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Therese Alshammar

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Malin Therese Alshammar (born 26 August 1977) is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. She is a specialist in short distances races in freestyle and butterfly. She is coached by former Swedish swimmer Johan Wallberg. She is the first female swimmer and the third overall (after Lars Frölander and Derya Büyükuncu) to participate in six Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Therese Alshammar is the 273rd most popular swimmer (down from 245th in 2024), the 1,377th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,367th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swedish Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Therese Alshammar ranks 274 out of 709. Before her are Agneta Eriksson, Léon Marchand, Mike O'Brien, Jolanda de Rover, Tracy Caulkins, Rick Carey, and Marleen Veldhuis. After her are Franziska van Almsick, Camille Muffat, Lyn McClements, Kathleen Nord, and Milorad Čavić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Therese Alshammar ranks 546. Before her are Rafael Amaya, Reid Priddy, Luciana Aymar, Yves Larock, Arianna Follis, and René Redzepi. After her are Bashar Abdullah, Silvia Colloca, Jari Mäenpää, Yksel Osmanovski, Daniel Pancu, and Sam Esmail.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Therese Alshammar ranks 1,379 out of 1,879. Before her are Kenth Eldebrink (1955), Andreas Palicka (1986), Biljana Srbljanović (1970), Tobias Billström (1973), Eva Karlsson (1961), Elvira Öberg (1999), Robin Quaison (1993), and Daniel Erlandsson (1976). After her are Helen Sjöholm (1970), Sara Hector (1992), Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (1955), and Lisa Miskovsky (1975).

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Among SWIMMERS In Sweden

Among swimmers born in Sweden, Therese Alshammar ranks 9. Before her are Pontus Hanson (1884), Åke Borg (1901), Greta Johansson (1895), Gunnar Larsson (1951), Sarah Sjöström (1993), and Agneta Eriksson (1965). After her are Bengt Baron (1962), Lars Frölander (1974), Per Johansson (1963), Anders Holmertz (1968), Anna-Karin Kammerling (1980), and Sara Nordenstam (1983).

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