Anders Olsson (swimmer)
![]() Anders Olsson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hagfors, Sweden | 15 September 1965||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Anders Olsson (born September 15, 1965, in
Olsson is paralysed from the waist down and has barely 50% lung capacity left after the injury.[1]
Career
Olsson began to swim at an early age and he was very promising. But in his early teens he started to have problems with his back, he had been in a weightlifting accident as a child. It was a faulty
For several years Olsson was apathetic and got addicted to drugs, such as
In 2004 he competed in the Paralympics in Athens where he won one gold medal and two bronze medals. His favorite event is the 400 m freestyle, a distance he was undefeated at and where he is the current world record holder.
In 2005 he managed to complete the 90 km long Vasaloppet a crosscountry skiing competition, using a sled.
In 2008 he competed in the Paralympics in Beijing where he won another two gold medals (100 m & 400 m freestyle).
He won the annual swim competition at
In the 2012 Paralympics he won silver in the 400m freestyle, the first time he had been beaten in this event in a major international competition.
References
- ^ iMagiX. "Anders Olsson - Järnmannen - Startsida". Jarnmannen.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
- ^ ""The Swedish Torpedo" snabbast från Alcatraz | Simning | Sportbladet". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2012-09-01.