINA World Aquatics Championships. With both of the gold medals, she also became the first Swedish swimmer to win two World Championships gold medals during a single World Aquatics Championships. In the 100 metre freestyle, she won the silver medal with a time of 52.70 seconds, sharing the podium with Australian sisters

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, gold medalist, and Cate Campbell, bronze medalist.

(7 August 2015)
"16th FINA World Championships Kazan (RUS): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 18 October 2022. On the final day, Sjöström concluded competition with a bronze medal in the 50 metre freestyle and a silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay. Thus she won medals in all four individual events, and in the three relay events there was a silver medal and two fourth-place finishes. In all, she won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze medal during world championship week; more medals than any Swede had previously won at the same world championships.

2015 European Short Course Championships

At the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships, held in December in

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, Sjöström won the gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a Championships record time of 24.58 seconds on day two."Sjöström wins butterfly gold in Israel"
''

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''. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2022. The following day, she placed first in the final of the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 51.37 seconds to win the gold medal.Lepesant, Anne (4 December 2015)
"Sjostrom "Happy to Have Improved So Much" in 100 Free"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 15 January 2023. In her first race of the fifth and final evening, the semifinals of the 50 metre freestyle, she finished in a time of 23.75 seconds to qualify for the final ranking second overall. LEN (6 December 2015)
"2015 LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 50 m Freestyle – Women Semi-Final Summary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Approximately, 28 minutes later, she won the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly, achieving a Championships record time of 55.03 seconds in the final to finish 0.63 seconds ahead of silver medalist

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of Denmark.Schultz, Laura Rosenkvist (6 December 2015)
"Ottesen svømmer anden danske medalje hjem ved EM!"
(in Danish). ''svoem.dk''. Retrieved 15 January 2023. She won her second medal of the evening approximately 44 minutes later, swimming to a silver medal-finish in the final of the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 23.63 seconds, which was 0.07 seconds behind the first-place finisher and 0.41 seconds ahead of the third-place finisher.Schultz, Laura Rosenkvist (6 December 2015)
"Endnu en medalje til Ottesen!"
(in Danish). ''svoem.dk''. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Concluding with the final of the 4×50 metre medley relay approximately 26 minutes later, she split a 24.33 for the butterfly leg of the relay to help finish in a time of 1:45.34 and win the silver medal. LEN (6 December 2015)
"2015 LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 4x50 m Medley – Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Before the end of the year, Sjöström was named as the first Swedish swimmer by ''

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'' to receive their accolade "Swimmer of the Year in Europe"; she was also awarded the

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, an annual award "for the most significant Swedish sports achievement of the year", with the words "For explosive willpower, double world records and a historic gold cavalcade".

2016 European Championships

Ahead of her international competitions for the 2016 year, on 25 January 2016, Sjöström was awarded the Swedish public radio Jerring Award for the second year in a row. On the first day of swimming competition at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships, held in May in London, England, she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, leading-off the relay with a 53.48 to contribute to the final mark of 3:37.84. LEN (16 May 2016)
"London 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 4x100m Freestyle – Women"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 16 January 2023. She followed up with a gold medal-win the next day in the 50 metre butterfly, finishing first with a time of 24.99 seconds, which was 0.56 seconds slower than her world record time in the event. LEN (17 May 2016)
"London 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 50m Butterfly – Women"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 16 January 2023.Brien, Taylor (17 May 2016)
"Sarah Sjostrom Improves Upon World Best In 50 Fly at 2016 Euro Champs"
''

''. Retrieved 16 January 2023. On the third day, she shared the podium with two Dutch swimmers in the 100 metre freestyle, winning the gold medal with a time of 52.82 seconds.Marsteller, Jason (18 May 2016)
"Sarah Sjostrom Puts Up Easy Speed 52.82 to Win 100 Free at Euros"
''

''. Retrieved 16 January 2023. The fourth day, she won her final medal of the competition, a gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly with a Championships record time of 55.89 seconds. LEN (19 May 2016)
"London 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 100m Butterfly – Women"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

2016 Summer Olympics

On 7 August 2016, Sjöström won the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly at the 2016 Olympic Games in

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, setting a world record with a time of 55.48 seconds. With her win she became the first female Swedish swimmer to win a gold medal at an

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(8 August 2016)
"Swede breaks world record to claim Olympic swimming gold"
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''. Retrieved 29 April 2023."Here are 10 Swedish sports stars – from Anna Nordqvist and Armand Duplantis to Sarah Sjöström and Zlatan"
''sweden.se''. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023. She went on to win the silver medal in the 200 metre freestyle, where she finished 0.35 seconds behind gold medalist

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of the United States with a Swedish record time of 1:54.08, and the bronze medal in 100 metre freestyle, where she finished 0.29 seconds behind a two-way tie for the gold medal with a time of 52.99 seconds."Ledecky Holds Off Sweden's Sjostrom To Take Gold In Women's 200m Freestyle"
''

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''. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2023."2016 Summer Olympics Results – Swimming: Women's 100m Freestyle"
''

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''. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2023. With her medals, she became the second female swimmer in history and the fifth swimmer of any gender to win medals in the 100 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle, and the 100 metre butterfly at the same

or long course World Championships, after

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(

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), Kornelia Ender (

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( 1986, 1988) and Michael Klim (

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

2017–2019

In January 2017, Sjöström competed at the 19th Luxembourg Euro Meet and won the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 24.01 seconds, the 100 metre freestyle with a 53.21, the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 25.02 seconds, and the 100 metre butterfly with a 57.12. Three months later, she competed in the Stockholm Swim Open and won the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 25.63 seconds. She also won the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 56.26 seconds. She also won the 50 metre freestyle, setting a time of 23.83 seconds, the second fastest time ever. In the 100 metre freestyle she took first-place with the time of 52.54 seconds, a new personal best and Swedish record.

2017 World Championships

At the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships () were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

, with

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contested at

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in July in Budapest, Hungary, Sjöström won her first medal of the Championships in the 100 metre butterfly, winning the gold medal with a Championships record time of 55.53 seconds, which was 0.65 seconds faster than silver medalist

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of Australia and 0.84 seconds faster than bronze medalist Kelsi Dahlia of the United States.

(24 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 14 October 2022. With her win, she became the first woman in history at FINA World Aquatics Championships to win four gold medals in the event and in any one individual event.Zaccardi, Nick (24 July 2017)
"Sarah Sjostrom follows world record with 100m butterfly title"
''

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''. Retrieved 14 October 2022."Sweden's Sarah Sjöström makes more history with new gold medal"
''

''. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2022. One day earlier, in the final of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay on the first day of competition, she set a new

in the 100 metre freestyle, swimming a time of 51.71 seconds for the lead-off leg of the relay, and helping place fifth in a time of 3:33.94.

(23 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 14 October 2022."Sarah Sjostrom smashes 100m FR world record in relay lead-off"
''

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''. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2022. On the sixth day, she won a silver medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 52.31 seconds, finishing just 0.04 seconds behind gold medalist and 2016 Olympic champion in the event

Simone Manuel ] Simone Ashley Manuel (born August 2, 1996) is an American professional Swimming (sport), swimmer specializing in Freestyle swimming, freestyle events. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics, she won two gold and two silver medals: gold ...

of the United States.

(28 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 14 October 2022. The seventh day, Sjöström started the evening session off winning the gold medal in the Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly, 50 metre butterfly with a Championships record time of 24.60 seconds, which was over seven-tenths of a second faster than the second-place finisher.

(29 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.Fahey, Ciaran (29 July 2017)
"Sjostrom wins 50 fly, sets world record in 50 free at worlds"

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. Retrieved 14 October 2022. Approximately an hour later, in the semifinals of the 50 metre freestyle, she broke the

of 23.73 seconds set by

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of Germany in 2009 with a new world record and Championships record time of 23.67 seconds.

(29 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 14 October 2022."Fastest swim long course 50 metres freestyle (female)"
''

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''. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2022. Day eight of eight, she won the gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle, finishing in a time of 23.69 seconds, just 0.02 seconds off her world record time from the day before.

(30 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Freestyle Final Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 14 October 2022."Sjostrom claims third sprint title at swimming worlds"
''

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''. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2022. In her sixth and final event, the 4×100 metre medley relay, she split a 55.03 for the butterfly leg of the relay in the final, which was the fastest time by any of the finals relay butterfly swimmers by over one full second and contributed to a fifth-place finish in a time of 3:55.28.

(30 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

2017 Swimming World Cup

For the whole summer of 2017, Sjöström broke six world records in less than one month (the two at the aforementioned World Championships and later at 2017 Swimming World Cup short course competitions in Moscow, 50 metre freestyle at 23.10 seconds and 100 metre freestyle at 50.77 seconds, and Eindhoven, 100 metre freestyle at 50.58 seconds and 200 metre freestyle at 1:50.43).Rieder, David (2 August 2017)
"Sarah Sjostrom Takes Down 50 Free Short Course World Record in Moscow"
''

''. Retrieved 8 February 2023.

(3 August 2017)
"FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017 Moscow: Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 8 February 2023. As a simultaneous holder of eight world records on the short and long course, she became the swimmer to hold the most current world records in international swimming. In early August, Sjöström improved her time in the short course 50 metre freestyle, at races in Berlin, from 23.10 to 23.00. In the race, however, she was second behind Ranomi Kromowidjojo, who with the time 22.93 took from Sjöström one of her eight records.

2017 European Short Course Championships

For the third day of competition at the 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships, in December in

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, Denmark, Sjöström won her first medal of the evening in the final of the 100 metre freestyle, placing second with a time of 51.03 seconds to secure the silver medal. LEN (15 December 2017)
"2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 100 m Freestyle – Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 January 2023. Her second medal of the evening came in the 100 metre individual medley, finishing 0.95 seconds behind gold medalist Katinka Hosszú of Hungary in the final with a time of 57.92 seconds to win a second silver medal. LEN (15 December 2017)
"2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 100 m Medley – Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 January 2023. Medal number three for the evening was a third silver medal, this time in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay, where she contributed to the final mark of 1:35.92 with a 22.94 for the second leg of the relay. LEN (15 December 2017)
"2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 4x50m Freestyle – Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 January 2023. Day five of five, she won her first gold medal of the Championships in the 100 metre butterfly with a Championships record time of 55.00 seconds, which was 0.97 seconds faster than silver medalist Marie Wattel of

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. LEN (17 December 2017)
"2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 100 m Butterfly – Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 January 2023. She won her second gold medal approximately 48 minutes later, finishing first in the final of the 50 metre freestyle with a Championships record of 23.30 seconds. LEN (17 December 2017)
"2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 50 m Freestyle – Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 January 2023. Approximately 31 minutes later, she won her third and final gold medal of the night, splitting a 24.27 for the butterfly portion of the 4×50 metre medley relay to help place first in 1:44.43. LEN (17 December 2017)
"2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 4x50 m Medley – Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

2018 European Championships

In August, at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships in

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, Sjöström won the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly on day two of competition with a time of 56.13 seconds. LEN (4 August 2018)
"European Championships Glasgow 2018: Results 100m Butterfly Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.Romano, Javier (4 August 2018)

. '' Marca''. Retrieved 14 October 2022. Approximately 65 minutes later, she swam a Championships record time of 23.74 seconds in the final of the 50 metre freestyle, finishing 0.01 seconds ahead of second-place finisher

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of Denmark to win the gold medal. LEN (4 August 2018)
"European Championships Glasgow 2018: Results 50m Freestyle Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 October 2022. For the final of the 100 metre freestyle on day six, she won the gold medal with a time of 52.93 seconds after tying the Championships record time of 52.67 seconds in the semifinals the day before. LEN (7 August 2018)
"European Championships Glasgow 2018: Results 100m Freestyle Women Semi-Finals"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 October 2022. LEN (8 August 2018)
"European Championships Glasgow 2018: Results 100m Freestyle Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 October 2022. In the final of the 50 metre butterfly on day seven, she won her fourth gold medal, this time finishing over half of one second ahead of silver medalist Emilie Beckmann of Denmark with a time of 25.16 seconds. LEN (9 August 2018)
"European Championships Glasgow 2018: Results 50m Butterfly Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 October 2022."Sarah Sjöström wins fourth gold medal at European Championships"
''

''. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

2019 World Championships

At the

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held in

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, Sjöström won five medals, the most for a woman in individual events at the year's World Championships. She won a gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 25.02 seconds, which marked the third consecutive gold medal she won in the event at the World Championships. In the 100 metre butterfly, she won the silver medal with a time of 56.22 seconds to finish less than four-tenths of a second behind gold medalist

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."'I've looked up to you': Beautiful moment teen swimmer realises win over idol"
''

''. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2023. She won her second silver medal of the Championships in the 50 metre freestyle, where she finished 0.02 seconds behind first-place finisher Simone Manuel with a time of 24.07 seconds.

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(28 July 2019)
"Simone Manuel Becomes First American Woman to Sweep 50m, 100m Frees at Worlds"
''

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''. Retrieved 9 February 2023. For her first bronze medal, she placed third in the 200 metre freestyle with a time of 1:54.78, finishing within six-tenths of a second of gold medalist Federica Pellegrini and within two-tenths of a second of silver medalist

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of Australia.

(24 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Women's 200m Freestyle Final Heat 1 Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 10 February 2023. In the 100 metre freestyle she won her second of two bronze medals with a time of 52.46 seconds, sharing the podium with Simone Manuel, gold medalist, and Cate Campbell, silver medalist.

(26 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Heat 1 Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 10 February 2023. Based on her performances and result as the most decorated female competitor in individual events at the Championships, Sjöström was named FINA female swimmer of the meet, which she also won in 2017.

2019 International Swimming League

In the fall of 2019, she was a member of the

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competing for the Energy Standard Swim Club of which she was co-captain with Chad le Clos. The team won the overall title in the season finale in

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, United States, in December. At the first stop of the regular season, in

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, United States, she won the Most Valuable Player title, amassing 55.5 points over the competition, and after the season finale in Las Vegas, she was named the overall Most Valuable Player for the entire season with 243.5 points. During the season, she won the 50 metre freestyle in three matches, the 100 metre freestyle in two matches, the 50 metre butterfly in three matches, and the 100 metre butterfly in one match. She also won the 50 metre freestyle skins event at three matches.

2020–2021

2020 International Swimming League

In the 2020 International Swimming League season Sjöström placed 5th overall in points in 2020, due in part to a back injury that made her sit out of a full match. She ranked second to Caeleb Dressel in points-per-match with 59.4, noted 16 individual wins, including three in the skins. And while neither were official world records, Sjöström also featured on Energy Standard's women's and mixed 4×100 freestyle relays that were both the fastest of all time.

2020 Summer Olympics

Due to a broken elbow Sjöström accidentally obtained by falling on ice in February 2020, she did not compete at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships.Dampf, Andrew (28 June 2021)
"Sjöström off to Tokyo with metal plate, 6 screws in her arm"

. Retrieved 13 December 2021.Baldwin, Alan (1 August 2021)
"Swimming-Toughest challenge ends in silver for Sjostrom"
''

''. Retrieved 13 December 2021. She returned to training in the pool in March and to competitive swimming in early June ahead of the

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. In the 50 metre freestyle at the 2020 Olympic Games in

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, and held in 2021 due to the

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, Sjöström won the silver medal. The persistence Sjöström demonstrated in working through her elbow injury and winning a medal at the Olympic Games earned her the "Olympic Resilience Award" for the 2020 Summer Olympics from ''

''.Rieder, David (14 September 2021)
"Sarah Sjostrom Receives Olympic Resilience Award After Comeback to Win Silver"
''

''. Retrieved 13 December 2021. In her other events, Sjöström placed fifth in the 100 metre freestyle, fifth in the 4×100 metre medley relay, sixth in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, and seventh in the 100 metre butterfly. Omega Timing;

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(1 August 2021)
"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Swimming Results Book"
. ''

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''. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

2021 European Short Course Championships

At the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships held at the Palace of Water Sports in

, Russia in November, Sjöström competed in nine events, winning four gold medals, one each in the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, 50 metre butterfly, and 100 metre butterfly, a silver medal in the 4×50 metre medley relay, and a bronze medal in the 100 metre individual medley as well as placing fourth in the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay and the 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay and fifth in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay. LEN (7 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Complete Results"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

2021 International Swimming League

In the 2021 International Swimming League, Sjöström became the first swimmer in history, male or female, to achieve over 1000

points as part of their time competing in the International Swimming League, out-ranking the second-ranked Caeleb Dressel by over 50 points.Keith, Braden (13 December 2021)
"Sarah Sjostrom Becomes ISL's First-Ever Swimmer To Clear 1000 MVP Points"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 13 December 2021. Sjöström won most valuable player honors both for the entire 2021 season and for the 2021 final match.D'Addona, Dan (4 December 2021)
"MVP Sarah Sjostrom Proves Again to be in 'World's Greatest' Conversation After Dominant ISL Season, Final"
''

''. Retrieved 13 December 2021. For the whole 2021 season, Sjöström was the top-earning athlete, winning $269,125 in the form of prize money, which was over $70,000 more than the next-highest-earning athlete Siobhán Haughey.Keith, Braden (5 December 2021)
"Sarah Sjostrom Tops All Earners In 2021 ISL Season With $269,125"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

2021 World Short Course Championships

For the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), 2021 World Short Course Swimming Championships at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in December, Sjöström entered to compete in the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, and 50 metre butterfly individual events."2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m): Athlete Entries"
''

''. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021. In the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 4×100 metre freestyle relay, Sjöström swam on both the prelims and the finals relay, helping to win the bronze medal in the event in a time of 3:28.80, which was the first time she won a medal in the event at a world or European short course championships.

(16 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

(16 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 16 December 2021. Sjöström won her heat in the prelims with a time of 52.21 seconds in the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle on day two, finishing 0.17 seconds ahead of Kayla Sanchez of Canada and qualifying for the semifinals ranked second overall.

(17 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. Later in the day, in the final of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 50 metre medley relay, 4×50 metre medley relay, Sjöström split a 23.96 for the butterfly leg of the relay to help win the gold medal and tie the World record progression 4 × 50 metres medley relay, world record and List of World Championships records in swimming, championships record at 1:42.38.

(17 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 17 December 2021.Rieder, David (17 December 2021)
"FLASH! Sweden Ties World Record to Win Short Course Worlds Gold in Women's 200 Medley Relay"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2021.Race, Retta (17 December 2021)
"Sjostrom's 23.96 Fly Split Helps Sweden Tie 200 Medley Relay World Record"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. The same session, she ranked first in the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle with a 51.53 and qualified for the final the following day.

(17 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 100m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. In the morning of day three, Sjöström qualified for the semifinals of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly, 50 metre butterfly ranking first with a time of 24.92 seconds.

(18 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 18 December 2021. Sjöström won the silver medal in the final of the 100 metre freestyle later in the day with a time of 51.31, finishing less than four-tenths of a second behind gold medalist Siobhán Haughey of Hong Kong.

(18 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 18 December 2021. For the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly, she qualified for the final ranking second with a 24.94.

(18 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Butterfly Semifinals Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 18 December 2021. In the final the following day, Sjöström won the silver medal with a time of 24.51 seconds.

(19 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 19 December 2021. The fifth morning, Sjöström advanced to the semifinals of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre freestyle, 50 metre freestyle ranking first by over three-tenths of a second with a 23.31 in the prelims heats.

(20 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 20 December 2021. In the semifinals she swam one-hundredth of a second faster, qualifying for the final with a time of 23.30 seconds.

(20 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 20 December 2021. On the sixth and final day, Sjöström led-off the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay, 4×50 metre freestyle relay with a 23.50 in the prelims, helping qualify the relay to the final ranking third.

(21 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 21 December 2021. In her first final of the evening, Sjöström helped set a new Swedish record of 1:34.54 and win the silver medal in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay with a lead-off split of 23.33 seconds.

(21 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 21 December 2021. For her next race, the 50 metre freestyle final, Sjöström won the gold medal and set a new Championships record of 23.08 seconds, breaking the former record of 23.19 set by Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands in 2018 by over one-tenth of a second.

(21 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 21 December 2021.Sutherland, James (21 December 2021)
"Sjostrom Downs Championship Record In 50 Free, Now Owns 6/8 Fastest Swims Ever"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 21 December 2021. In her final event of the championships, Sjöström split a 54.65 for the butterfly leg of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 4×100 metre medley relay, helping win the gold medal in a new List of European records in swimming, European record time of 3:46.20.

(21 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 21 December 2021. At the end of 2021, Sjöström was the only swimmer to rank in the top ten internationally in two or more individual long course metre events for 11 or more consecutive years, 2021 inclusive, ranking in the top ten in the 100 metre freestyle for 12 years and the 50 metre butterfly and 100 metre butterfly for 13 years.Takata, Daniel (3 January 2022)
"Swimmers With The Most Consecutive Years In The World's Top 10"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 4 January 2022. Additionally, Sjöström was tied with Katie Ledecky for number two in terms of total number of individual world records set in the 21st century, each having achieved 14 individual world records, and was six world records behind number one ranked Katinka Hosszú.Takata, Daniel (14 January 2022)
"Swimmers With The Most World Records Set This Century"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

2022

2022 World Championships

In January 2022, Sjöström was announced as one of the team Sweden members pre-nominated for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.Hamann, Michael (12 January 2022)
"Sweden Publishes New Qualifying Criteria For 2022 Euros And LC Worlds"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 13 January 2022. In the Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle at the World Championships in June, she won the silver medal with a time of 52.80 seconds, this marked her Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships#Individual events, seventeenth individual medal (eighteenth total), and sixth individual silver medal (seventh total), at FINA World Aquatics Championships.

(23 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 23 June 2022."VM-silver till Sarah Sjöström"
(in Swedish). ''Sveriges Television''. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022."Budapest 2022: Sjostrom takes her 17th world podium. Ukraine win another silver in artistic swimming"
''roma2022.eu''. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022. The following day, she won a gold medal in the Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly, 50 metre butterfly with a time of 24.95 seconds.

(24 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 24 June 2022. It was her fourth consecutive gold medal in the event at a World Aquatics Championships."Sarah Sjostrom wins fourth straight women's 50m butterfly world title"
''News9Live''. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022. On the final day of competition, she started off with a gold medal in the Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle, 50 metre freestyle with a time of 23.98 seconds.

(25 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 25 June 2022. This marked her tenth gold medal won in individual events at FINA World Aquatics Championships, making her the fifth swimmer from any country to achieve the feat, after Michael Phelps of the United States,

of the United States, Sun Yang of China, and Ryan Lochte of the United States, and the first swimmer representing Europe to achieve the feat."Swimming, artistic swimming wave goodbye on day 8 of Budapest worlds"
''China Internet Information Center''. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022. For her final event, she swam the freestyle leg in the Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 4×100 metre medley relay, helping team Sweden achieve a fourth-place finish in the event with a finals relay time of 3:55.96.

(25 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

2022 European Championships

Sjöström was one of twelve Swedish female swimmers named to the official roster for the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in August in Rome, Italy."Belgium, Czech Republic and Sweden line up their teams for Roma 2022"
''roma2022.eu''. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022. On the second day of competition, she ranked first in the prelims heats of the Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly, 50 metre butterfly with a time of 25.30 seconds, qualifying for the semifinals later in the day. LEN (12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Butterfly Women Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022. She lowered her time to a 25.10 in the semifinals and qualified for the final ranking first by over half a second. LEN (12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Butterfly Women Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022. The following day, she won the gold medal with a time of 24.96 seconds. LEN (13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Butterfly Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022.Pérez, Marta (13 August 2022)

. ''Mundo Deportivo''. Retrieved 13 August 2022. Her swim marked the fourteenth time she had swum the race faster than 25.00 seconds."Sarah Sjöström tog överlägset EM-guld på 50 meter fjäril"
(in Swedish). ''Sveriges Television''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022. Later in the session, she won a silver medal in the Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 4×100 metre freestyle relay, swimming a 53.12 for the lead-off leg of the relay in the final to help finish in 3:37.29. LEN (13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022. In the morning session on day five, Sjöström started off ranking first in the prelims heats of the Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle, 50 metre freestyle with a 24.50, qualifying for the semifinals. LEN (15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Freestyle Women Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022."Sarah Sjöström enkelt vidare – snabbast i försöken"
(in Swedish). ''Sveriges Television''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022. For her second event of the session, she helped qualify the Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay to the final ranking sixth, splitting a 54.28 for the fourth leg of the relay. LEN (15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Mixed Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022. With a 24.27 in the semifinals of the 50 metre freestyle, she qualified for the final ranking first, 0.09 seconds ahead of Katarzyna Wasick of Poland. LEN (15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Freestyle Women Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022."Sjöström klar för final – snabbast av alla"
(in Swedish). ''Sveriges Television''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022. Finishing off the day, she won bronze medal in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay, splitting a 52.68 for the third leg of the relay to contribute to the final time, and Swedish record, of 3:23.40. LEN (15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Mixed Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022. The bronze medal marked her 26th medal at

and set a new record for the most number of medals won at the Championships by a female swimmer from any country."Sjöström EM bast efter lagbrons"
(in Swedish). ''Sydsvenskan''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022. She further increased the record to a total of 27 medals the following day when she won the gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 23.91 seconds, this also marked a new overall record by a swimmer from any country, male or female. LEN (16 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Freestyle Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 16 August 2022."EM-guld till Sarah Sjöström på 50 meter fritt"
(in Swedish). ''Sveriges Television''. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022. The previous record was set by male swimmer Alexander Popov (swimmer), Alexander Popov of Russia at 26 medals."Sjoestroem breaks European swimming medal record"
''France 24''. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022. The seventh and final morning, Sjöström split a 54.01 for the freestyle leg of the Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 4×100 metre medley relay, helping qualify for the final ranking first in 3:59.19. LEN (17 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Medley Women Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 17 August 2022. In the final, she lowered her split time to a 52.04, helping win the gold medal in a time of 3:55.25, which marked her 17th gold medal at LEN Aquatics Championships and extended the all-time total medal record to 28 medals. LEN (17 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Medley Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 17 August 2022.Martínez, Alberto (17 August 2022)
"Italia arrasa en Roma"
. ''Diario AS''. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

2023

At the 2023 Stockholm Swim Open in April, Sjöström won the long course 50 metre freestyle with the fastest time in the world for the 2023 year by a female at that point in the time, a 2023 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time of 23.92 seconds."Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm 2023: Event 26, 50m Freestyle Women"
''livetiming.se''. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023."Swim Open di Stoccolma. Sarah Sjöström: 50 stile libero (23.92). Max Litchfield: 400 misti (4.12.85)"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023. At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, Sjöström won the long course Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle, 50 metre freestyle, breaking her own

in the semifinal. In doing so, she set the record for the longest period of time in between world-record setting performances by an individual swimmer, 14 years and 3 days after first breaking the World record progression 100 metres butterfly, 100 metre butterfly world record in 2009. She also won the Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly, 50 metre butterfly for the fifth time in a row at the World Aquatic Championships. These two medals led her to tie and then overtake Michael Phelps as the swimmer with the most individual World Aquatic Championship medals at 21 in her career. She additionally performed on Sweden's Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 400 metre freestyle and Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 400 metre medley relays; notably, her lead-off split of 52.24 in finals for the freestyle relay would have earned her a silver medal in the 100 metre freestyle.

2024

2024 World Championships

At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Sjöström won the long course Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle, 50 metre freestyle as well as the Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly, 50 metre butterfly. The latter for a sixth time in a row at the World Aquatic Championships.

2024 Olympic Games

Sjöström, now focusing on the shortest distances, had only planned to swim Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle, 50 metre freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Olympics. However, she decided to join Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle, 100 m freestyle as it suited her schedule between the Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 4×100m freestyle relay and the 50 metre freestyle. She first raced in the heats and the final of the Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 4x100m freestyle relay, where the Swedish team finished 5th in the final setting a new national record. She then went on to win the gold in 100 metre freestyle on 31 July with a time of 52.16 seconds. Despite being the World Record holder, Sjostrom had never won a gold medal in this distance at the global level. On the last day of competition she won another gold medal in the Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle, 50 metre freestyle, with a time of 23.71 seconds. She closed her Olympic Games with a 7th place finish in the Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 4x100m medley relay alongside her Swedish teammates.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

World records (50 m)

Legend: sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg

World records (25 m)

Legend: = – tied pre-existing world record

International championships (50 m)

: Sjöström swam only in the heats. : Team Sweden was disqualified in the final.

International finals (50 m)

''Only individual''

International championships (25 m)

International finals (25 m)

''Only individual''

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Sjöström has won at FINA Swimming World Cup, Swimming World Cup circuits."Sarah Sjoestroem: Medals"
''

''. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

Accomplishments and awards

Sjöström won the gold in the 100 m freestyle at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She won the gold medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics on 7 August 2016, setting an Olympic and World record with a time of 55.48. She also won a gold medal in 100 m butterfly in the World Championships in Rome 2009 and set the world record.

Awards

* 2014: The Swedish Jerring Award * 2015: The Swedish Jerring Award * 2015: Female European Swimmer of the Year, announced by Swimming World, Swimming World Magazine * 2015: The Swedish

* 2015: The Victoria Award * 2017: The Swedish

* 2017: Female World and European Swimmer of the Year, announced by Swimming World, Swimming World Magazine * 2017: Best Female Athlete from Europe, announced by Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) * 2017: Female European Swimmer of the Year, Swammy Awards, Swammy Award announced by SwimSwamOrtegon, Karl (31 December 2017)
"2017 Swammy Awards: European Female Swimmer Of The Year Sarah Sjöström"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 3 January 2022. * 2018: Female European Swimmer of the Year, Swammy Awards, Swammy Award announced by SwimSwamNeidigh, Lauren (1 January 2019)
"2018 Swammy Awards: European Female Swimmer Of The Year Sarah Sjostrom"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 3 January 2022. * 2019: Most valuable player, MVP in

* 2021: Olympic Resilience Award, announced by ''

'' for the 2020 Olympic Games * 2021: Most valuable player, MVP in

entire season * 2021: Most valuable player, MVP in

final match * 2021: Female European and International Swimming League Swimmer of the Year, announced by Swimming World, Swimming World MagazineD'Addona, Dan (27 December 2021)
"Sarah Sjostrom Named Swimming World's European Female Swimmer of the Year"
''

''. Retrieved 2 January 2022.D'Addona, Dan (1 January 2022)
"Swimming World International Swimming League Female Swimmer of the Year: Sarah Sjostrom"
''

''. Retrieved 2 January 2022. * 2021: Female European Swimmer of the Year, Swammy Awards, Swammy Award announced by SwimSwamDornan, Ben (3 January 2022)
"2021 Swammy Awards: European Female Swimmer Of The Year, Sarah Sjostrom"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 3 January 2022. * 2021: Best Female Swimmer, awarded by LEN, Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN)Byrnes, Liz (31 January 2022)
"Adam Peaty And Sarah Sjostrom Named Top European Swimmers By LEN"
''

''. Retrieved 31 January 2022."Peaty, Sjostrom, Wellbrock & Van Rouwendaal Headline 2021 LEN Awards"
'' SwimSwam''. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022. * 2022: Female European Swimmer of the Year, announced by Swimming World, Swimming World MagazineLohn, John (27 December 2022)
"Sarah Sjostrom Is Unanimous Choice As European Female Swimmer Of the Year (See Full Voting)"
''

''. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

Personal life

In January 2022, Sjöström announced her engagement to her boyfriend of ten years, Swedish fencer Johan de Jong Skierus.Berman, Sarah (28 January 2022)
"Sarah Sjostrom is Engaged to Johan De Jong Skierus"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 28 January 2022.Byrnes, Liz (29 January 2022)
"Four-Time Olympic Medallist Sarah Sjostrom Announces Engagement To Johan de Jong Skierus"
''

''. Retrieved 29 January 2022.Koos, Torin (3 February 2022)
"What your favorite swimmers and divers have been up to this offseason"
''

''. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

References

External links

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Career

2008–2009

2008 European Championships

2008 Summer Olympics

2009 World Championships

2010–2012

2010 European Championships

2011 World Championships

2012 European Championships

2012 Summer Olympics

2013–2014

2013 World Championships

2013 European Short Course Championships

2014 European Championships

2014 World Short Course Championships

2015–2016

2015 World Championships

2015 European Short Course Championships

2016 European Championships

2016 Summer Olympics

2017–2019

2017 World Championships

2017 Swimming World Cup

2017 European Short Course Championships

2018 European Championships

2019 World Championships

2019 International Swimming League

2020–2021

2020 International Swimming League

2020 Summer Olympics

2021 European Short Course Championships

2021 International Swimming League

2021 World Short Course Championships

2022

2022 World Championships

2022 European Championships

2023

2024

2024 World Championships

2024 Olympic Games

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

World records (50 m)

World records (25 m)

International championships (50 m)

International finals (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

International finals (25 m)

Swimming World Cup circuits

Accomplishments and awards

Awards

Personal life

See also

References

External links