Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships

Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships
SportSwimming
Founded1953
No. of teams65 (2006)
Country Sweden
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champion(s)		Last winners lists

The Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships (Swedish: Svenska mästerskapen i kortbanesimning) are annually in late November in an indoor 25m pool. The championships sometimes also works as trials for the World Championships and European Short Course Swimming Championships. Swimmers representing Swedish swim teams may participate. Non-Swedish swimmers who have participated include Anthony Ervin and Attila Czene.

History

Lars Frölander at the 2006 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships in Uppsala.

The first Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships was swum in 1953[1] in Stockholm, but the first Swedish Swimming Championship was held in 1899.

On the first championship, the events were 50 m freestyle, 200 m backstroke, 100 m butterfly and 4×50 m freestyle relay for men and women. Swimmers from SK Neptun won three of the events, while SK Poseidon's swimmers won two.

Two times the Short Course Championships has been swum in long course in pools, in 1988, when it worked as 1988 Summer Olympics trials and in 1990, when it worked as 1991 World Aquatics Championships trials.

The swimmer with the most individual gold medals is Therese Alshammar (41 titles), Anders Holmertz (33), Agneta Eriksson (24) and Thomas Lejdström and Johanna Sjöberg (both 20). Of them, Therese Alshammar is the only swimmer still active.

Champions

Further information: List of Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships champions
Name Clubs Titles Years Best event (titles)
Therese Alshammar Järfälla SS, SK Neptun, Helsingborgs SS 41 1991–2006 12 50 m backstroke (12)
Anders Holmertz Motala SS, Spårvägens SF 33 1984–1997 14 400 m freestyle (14)
Agneta Eriksson Västerås SS 24 1980–1987 07 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly (all 7)
Thomas Lejdström Västerås SS 20 1979–1985 06400 m IM (6)
Johanna Sjöberg Helsingborgs SS, Södertälje SS, Spårvägens SF 20 1995–2005 09 100 m butterfly (9)
Malin Nilsson Malmö KK, Simavdelningen 1902 17 1990–1995 06 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle (both 6)
Peter Berggren Skärets SS 15 1980–1989 08 100 m breaststroke (8)
Louise Karlsson Skärets SS, Helsingborgs SS 15 1990–1997 04 50 m breaststroke (4)
Annelie Holmström Stockholmspolisens IF 14 1980–1986 08100 m breaststroke (8)
Lars Frölander Borlänge SS, Sundsvalls SS, Linköpings ASS 14 1992–2006 07 100 m butterfly (7)
Josefin Lillhage Simavdelningen 1902, Göteborg Sim, Väsby SS 14 1996–2006 06 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle (both 6)
Anita Zarnowiecki Simavdelningen 1902 13 1969–1975 04 400 m IM (4)
Pär Arvidsson Finspångs SK 13 1977–1983 05 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly (both 5)
Bengt Baron Finspångs SK 13 1979–1984 06 100 m backstroke (6)
Malin Svahnström Väsby SS 13 1996–2005 05 200 m IM (5)

Venues

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kortbane-SM i simning (25 metersbana)" (in Swedish). Simma. Retrieved 10 April 2016.