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Linköpings ASS

{{Short description|Swedish swim team}}

{{Infobox swim team

| image = Linköpings ASS.png

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| clubname = Linköpings ASS

| fullname = Linköpings Allmänna Simsällskap

| short name = LASS

| founded = {{start date and age|1824|6|4|df=y}} as Linköpings SS

| city = Linköping

| home pool = Linköpings simhall
Tinnerbäcksbadet

| swimheadcoach = Vacant

| divefounded = 1989

| wpfounded = 1974

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Linköpings Allmänna Simsällskap, commonly known as Linköpings ASS or LASS, is a Swedish swimming club based in Linköping and founded on 4 June 1824.{{citation|title=Stadgar Linköpings Allmänna Simsällskap |url=https://www.lass.se/docs/1193/34135/LASS%20stadgar%20uppdaterade%2020220323.pdf |date=23 March 2022}} The founding date makes Linköpings ASS one of the oldest Swedish swim teams. The club is active in swimming and diving{{cite web | url=https://www.lass.se/start/?ID=307094It | title=Linköpings Allmänna Simsällskap }}

History

An initiative of Per Westman, Linköpings ASS was founded in 1824 as Linköpings Simsällskap.{{cite web | url=https://www.lass.se/sida/?ID=315907 | title=Linköpings Allmänna Simsällskap }} On 18 August 1824, the club organised their first swimming graduation ceremony ({{langx|sv|simpromotion}}), where 9 bachelors and 20 masters graduated. In 1891, the club took its current name, Linköpings ASS.{{cite encyclopedia |last=Stenberg |first=O. | encyclopedia = Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon: uppslagsverk för sport, gymnastik och friluftsliv. Band 5 Lahtis–Röhse | title = Linköping | trans-title = | url = https://runeberg.org/sportlex/5/0089.html | language = sv | year = 1943 | publisher = Nordisk familjeboks förlag | location = Stockholm | pages = 128–130}}

Linköpings ASS had their first Olympic swimmer at the 1948 Summer Olympics, when Elisabeth Ahlgren participated. In 1988, Linköpings ASS had their first Olympics synchronized swimmer at the 1988 Summer Olympics, when Marie Jacobsson participated.

Led by coach Mikael Holmertz and swimmer Lars Frölander, Linköpings ASS was Sweden's best swimming club four years in a row from 2007 to 2010.{{cite news | url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/3863190 | title=LASS bäst igen | newspaper=Sveriges Radio | date=19 July 2010 }}

In 2009, the water polo team of Linköpings ASS left the swimming club and started Linköpings VF.{{cite web | url=https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/lass/pressreleases/lass-extra-aarsstaemma-351962 | title=Linköpings ASS extra årsstämma }}

Bertil Wennberg became the swimming head coach in 2013. {{cite web | url=https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/lass/pressreleases/bertil-wennberg-ny-huvudtraenare-ungdomstraenare-foer-linkoepings-allmaenna-simsaellskap-861130 | title=Bertil Wennberg ny huvudtränare/Ungdomstränare för Linköpings Allmänna Simsällskap }} In August 2021, Rebecka Lester became swimming head coach of Linköpings ASS after Niklas Larsson.{{cite web | url=https://www.lass.se/nyheter/?ID=307095&NID=809804 | title=Ny huvudtränare }} In 2022, Robin van Aggele, became swimming head coach of Linköpings ASS.{{cite web | url=https://www.lass.se/nyheter/?ID=307095&NID=948160 | title=Robin van Aggele, ny huvudtränare fr o m 1 december }}

Athletes

=Swimmers=

Swimmers that have participated in the Summer Olympics while representing Linköpings ASS:

Image:Lars Frölander.jpg at the 2006 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships representing Linköpings ASS.]]

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=Synchronized swimmers=

Synchronized swimmers that have participated in the Summer Olympics while representing Linköpings ASS:

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.lass.se/ LASS's official homepage] {{in lang|sv}}

{{Swedish swim clubs}}

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Category:Swimming clubs in Sweden

Category:1824 establishments in Sweden

Category:Sports clubs and teams established in the 1820s

Category:Sports clubs and teams in Linköping

Category:Clubs and societies in Sweden