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Anders Holmertz (born 1 December 1968) is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle (200 and 400 meters) races in the 1980s and at the beginning of the 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle. He is the brother of another Swedish swimmer, Mikael Holmertz.
.jpg) Anders Holmertz (2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Anders Sören Holmertz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 December 1968 Motala, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Motala SS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[1]
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. At Seoul he was the favourite in this race but surprisingly finished second behind Duncan 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 the 1992 Summer Olympics. After a startling battery series, Holmertz was second in the 200 m behind the Russian surprise Yevgeny Sadovyi and third in the 400 m, again beat by Sadovyi and by Kieren 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.
| Event | Time |
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Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
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| 100 m freestyle | 49.94 | 11 Aug 1990 | - | Rome, Italy | ||
| 200 m freestyle | 1:46.76 | NR (h) | 26 Jul 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | |
| 400 m freestyle | 3:46.77 | NR | 29 Jul 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | |
| 800 m freestyle | 8:02.78 | NR | 22 Mar 1988 | US Summer Nationals | Orlando, Florida, United States |
| Event | Time |
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Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
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| 100 m freestyle | 48.74 | 26 Mar 1994 | World Cup | Paris, France | ||
| 200 m freestyle | 1:44.69 | NR | 1 Mar 1991 | - | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | |
| 400 m freestyle | 3:40.81 | NR | 4 Feb 1990 | - | Paris, France | |
| 800 m freestyle | 7:58.70 | 27 Mar 1994 | World Cup | Paris, France |
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