Eva Berglund (born 14 February 1984) is a

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from

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat o ...

, representing

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. She has participated in some international championship in open water long distance events. She became the first Swedish swimmer competing in a European Championship in Open Water on 26 July 2006 in

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, during the 2006 European Championships in Aquatics. She finished 11th on the 5 km race. She took part in the 2007 World Championships (5 and 10 km) and the

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(10 km).

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

Clubs

References

1984 births Living people Swedish female medley swimmers Swedish female long-distance swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Sweden Jönköpings SS swimmers Swedish female freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Jönköping 20th-century Swedish women 21st-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-swimming-bio-stub