Lars Frölander

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| name = Lars Frölander

| image = Lars Frölander.jpg

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| caption = Frölander at the 2006 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships.

| fullname = Lars Arne Frölander

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| national_team = {{SWE}}

| strokes = Butterfly, freestyle

| club = Linköpings ASS

| coach = Eddie Sinnott
SMU Mustangs

| collegeteam = Southern Methodist University (1996–1998)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|5|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Boden, Sweden

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{{MedalCount

| Olympics | 1|2|0

| World Championships (LC) | 2|3|2

| World Championships (SC) | 7|5|2

| European Championships (LC) | 3|6|8

| European Championships (SC) | 9|4|3

| Total|22|20|15

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Lars Arne Frölander (born 26 May 1974) is a Swedish swimmer. He has competed in six consecutive Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012).

Biography

Frölander was born in Boden. He grew up in Ornäs in Borlänge Municipality.

In the 1992 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay along with Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Tommy Werner. The Swedish team finished second behind the Unified Team.

In the 1996 Summer Olympics, Frölander again finished second in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay with the Swedish team. The team consisted of Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz, Frölander, and Anders Lyrbring. This time the United States was the winning team. Frölander also competed in the 100 metre freestyle, where he finished ninth in the heats but scratched the B-final, and in the 100 metre butterfly event, where he finished 19th.

The highlight of his career was when he won the gold in the 100 metre butterfly event at the Sydney Olympic Games in September 2000. A couple of months earlier, he twice broke the world record in the men's 100 m butterfly (short course). Frölander was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 2000 as a result of his gold medal victory in Sydney.{{cite news|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/zLr3wO/det-ar-bara-att-gratulera|title=Det är bara att gratulera|publisher=Sportbladet|language=sv|author=Annika Sohlander|date=5 December 2000|access-date=26 July 2019}}

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Frölander, at the age of 38, posted a 52.47 in the opening heats of the 100 m butterfly, less than 1 second slower than top qualifier Chad le Clos, but 0.12 seconds too slow to advance to the semifinals.

Personal bests

=Long course (50 m)=

{{swimmingrecord

| eventsort = 01

| event = 50 m freestyle

| time = 22.65

| recordinfo = (h)

| date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2000|Jul|18}}

| country = FIN

| city = Helsinki

| meet = European Championships

}}

{{swimmingrecord

| eventsort = 02

| event = 100 m freestyle

| time = 48.79

| recordinfo =

| date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2001|Jul|27}}

| country = JPN

| city = Fukuoka, Fukuoka

| meet = World Championships

}}

{{swimmingrecord

| eventsort = 03

| event = 200 m freestyle

| time = 1:50.03

| recordinfo =

| date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1997|Aug|13}}

| country = ESP

| city = Seville

| meet = European Championships

}}

{{swimmingrecord

| eventsort = 13

| event = 50 m butterfly

| time = 23.56

| recordinfo = NR

| date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2008|Jul|18}}

| country = SWE

| city = Norrköping

| meet = Swedish Championships

}}

{{swimmingrecord

| eventsort = 14

| event = 100 m butterfly

| time = 52.00

| recordinfo = NR

| date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2000|Sep|22}}

| country = AUS

| city = Sydney

| meet = Olympic Games

}}

=Short course (25 m)=

{{swimmingrecord

| eventsort = 01

| event = 50 m freestyle

| time = 21.92

| recordinfo = (r)

| date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2001|Oct|20}}

| country = USA

| city = East Meadow, New York

| meet = Novo Nordisk Sprint Cup

}}

{{swimmingrecord

| eventsort = 02

| event = 100 m freestyle

| time = 46.75

| recordinfo =

| date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2000|Mar|16}}

| country = GRE

| city = Athens

| meet = World SC Championships

}}

{{swimmingrecord

| eventsort = 03

| event = 200 m freestyle

| time = 1:45.43

| recordinfo =

| date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2003|Mar|16}}

| country = SWE

| city = Stockholm

| meet = Swedish SC Championships

}}

{{swimmingrecord

| eventsort = 13

| event = 50 m butterfly

| time = 22.97

| recordinfo = NR

| date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2001|Oct|20}}

| country = USA

| city = East Meadow, New York

| meet = Novo Nordisk Sprint Cup

}}

{{swimmingrecord

| eventsort = 14

| event = 100 m butterfly

| time = 50.44

| recordinfo = NR

| date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2000|Mar|17}}

| country = GRE

| city = Athens

| meet = World SC Championships

}}

Clubs

Borlänge SS
Sundsvalls SS (1996–2001)
Linköpings ASS (2001–)

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060905041156/http://www.fina.org/bios/archives/bio_Frolander.html Profile] at FINA
{{Swimrankings|id=4029202}}

{{succession box

| before = Michael Klim

| title = Men's 100-metre butterfly
world record-holder (short course)

| years = 16 March 2000 – 14 December 2001

| after = Thomas Rupprath

}}

{{succession box

| title = Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal

| before = Tony Rickardsson

| after = Per Elofsson

| years = 2000

}}

{{succession box

| before = Pär Lindström

| title = Swedish National LC Champion
Men's 50 m freestyle

| years = 1997–1998

| after = John Miranda

}}

{{succession box

| before = Anders Holmertz

| title = Swedish National LC Champion
Men's 100 m freestyle

| years = 1996–1998

| after = John Miranda

}}

{{succession box

| before = John Miranda

| title = Swedish National LC Champion
Men's 100 m freestyle

| years = 2000–2003

| after = Eric la Fleur

}}

{{succession box

| before = Jonas Persson

| title = Swedish National LC Champion
Men's 100 m freestyle

| years = 2006

| after = Petter Stymne

}}

{{succession box

| before = Jonas Åkesson

| title = Swedish National LC Champion
Men's 50 m butterfly

| years = 1998

| after = Dan Lindström

}}

{{succession box

| before = Daniel Carlsson

| title = Swedish National LC Champion
Men's 50 m butterfly

| years = 2000–2007

| after =

}}

Category:1974 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Boden, Sweden

Category:Swedish male freestyle swimmers

Category:Swedish male butterfly swimmers

Category:Olympic swimmers for Sweden

Category:Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Sweden

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Sweden

Category:World record setters in swimming

Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Category:SMU Mustangs men's swimmers

Category:Swedish expatriate swimmers in the United States

Category:Southern Methodist University alumni

Category:Borlänge SS swimmers

Category:Sundsvalls SS swimmers

Category:Linköpings ASS swimmers

Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic gold medalists in swimming

Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming

Category:Goodwill Games medalists in swimming

Category:Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games

Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen

Category:21st-century Swedish people