Simklubben Ran, commonly known as SK Ran, is a

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swimming club from

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

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, founded on 1 September 1922, and competing in

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

and

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

. The club resides at Segevångsbadet. Swedish two-times Olympic gold medalist Gunnar Larsson has swum for SK Ran.

History

SK Ran was founded at

Ribersborgs open-air bath Ribersborg open-air bathhouse (''Ribersborgs kallbadhus'' in Swedish language, Swedish, also known as ''Ribban'' by the older and ''Kallis'' by the younger generation) is an open-air public bath at a historic wooden pier on Ribersborg beach in M ...

by Ivan Lundquist and 50 others with the aim to compete with Malmö SS. In 1931, SK Ran had their first competitor at the

Swedish Swimming Championships The Swedish Swimming Championships () are held annually in the Swedish summer in outdoor 50 m pool. The championships sometimes also works as trials for the Summer Olympics, World Championships and European Championships. Swimmers represen ...

; it was Gulli Andersson who took a silver medal on 100 metre backstroke and a bronze medal on 100 metre freestyle. SK Ran had their first Olympic swimmer at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

, when

Karin Larsson Anna Karin Larsson (later ''Ahlström'', 30 August 1941 – 21 September 2019) was a Swedish swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships in the 4×100 m freestyle relay. She competed in the same event at the 1 ...

participated.

Swimmers

''Swimmers that have participated in the Summer Olympics while representing SK Ran:'' * Rudi Dollmayer *

Gabriella Fagundez Gabriella Fagundez (born 11 October 1985) is a Swedish swimmer. She currently holds the 800 m (long course and short course) and 1500 m freestyle (long course) national records National Records was a record label that was started in New Y ...

* Kristina Larsson *

Ida Marko-Varga Ida Marko-Varga (; born 10 March 1985) is a Swedish former swimmer. She represented SK Triton for most of her career. She represented Sweden in four Olympic games in a row (2004-2016). Career Marko-Varga was born in Helsingborg, Sweden. Sge was ...

References

External links

SK Ran's official homepage
Swimming clubs in Sweden Water polo clubs in Sweden Sports clubs and teams established in 1922 Sports clubs and teams in Malmö 1920s establishments in Malmöhus County 1922 establishments in Sweden {{Sweden-waterpolo-team-stub