🏊 Swimming · Butterfly / freestyle

Sarah Sjöström

Sweden · 2007–present

World records in butterfly and freestyle sprints simultaneously.

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Olympic golds: 12+
World titles: 6
World records: 15
World champion at

Career

Sjöström became world champion at fifteen and has held world records in the 50 m and 100 m butterfly and the 50 m and 100 m freestyle. She returned from a broken elbow to win Olympic sprint gold in 2024, a decade and a half after her first world title.

Honours

Olympic champion in the 100 m butterfly, 2016
Olympic sprint freestyle gold, 2024
World records in both butterfly and freestyle sprints
World champion at fifteen years old

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