Pär_Arvidsson

Pär Arvidsson

Pär Arvidsson

Swedish swimmer

Pär Arvidsson (born 27 February 1960 in Finspång) is a former butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow,[1][2] after having set the world record in the same event a couple of months earlier in Austin, Texas. He held the record until April 1981.[3]

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Between 1976 and 1983 he became Swedish champion 22 times.

He held the Swedish record in the 200 butterfly until 2008.

After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in economics he attended and graduated from Harvard Business School.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

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Legend: WR – World record; ER – European record; NR – Swedish record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Clubs

  • Finspångs SK
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References

  1. [1]
    Par Arvidsson at Sports Reference at Sports Reference
  2. [2]
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8_8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=es0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1322,1877276&dq=p%C3%A4r+arvidsson+1980+butterfly&hl=en [dead link]
  3. [3]
    "The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search".
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