Aleksander Hetland

{{Short description|Norwegian swimmer (born 1982)}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}

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{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Aleksander Hetland

| image = Alex world champs3.jpg

| imagesize = 100px

| caption = Indianapolis, IN, USA (2004)

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| nationality = {{NOR}}

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| club = Bærumsvømmerne

| collegeteam = Southern Methodist University

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|12|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tromsø, Norway

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Istanbul|50 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Dubai|50 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition|European SC Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2009 Istanbul|50 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver| 2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships | 50 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|2008 Rijeka|50 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Debrecen|50 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver| 2012 Chartres |50 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalBronze|2006 Helsinki|100 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze| 2012 Chartres |{{nowrap|4×50 m mixed medley}}}}

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Aleksander Hetland (born 26 December 1982){{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/210989.shtml |title=Aleksander Hetland |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916152806/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/210989.shtml |archive-date=2008-09-16 |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games |access-date=2009-07-01}} is a Norwegian former swimmer.{{cite web |url=http://www.svomming.no/index.php?menuid=147 |title=Aleksander Hetland |website=svomming.no |language=no |publisher=Norwegian Swimming Federation |access-date=2009-07-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050915163514/http://www.svomming.no/index.php?menuid=147 |archive-date=2005-09-15}} Hetland, who represented Bærumssvømmerne,Listing of Norwegian Records, retrieved from medley.no on 2009-07-15. had his strength in the medley events. He became world champion in the men's 50 metre breaststroke in the 2012 Short Course Worlds in Istanbul.{{Cite web |last=Murtnes |first=Sindre |date=2012-12-17 |title=Her får Hetland gullklem av sjefen |url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/her-far-hetland-gullklem-av-sjefen-1.10844009 |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}

At the 2004 Short Course Worlds in Indianapolis, IN, USA, Hetland finished fourth in the 100 m individual medley, setting the Norwegian Record with his time of 54.44.

He claimed his first international swimming medal at the 2006 Short Course European Championships in Helsinki, where he received the bronze medal in the 100 m individual medley, improving his Norwegian Record to 53.70. Hetland followed that up with success at the 2007 SC Europeans, winning the silver medal on 50 m breaststroke and setting a new Nordic Record, with 26.93. In 2009, he won gold medal in the 50 m breaststroke gold in the European short course championship in Istanbul.

He is a former member of Asker svømmeklubb.