- Christer Wallin
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Christer Wallin Personal information Born June 17, 1969 Medal recordMen's swimming Competitor for 
SwedenOlympic Games Silver 1992 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle Silver 1996 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 1994 Rome 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Silver 1995 Vienna 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 1995 Vienna 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Gold 1993 Palma 4×200 m freestyle Bengt Christer Wallin (born June 17, 1969 in Timrå, Västernorrland) is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Tommy Werner, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander.
Four years later, when Atlanta, Georgia hosted the Summer Olympics, Wallin was on the team that once again captured the silver medal, this time alongside Frölander, Holmertz, and Anders Lyrbring. Wallin competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988.
Clubs
- Umeå SS
- Mölndals ASS
References
World Long Course Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1973: United States (Krumpholz, Backhaus, Klatt, Montgomery) • 1975: West Germany (Steinbach, Lampe, Geissler, Nocke) • 1978: United States (Furniss, Forrester, Hackett, Gaines) • 1982: United States (Saeger, Float, Miller, Gaines) • 1986: East Germany (Hinneburg, Flemming, Richter, Lodziewski) • 1991: West Germany (Sitt, Zesner, Pfeiffer, Groß) • 1994: Sweden (Wallin, Werner, Frölander, Holmertz) • 1998: Australia (Klim, Thorpe, Hackett, Kowalski) • 2001: Australia (Hackett, Kirby, Klim, Thorpe) • 2003: Australia (Hackett, Stevens, Sprenger, Thorpe) • 2005: United States (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller) • 2007: United States (Phelps, Lochte, Keller, Vanderkaay) • 2009: United States (Phelps, Berens, Walters, Lochte) • 2011: United States (Phelps, Vanderkaay, Berens, Lochte)
World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1993: Sweden (Wallin, Werner, Frölander, Holmertz) • 1995: Australia (Klim, Dunn, Allen, Kowalski) • 1997: Australia (Klim, Hackett, Kirby, Dunn) • 1999: Netherlands (Van den Hoogenband, Kenkhuis, Zuijdweg, Wouda) • 2000: United States (Davis, Walker, Tucker, Carvin) • 2002: Australia (Pearson, Hass, Dunne, Hackett) • 2004: United States (Lochte, Carvin, Ketchum, Mortimer) • 2006: Italy (Rosolino, Pelliciari, Cassio, Magnini) • 2008: Australia (Palmer, Brits, Sprenger, Monk) • 2010: Russia (Lobintsev, Izotov, Lagunov, Sukhorukov)
Sweden squads 1988 Sweden Olympic Swimming Team Men's Competition Anders Holmertz • Joakim Holmqvist • Henrik Jangvall • Per Johansson • Richard Milton • Stefan Persson • Michael Söderlund • Göran Titus • Tommy Werner • Christer Wallin
Women's Competition Helena Åberg • Agneta Eriksson • Karin Furuhed • Johanna Larsson • Suzanne Nilsson • Eva Nyberg • Anna-Karin Persson • Anette Philipsson
1992 Sweden Olympic Swimming Team Men's Competition Jan Bidrman • Rudi Dollmayer • Lars Frölander • Anders Holmertz • Håkan Karlsson • Fredrik Letzler • Pär Lindström • Göran Titus • Tommy Werner • Christer Wallin
Women's Competition Louise Karlsson • Therèse Lundin • Malin Nilsson • Eva Nyberg • Linda Olofsson • Malin Strömberg • Ellenor Svensson
1996 Sweden Olympic Swimming Team Men's Competition Anders Holmertz • Lars Frölander • Fredrik Letzler • Pär Lindström • Anders Lyrbring • Johan Wallberg • Christer Wallin
Women's Competition Categories:- 1969 births
- Living people
- People from Timrå Municipality
- Swedish swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Sweden
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs
- Swedish swimming biography stubs
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