Lars Arne Frölander (born 26 May 1974) is a

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. 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

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. In the

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, he competed in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay along with

Christer Wallin Bengt Christer Wallin (born 17 June 1969) is a Swedish former freestyle swimming, freestyle swimming (sport), swimmer. He won the silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Tommy Werner, Anders Holmertz a ...

Anders Holmertz Anders Holmertz (born 1 December 1968) is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle (200 and 400 meters) races in the 1980s and at the beginning of the 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 40 ...

and

Tommy Werner Tommy Henrik Werner (born 31 March 1966) is a Swedish former freestyle swimmer. He won the silver medal in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander. He wa ...

. The Swedish team finished second behind the Unified Team. In the

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, Frölander again finished second in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay with the Swedish team. The team consisted of

, Frölander, and Anders Lyrbring. This time the

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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

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in the 100 metre butterfly event at the Sydney Olympic Games in September 2000. A couple of months earlier, he twice broke the

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in the men's 100 m butterfly (short course). Frölander was awarded the

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in 2000 as a result of his gold medal victory in

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. At the

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, 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

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, but 0.12 seconds too slow to advance to the semifinals.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

Clubs

* Borlänge SS *

Sundsvalls SS Sundsvalls Simsällskap, commonly known as Sundsvalls SS or SSS, is a Swedish swimming club from Sundsvall, founded in 1871. From 1971, Sundsvalls SS was residing in Sporthallsbadet, but are since 2018 located in Himlabadet. The team's most fam ...

(1996–2001) *

Linköpings ASS Linköpings Allmänna Simsällskap, commonly known as Linköpings ASS or LASS, is a Swedish swimming club based in Linköping and founded on 4 June 1824. The founding date makes Linköpings ASS one of the oldest Swedish swim teams. The club is ac ...

(2001–)

References

External links

Profile
at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frolander, Lars 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Boden, Sweden Swedish male freestyle swimmers Swedish male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers for Sweden Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden World record setters in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming SMU Mustangs men's swimmers Swedish expatriate swimmers in the United States Southern Methodist University alumni Borlänge SS swimmers Sundsvalls SS swimmers Linköpings ASS swimmers Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming Goodwill Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games 20th-century Swedish sportsmen 21st-century Swedish people