Johan Mikael Wallberg (born 18 March 1977 in

Karlsborg Karlsborg (, outdatedly ) is a locality and the seat of Karlsborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 3,551 inhabitants in 2010. This garrison town lies at the shore of lake Vättern in Västergötland Västergötland (), ...

, Sweden) is a former freestyle

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from

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. He competed twice at the

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for his native country, in

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and

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, both in the Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. After his active career he became coach for Swedish swimmer

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. During the autumn of 2016, he became coach for

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Clubs

* SK Neptun *

References

* 1977 births Living people People from Karlsborg Municipality Swedish male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Sweden Swedish swimming coaches SK Neptun swimmers Täby Sim swimmers Swimmers from Västra Götaland County {{Sweden-swimming-bio-stub