Simon Sjödin (born 4 October 1986) is a Swedish competitive

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who represented Sweden at both the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

and the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. He is of Gambian descent.

Biography

Simon Sjödin was born on 4 October 1986 into parents Kristina and Omar. Sjödin won his first

Swedish Swimming Championships The Swedish Swimming Championships () are held annually in the Swedish summer in outdoor 50 m pool. The championships sometimes also works as trials for the Summer Olympics, World Championships and European Championships. Swimmers represen ...

title in 2005, when he won the 200 meter

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. In 2007, he changed swim club from

Södertörns SS Södertörns Simsällskap is a Swedish swim team founded in 1967. The club's activities take place in Eriksdalsbadet, Torvalla simhall and Vårbyhallen. The most famous swimmer is Sarah Sjöström. Swimmers *Stefan Nystrand (-2006) *Louise Jöh ...

SK Neptun SK Neptun, ''Simklubben Neptun'', Swedish swim team from Stockholm founded October 12, 1906 by members from Stockholms KK. Home pool is Eriksdalsbadet in Stockholm. The club practises swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and ...

. In 2008, Simon Sjödin competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics representing Sweden. He finished 26th in the 200 m butterfly and 11th with the Swedish team in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. In 2016, he competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics having qualified to swim both 200 m butterfly and 200 m individual medley. Simon reached the semi-final in 200 m butterfly with a time of 1.56.46 beating the Swedish national record in the process. In the semi-final he ended up at 6th place in his heat and ranked 13th overall.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

Clubs

(-2007) *

(2007-)

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sjodin, Simon Swedish male backstroke swimmers Swedish male butterfly swimmers Swedish male medley swimmers 1986 births Living people Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Sweden European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Södertörns SS swimmers SK Neptun swimmers Swedish people of Gambian descent Swimmers from Stockholm