Simon Olov Sjödin (born 4 October 1986) is a Swedish competitive

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who represented Sweden at both the

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and the

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. He is of Gambian descent.

Biography

Simon Sjödin was born on 4 October 1986 into parents Kristina and Omar. Sjödin won his first

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title in 2005, when he won the 200 meter

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. In 2007, he changed swim club from

Södertörns SS Södertörns Simsällskap is a Swedish swimming club founded in 1967 and based in the municipalities of Haninge kommun, Haninge and Huddinge kommun, Huddinge. The club's activities take place in Torvalla simhall, Huddinge simhall, Skogås simhall, ...

SK Neptun Simklubben Neptun, commonly known as SK Neptun, is a Swedish swimming club from Stockholm, active in swimming (sport), swimming, diving (sport), diving, water polo, and synchronized swimming. The home pool is Eriksdalsbadet in Stockholm. History ...

. In 2008, Simon Sjödin competed in the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

representing Sweden. He finished 26th in the 200 m butterfly and 11th with the Swedish team in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. In 2016, he competed in the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

having qualified to swim both 200 m butterfly and 200 m individual medley. Simon reached the semi-final in 200 m butterfly with a time of 1.56.46 beating the Swedish national record in the process. In the semi-final he ended up at 6th place in his heat and ranked 13th overall.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

Clubs

(-2007) *

(2007-)

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sjodin, Simon Swedish male backstroke swimmers Swedish male butterfly swimmers Swedish male medley swimmers 1986 births Living people Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Sweden European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Södertörns SS swimmers SK Neptun swimmers Swedish people of Gambian descent Swimmers from Stockholm 21st-century Swedish sportsmen