Michael Söderlund

Michael Söderlund

Personal information
Full name	Per Michael Söderlund
Nationality	Sweden
Born	March 30, 1962 (1962-03-30) (age 49) Karlskrona, Blekinge
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle and backstroke
Club	Karlskrona SS
College team	University of California, Berkeley
Medal record Olympic Games Bronze 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Silver 1981 Split 200 m freestyle Silver 1985 Sofia 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 1981 Split 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 1985 Sofia 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1987 Strasbourg 4×200 m freestyle

Michael Söderlund (born March 30, 1962 in Karlskrona, Blekinge) is a former swimmer from Sweden who competed in three conscutive Summer Olympics, between 1980 to 1988. In the 1984 Summer Olympics, he was a part of the 4×100 m freestyle relay team, swimming one leg in the prelims. His best individual result in the Olympics was a 6th place on 200 m backstroke on the time of 2:04.10, which was a Swedish record for 27 years.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location	Ref
03 ! 200 m freestyle	1:51.44		01988-03-24 24 March 1988	US Summer Nationals	United States, Orlando, FL ! Orlando, FL, United States
09 ! 200 m backstroke	2:04.10		01980-07-26 26 July 1980	Olympic Games	Soviet Union, Moscow ! Moscow, Soviet Union

Legend: WR – World record; ER – European record; NR – Swedish record;
Records not set in finals: (h) – heat; (sf) – semifinal; (r) – relay 1st leg; (rh) – relay heat 1st leg; (b) – B final; † – en route to final mark; (tt) – time trial

Clubs

• Karlskrona SS

References

• Profile

Persondata
Name	Soderlund, Michael
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	March 30, 1962
Place of birth	Karlskrona, Blekinge
Date of death
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