Lars Frölander

Lars Frölander
	Frölander at the 2006 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Lars Arne Frölander
National team	Sweden
Born	26 May 1974 (age 50); Boden, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Linköpings ASS
College team	Southern Methodist University (1996–1998)
Coach	Eddie Sinnott; SMU Mustangs
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games
World Championships (LC)
World Championships (SC)
European Championships (LC)
European Championships (SC)

Lars Arne Frölander (born 26 May 1974) is a Swedish swimmer. 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 Ornäs in Borlänge Municipality.

In the 1992 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay along with Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz 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 Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz, Frölander, and Anders Lyrbring. This time the United States 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 gold in the 100 metre butterfly event at the Sydney Olympic Games in September 2000. A couple of months earlier, he twice broke the world record in the men's 100 m butterfly (short course). Frölander was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 2000 as a result of his gold medal victory in Sydney.^[1]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Frölander, at the age of 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 seconds too slow to advance to the semifinals.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location
50 m freestyle	22.65	(h)	18 Jul 2000	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland
100 m freestyle	48.79		27 Jul 2001	World Championships	Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
200 m freestyle	1:50.03		13 Aug 1997	European Championships	Seville, Spain
50 m butterfly	23.56	NR	18 Jul 2008	Swedish Championships	Norrköping, Sweden
100 m butterfly	52.00	NR	22 Sep 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia

Legend: WR – World record; ER – European record; NR – Swedish record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course (25 m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location
50 m freestyle	21.92	(r)	20 Oct 2001	Novo Nordisk Sprint Cup	East Meadow, New York, United States
100 m freestyle	46.75		16 Mar 2000	World SC Championships	Athens, Greece
200 m freestyle	1:45.43		16 Mar 2003	Swedish SC Championships	Stockholm, Sweden
50 m butterfly	22.97	NR	20 Oct 2001	Novo Nordisk Sprint Cup	East Meadow, New York, United States
100 m butterfly	50.44	NR	17 Mar 2000	World SC Championships	Athens, Greece

Legend: WR – World record; ER – European record; NR – Swedish record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Clubs

Borlänge SS
Sundsvalls SS (1996–2001)
Linköpings ASS (2001–)

References

^ Annika Sohlander (5 December 2000). "Det är bara att gratulera" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 26 July 2019.

External links

Profile at FINA
Lars Frölander at Swimrankings.net

Records
Preceded by Michael Klim	Men's 100-metre butterfly world record-holder (short course) 16 March 2000 – 14 December 2001	Succeeded by Thomas Rupprath
Awards
Preceded by Tony Rickardsson	Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 2000	Succeeded by Per Elofsson
Sporting positions
Preceded by Pär Lindström	Swedish National LC Champion Men's 50 m freestyle 1997–1998	Succeeded by John Miranda
Preceded by Anders Holmertz	Swedish National LC Champion Men's 100 m freestyle 1996–1998	Succeeded by John Miranda
Preceded by John Miranda	Swedish National LC Champion Men's 100 m freestyle 2000–2003	Succeeded by Eric la Fleur
Preceded by Jonas Persson	Swedish National LC Champion Men's 100 m freestyle 2006	Succeeded by Petter Stymne
Preceded by Jonas Åkesson	Swedish National LC Champion Men's 50 m butterfly 1998	Succeeded by Dan Lindström
Preceded by Daniel Carlsson	Swedish National LC Champion Men's 50 m butterfly 2000–2007	Succeeded by