Tag: Therese Alshammar
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Olympics Swimming Mellouli | Tunisian swimmer | Targets his sixth Olympics
Oussama Mellouli is currently training to qualify for a sixth consecutive Olympic Games. If he successfully clinches a spot in the 10km open water event, he would become just the fourth swimmer in history to compete in six Olympics (behind Therese Alshammar, Lars Frolander, and Derya Buyukuncu). The Tunisian participated in the Open Water Marathon…
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Women’s Swimming 50m Freestyle – Semi-Finals | London 2012 Olympics
Highlights of the Women’s Swimming 50m Freestyle Semi-Finals from the Aquatics Centre during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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Netherlands claim New World Record at Rome 2009 | FINA World Championships
Today we take you back to the 2009 edition of the FINA World Championships in Rome for another epic moment! It has been a tough battle between Germany, Australia and Netherlands to become World Champion in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay. With a strong finish the Dutch Team came back from behind to claim the…
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Britta Steffen claims New World Record at Rome 2009 | FINA World Championships
At the 2009 edition of the FINA World Championships in Rome, Britta Steffen from Germany swam fast to win the Gold Medal in the Women’s 50m Freestyle final! She stopped the clock in 23.73 claiming a new World Record ahead Therese Alshammar, Cate Campbell and Magdalena Veldhuis.
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Therese Alshammar on the road to Rio
Behold this wonderful video by Swedish national TV svt.se, featuring the queen of Swedish swimming Therese Alshammar, her son Fred, and her coach/partner Johan Wallberg. Via simma.nu/se In Swedish – My attempt to translate follows below the video It is now 8 months since Therese Alshammar had her son Fred, and she has the all…
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CC photo #522: Alshammar winner in the 100 fly at Stockholm 2010
Not my best shot, but the best one I’ve got from when Therese Alshammar won gold in the women’s 100 meter short course butterfly, at the FINA 2010 World Cup meet in Stockholm, Sweden. Also in the picture Sarah Sjöström (Sweden) on lane 5 and Jeanette Ottesen (Denmark) on lane 6. And a man with…
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Therese Alshammar and Johan Wallberg welcome a son
Swedish media is abuzz with the news that 35-year-old Therese Alshammer on June 1 gave birth to her first child, a son. The news broke in February that she was expecting a child with partner and coach Johan Wallberg, and they have since them moved from Switzerland to Sweden. “Everything has gone well and we…