Frida Svensson (rower)

{{short description|Swedish rower}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Frida Svensson

|image = Frida Svensson (5178816052) (cropped).jpg

|caption = Svensson in 2010

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|08|18|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Falkenberg, Sweden

|death_date=

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|show-medals=yes

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport|Women's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Cambridge|Single scull}}

{{MedalBronze|2006 Eton|Single scull}}

{{MedalCompetition|Rowing World Cup}}

{{MedalSilver|Banyoles Estany, 2009|Single scull}}

{{MedalSilver|Eton Dorney Lake, 2013|Single scull}}

{{MedalBronze|Lucerne, 2005|Single scull}}

{{MedalBronze|Amsterdam Bosbaan, 2007|Single scull}}

{{MedalBronze|Lucerne, 2010|Single scull}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Rowing Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Poznan|Single scull}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Montemor-o-Velho|Single scull}}

{{MedalCompetition|Gold Cup Challenge}}

{{MedalBronze| 2011 Philadelphia|Single scull}}

}}

Frida Svensson (born 18 August 1981) is a Swedish professional sculler. She won a gold medal in the women's single scull at the 2010 World Rowing Championships in Lake Karapiro, the victory was notable for narrowly defeating Ekaterina Karsten who has dominated women's sculling since 1996.Row2k [http://www.row2k.com/worlds/features.cfm?ID=2580 Video: Frida Svensson, World Champion] Published 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.Sportal NZ [http://sportal.co.nz/other-sports-news-display/bumblebee-stings-101633 Bumbleebee stings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729222057/http://www.sportal.co.nz/other-sports-news-display/bumblebee-stings-101633 |date=29 July 2012 }} Published 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010. She was Swedish Rower of the year in 2006, and won a bronze medal at the women's single scull at the 2006 World Rowing Championships on Dorney Lake Eton.{{FISA|10707}} Published 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.