Sven Nylander

{{short description|Swedish hurdler}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|image = Sven Nylander in Jan 2014.jpg

|caption = Nylander in 2014

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1962|1|1|df=y}}

|birth_place=Varberg, Sweden

|nationality=Swedish

|height={{convert|6|ft|4|in|m}}

|weight={{convert|187|lb|kg}}

|death_date=

|death_place=

|country={{flagcountry|SWE}}

|sport=Athletics (track and field)

|event=Hurdles

|olympics = 1984, 1996

|worlds = 1983, 1987, 1995

|regionals = 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994

|pb = 47.98

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 1990 Split |400m Hurdles}}

{{MedalSilver| 1994 Helsinki |400m Hurdles}}

{{MedalBronze| 1986 Stuttgart |400 m hurdles}}

}}

Sven Olof Nylander (born 1 January 1962) is a Swedish retired hurdler, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships in 1990 and 1994. He represented his native country in three Summer Olympics (1984, 1992 and 1996), and set his personal best (47.98 s) in the men's 400 metres hurdles on 1 August 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Nylander finished fourth in four global championships (World Athletics Championships 1983 and 1987 - Olympic Games 1984 and 1996). He also finished fifth in the 1995 World Athletics Championship.

Nylander attended Southern Methodist University ("SMU") in Dallas, Texas, USA on an athletic scholarship, where he was a member of the SMU Mustangs track and field team.

During the European Championships in Gothenburg 2006, Nylander attended a party at a night club in central Gothenburg. He, former high jumper Patrik Sjöberg and sprinter Patrik Lövgren, were later stopped by the police and brought to the police station where they left urine samples, under suspicion of drug use. In interviews, Nylander at first claimed that he had not used narcotics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060828022713/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2345&a=564966&previousRenderType=1 Dagens Nyheter - "Sven Nylander talar ut efter knarkskandalen"]. Retrieved on 2008-08-27. A couple of days later, Nylander confessed to having used cocaine during the party.[https://archive.today/20060827073342/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2345&a=565384&previousRenderType=6 Dagens Nyheter - "Ja, jag tog kokain"]. Retrieved on 2008-08-27.