- Anders Holmertz
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swimmername=Anders Holmertz
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fullname = Anders Sören Holmertz
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nationality = SWE
strokes = Freestyle
club =Motala SS
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birthdate = birth date and age|1968|12|1
birthplace =Motala ,Östergötland
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medaltemplates=Anders Holmertz (born
December 1 ,1968 inMotala ) is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle (200 and 400 meters) races in the 1980s and at the beginning of 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle. He is the brother of another Swedish swimmer,Per Holmertz .His first appearance at Olympic Games is in 1984 at Los Angeles, at the age of sixteen. Holmertz missed the final of 200 m freestyle, with the time of 1:51.70. He scored his first international medal at the European Championships of Sofia one year later, arriving 3rd in the 4×200 m freestyle relay.
Homertz's achieved his main success at the next edition of European Championship, winning 200 m freestyle with the time of 1:48.44, beating rising Italian star
Giorgio Lamberti . AtSeoul he was the favourite in this race but surprisingly finished second behindDuncan Armstrong . Also a relative failure was the next European Championship, where Holmertz was only third in the 200 m freestyle.After a series of fourth places, he trained well for the1992 Summer Olympics . After a startling battery series, Holmertz was second in the 200 m behind theRussia n surpriseYevgeny Sadovyi and third in the 400 m, again beat by Sadovyi and byKieren Perkins . Holmertz won another silver medal in 4×200 m freestyle relay, the best result ever for his national team.At the 1993 European Championship Holmertz won bronze medal in the 200 m and silver medal in the 400 m, both in freestyle. At the 1994 World Championship in
Rome Holmertz finally won a gold medal, in the 4×200 m freestyle, plus a solo second place in the 200 m. His last success was a silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at Atlanta in 1996, after a 5th place in the 200 m solo race.Personals bests
Holmertz's personale bests (long course) are:
* 200 m freestyle: 1:46.76
* 400 m freestyle: 3:46.77
* 800 m freestyle: 8:02.78Titles
FINA World Aquatics Championships *
1994 World Aquatics Championships : 4×200 m freestyleEuropean LC Championships *
European LC Championships 1987 : 200 m freestyleEuropean Junior Swimming Championships *1983 European Junior Swimming Championships: 1500 m freestyle
Swedish Swimming Championships *1984 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle
*1985 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle
*1986 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle
*1987 Swedish Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle
*1988 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
*1989 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
*1990 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
*1991 Swedish Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle
*1992 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
*1993 Swedish Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley, 4×200 m freestyle, 4×100 m medley
*1994 Swedish Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4×200 m freestyle, 4×100 m medley
*1995 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley, 4×200 m freestyle, 4×100 m medley
*1996 Swedish Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley, 4×200 m freestyleSwedish Short Course Swimming Championships *1984 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle
*1985 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle
*1986 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle, 4×200 m freestyle
*1987 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle
*1988 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
*1989 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
*1990 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
*1991 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley
*1992 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 100 m individual medley, 200 m individual medley
*1993 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 100 m individual medley
*1994 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4×100 m freestyle, 4×200 m freestyle, 4×100 m medley
*1995 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4×100 m freestyle, 4×200 m freestyle
*1996 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
*1997 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4×100 m freestyleClubs
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Motala SS
*Spårvägens SF
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