Louise Hansson

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{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Louise Hansson

| image =

| fullname = Louise Maria Hansson

| national_team = Sweden

| strokes = Freestyle, butterfly

| club = Helsingborgs SS; [https://torontotitans.club/ Toronto Titans (ISL)]

| collegeteam = University of Southern California

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|11|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Helsingborg, Sweden

| height = 1.87 m

| weight = 71 kg

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country|{{SWE}}}}

{{MedalCount|total=yes

|World Championships (LC)|0|2|1

|World Championships (SC)|3|2|5

|European Championships (LC)|3|4|2

|European Championships (SC)|0|2|1

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{{MedalBronze|2022 Rome|Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}

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Louise Maria Hansson (born 24 November 1996) is a Swedish competitive swimmer, a member of Helsingborgs SS.{{cite news |title=Louise Hansson |newspaper=Eurosport |url=http://www.eurosport.com/swimming/louise-hansson_prs313610/person.shtml |publisher=Eurosport.com |access-date=15 December 2014}}

Career

=International Swimming League=

In spring 2020, Hansson signed for the Toronto Titans, the first Canadian based team in the ISL. This will be the first time Louise Hansson has swum in the ISL.https://isl.global/

=World Championships=

2021: Hansson will represent Sweden at the rescheduled 2021 Tokyo Olympics, after qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games.

2019: Hansson achieved 7th place in 100m fly; 6th in the 4x100m fr; and 7th in the 4x100m medley relay at the World Aquatic Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

2017: At the 2017 World Aquatic Championships in Budapest, Hansson reached 5th place in the 4x100m free and missed the 100m fly semi by 0.2 seconds.

2016: Hansson did also participate in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She swam 100 fly, 200 IM individually and all relays. In both 4x100 freestyle and 4x200 freestyle Sweden finished 5th.

2015: Hansson was anchoring in the relay that won a silver at the 2015 FINA World Swimming Championship in Kazan, Russia.

2013: At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, she finished fourth in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay. At the 2014 World Championships (25m) in Doha, Qatar she was a part of the relay team that finished fourth in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay.

2012: Individually, at the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), she finished 8th in the final of the Women's 100 metre freestyle, 9th in the 50 metre butterfly, missing out on the final with one hundredth of a second, and 9th as well in the 100 metre butterfly.

=Other=

2018: Hansson reached the finals in the 100m fly in the 2018 European Aquatics Championships in Glasgow.

2016: Hansson was bronze in the 4 x 100m fr relay at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships. She also moved to Los Angeles to swim for the [https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving University of Southern California] in this year.

2015: Hansson won her first international medal in an individual event, a bronze in the 200m individual medley, at the 2015 Short Course Championships in Netanya, Israel. In the 4×50m medley relay she won a silver medal swimming the backstroke lead-off leg. Her sister Sophie swam the second (breaststroke) leg.{{cite web |url=http://www.swimvortex.com/laszlo-cseh-goes-longer-on-longevity-with-sc-149-euro-mark-wr-rattler-200-fly/ |title=Laszlo Cseh Goes Longer On Longevity With s/c 1:49 Euro Mark & WR-Rattler 200 'Fly |first1=Craig |last1=Lord |date=December 6, 2015 |publisher=Swimvortex |access-date=December 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819062029/http://www.swimvortex.com/laszlo-cseh-goes-longer-on-longevity-with-sc-149-euro-mark-wr-rattler-200-fly/ |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

2014: She won a gold medal at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships in Berlin with her team in the 4 × 100 m freestyle, and silver medals in the 4 × 200 m freestyle, in a new Swedish record.

She finished 9th in the 200 metre freestyle and tenth in the 200 metre individual medley and in the 100 metre butterfly at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships.

2012: At the 2012 European Aquatics Championships, she finished 9th in the 50 metre butterfly. At the 2012 European Aquatics Championships, she won a silver medal as part of the Swedish 4 × 100 m freestyle team.

2011: At the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships, she won gold in the 50 m butterfly and a silver medal in the 50m freestyle. At the 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships, she again won gold in the 50m butterfly.

Personal records

The personal bests of Louise Hansson, as of 1 July 2019.{{cite web |title=HANSSON, Louise (1996 ) |url=http://www.swimrankings.net/?page=athleteDetail&athleteId=4440796 |publisher=Swim rankings |access-date=1 July 2019}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|50m freestyle |25.15 |2 July 2017 |Borås, Sweden | | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|100m freestyle |54.62 |13 April 2014 |Eindhoven, Netherlands | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|200m freestyle |1:58.45 |6 August 2015 |Kazan, Russia | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|400m freestyle |4:14.00 |28 February 2014 |Berlin, Germany | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|50m backstroke |29.50 |1 March 2014 |Berlin, Germany | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|100 m backstroke |1:00.35 |3 April 2019 |Toronto, Ontario, Canada | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|200m backstroke |2:14.71 |28 February 2014 |Berlin, Germany | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|50m breaststroke |34.70 |7 March 2010 |Berlin, Germany | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|100m breaststroke |1:19.71 |19 June 2010 |Simrishamn, Sweden | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|50m butterfly |25.84 |3 April 2019 |Toronto, Ontario, Canada | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|100m butterfly |57.35 |5 April 2019 |Toronto, Ontario, Canada | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|200m butterfly |2:13.25 |8 July 2018 |Landskrona, Sweden | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|200m medley |2:12.72 |31 March 2015 |Berlin, Germany | }}NJR

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|400m medley |5:08.77 |16 May 2010 |Mölndal, Sweden | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|50m freestyle |24.52 |4 November 2015 |Helsingborg, Sweden | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|100m freestyle |52.88 |6 November 2015 |Helsingborg, Sweden | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|200m freestyle |1:53.98 |7 November 2015 |Helsingborg, Sweden | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|400m freestyle |4:06.95 |13 October 2013 |Moscow, Russia | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|800m freestyle |8:32.19 |26 January 2015 |Helsingborg, Sweden | }}NJR

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|50m backstroke |26.98 |7 November 2015 |Helsingborg, Sweden | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|100m backstroke |57.74 |3 December 2015 |Netanya, Israel | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|200m backstroke |2:11.67 |18 December 2011 |Helsingborg, Sweden | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|50m breaststroke |39.88 |9 February 2008 |Hässleholm, Sweden | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|100m breaststroke |1:09.53 |21 March 2015 |Helsingborg, Sweden | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|25m butterfly |16.26 |10 March 2007 |Helsingborg, Sweden | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|50m butterfly |25.83 |23 November 2012 |Helsingborg, Sweden | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|100m butterfly |56.56 |17 December 2017 |Copenhagen, Denmark | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|200m butterfly |2:10.82 |14 October 2012 |Stockholm, Sweden | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|100m medley |58.77 |5 November 2015 |Helsingborg, Sweden | }}NJR

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|200m medley |2:06.29 20px |4 November 2015 |Helsingborg, Sweden | }}NJR{{cite web |title=Svenska rekord 25 m damer |url=http://www.svensksimidrott.se/Varagrenar/Simning/Simstatistik/Rekord/Svenskarekord/Damer25m/ |publisher=Svensk Simidrott |access-date=7 November 2017 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121085218/https://www.svensksimidrott.se/varagrenar/Simning/Simstatistik/Rekord/Svenskarekord/Damer25m/ |url-status=dead }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|400m medley |4:40.39 |5 October 2013 |Helsingborg, Sweden | }}

Personal

She lives in Ramlösa, Helsingborg, Sweden.{{cite web |title=Louise Hansson |url=http://www.sok.se/aktiva/aktiva/louisehansson.5.5be03ec213ea625de641b0f.html |publisher=Swedish Olympic Committee |access-date=15 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924122610/http://www.sok.se/aktiva/aktiva/louisehansson.5.5be03ec213ea625de641b0f.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}} Her younger sister Sophie Hansson is also a competitive swimmer,{{cite news |last1=Silvander |first1=Heidi |title=Systrarna Hansson har ett EM ihop |url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sport/systrarna-hansson-har-ett-em-ihop/ |work=Sydsvenskan |date=12 December 2013 |language=sv}} winner of a bronze medal at the 2014 European Junior Swimming Championships and finishing fourth in the 50 metre breaststroke at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.{{cite news |title=Youth Olympic Games: China Downs Mixed 400 Free Relay World Junior Record; Anton Chupkov Posts WJR As Well |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/youth-olympic-games-day-one-finals-live-recap/ |work=Swimming World |date=17 August 2014}} Her father Lars-Olof Hansson is the coach at her club Helsingborgs SS. She also has a younger brother Gustaf. She studies natural sciences at the Nationell Idrottsutbildning, a sport school in Helsingborg.{{cite news |last1=Borgå |first1=Tomas |title=Simmarglädje |url=http://aquamagasin.se/simmargladje/ |access-date=15 December 2014 |work=Aquamagasin}}