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Mikael Örn Personal information Full name Mikael Gustaf Örn Nationality Sweden
Born November 29, 1961
Gothenburg, Västra GötalandHeight 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Freestyle Club Kristianstads SLS Medal recordMen's swimming Competitor for Sweden
Olympic Games Bronze 1984 Los Angeles 4x100 m freestyle Mikael Gustaf Örn (born 29 November 1961) is a Swedish freestyle and medley swimmer whose notability, during the 1980s, stems from winning a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles.
A native of the southwestern coastal city of Gothenburg, the nation's second-largest and the capital of Västra Götaland County, Mikael Örn, who is 195 cm tall [6 ft. 5 in.], competed in the medal-winning 4x100 m freestyle relay along with teammates Thomas Lejdström, Bengt Baron and Per Johansson. His best individual result at the 1984 Olympics was 16th place in men's 200 m individual medley.
Clubs
- Kristianstads SLS
References
1984 Sweden Olympic Swimming Team Men's Competition Bengt Baron • Peter Berggren • Hans Fredin • Anders Grillhammar • Anders Holmertz • Per Johansson • Thomas Lejdström • Richard Milton • Mikael Örn • Anders Peterson • Michael Söderlund • Tommy Werner
Women's Competition Agneta Eriksson • Anna-Karin Eriksson • Karin Furuhed • Eva-Marie Håkansson • Petra Hildér • Annelie Holmström • Maria Kardum • Sofia Kraft • Ann Linder • Agneta Mårtensson • Anette Philipsson • Malin Rundgren
Categories:- Swedish swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Sweden
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- People from Gothenburg
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- Swedish swimming biography stubs
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs
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