PERSSON Erik

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (1:01.20)	SF (2:10.12)

World Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (1:00.66)	8th (2:08.39)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (1:00.08)	SF (2:09.58)
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (1:01.75)	SF (2:10.87)

European Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	4x100Medley M
2020	Budapest, HUN	SF (1:00.50)	3rd (2:07.66)	H (3:36.16)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	SF (1:00.54)	8th (2:10.25)	8th (3:36.00)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	4x100Medley
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (57.83)	8th (2:04.15)	-
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (58.55)	6th (2:04.83)	H (3:28.03)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Athlete

Cultural Studies, Sport Studies - Malmo University, Sweden

Swedish

Kungsbacka SS [Sweden]

Ulrika Sandmark [national], SWE; Karl-Johan Gardstrom [personal]

He began swimming because he always liked water activities. (tyr.se, 01 Jun 2013)

"[Swimming] is a lifestyle. It is more than a job. You have to use the whole day and do everything as well as possible to be able to perform at the top." (goteborg.etc.se, 04 Dec 2019)

He was named West Sweden Swimming Association Swimmer of the Year in 2019/20. (vssf.nu, 09 Jun 2020)

In 2019 he was named Male Swimmer of the Year by the Swedish Swimming Association. (norrahalland.se, 12 Feb 2020)