Janne Blomqvist (born 6 May 1972) is a retired
freestyle sprint swimmer
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from
Finland
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. Blomqvist was born in
Helsinki
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, and competed for his native country at two consecutive
Summer Olympics
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, starting in
1992
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* January 6
** The Republ ...
in
Barcelona, Spain
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. His best result was a 12th place with the men's 4×100 metres freestyle relay team at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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, alongside
Jani Sievinen
Jani Nikanor Sievinen (; born 31 March 1974) is a former medley swimming, medley swimmer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley, 200 m individual medley at th ...
,
Antti Kasvio
Antti Alexander Kasvio (born 20 December 1973 in Espoo) is a former freestyle swimmer from Finland who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Together with Jani Sievinen he was Finland's ...
, and
Kalle Varonen.
References
Profile
1972 births
Living people
Finnish male freestyle swimmers
Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for Finland
Swimmers from Helsinki
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