Linda Susanne Olofsson (later ''Andersson''; born 29 August 1972) is a former female

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from

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. She competed twice at the

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for her native country, in 1992 and 1996, both in the women's 50 m freestyle and the women's 4×100 m freestyle.Sports Reference: Linda Olofsson
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Piteå Piteå (; ) is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. Piteå is Sweden's 58th largest city, with a population of 23,326. Geography Piteå is located at the mouth of the Pite River (), at the shore of ...

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, Olofsson represented Sundsvalls SS and

Södertälje SS Södertälje ( , ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. It is also a part of Stockholm urban area, Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area. As of 2020, it has 73,872 inhabitants. Södert� ...

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* 1972 births Living people Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Sweden Sportspeople from Piteå Swedish female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 20th-century Swedish sportswomen Sundsvalls SS swimmers Södertälje SS swimmers {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub