Anders Holmertz

Anders Holmertz (born 1 December 1968) is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle (200 and 400 meters) races in the 1980s and at the beginning of the 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle. He is the brother of another Swedish swimmer, Mikael Holmertz.

Anders Holmertz
Anders Holmertz (2009)
Personal information
Full nameAnders Sören Holmertz
NationalitySweden
Born (1968-12-01) 1 December 1968
Motala, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubMotala SS

His first appearance at Olympic Games is in 1984 at Los Angeles, at the age of sixteen. Holmertz missed the final of 200 m freestyle, with the time of 1:51.70. He scored his first international medal at the European Championships of Sofia one year later, arriving 3rd in the 4×200 m freestyle relay.[1]

Homertz's achieved his main success at the next edition of European Championship, winning 200 m freestyle with the time of 1:48.44, beating rising Italian star Giorgio Lamberti. At Seoul he was the favourite in this race but surprisingly finished second behind Duncan Armstrong. Also a relative failure was the next European Championship, where Holmertz was only third in the 200 m freestyle.

After a series of fourth places, he trained well for the 1992 Summer Olympics. After a startling battery series, Holmertz was second in the 200 m behind the Russian surprise Yevgeny Sadovyi and third in the 400 m, again beat by Sadovyi and by Kieren Perkins. Holmertz won another silver medal in 4×200 m freestyle relay, the best result ever for his national team.

At the 1993 European Championship Holmertz won bronze medal in the 200 m and silver medal in the 400 m, both in freestyle. At the 1994 World Championship in Rome Holmertz finally won a gold medal, in the 4×200 m freestyle, plus a solo second place in the 200 m. His last success was a silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at Atlanta in 1996, after a 5th place in the 200 m solo race.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)
Event Time Date Meet Location Ref
100 m freestyle 49.94 11 Aug 1990- Rome, Italy
200 m freestyle 1:46.76 NR (h) 26 Jul 1992Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain
400 m freestyle 3:46.77 NR 29 Jul 1992Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain
800 m freestyle 8:02.78 NR 22 Mar 1988US Summer Nationals Orlando, Florida, United States
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

Short course (25 m)
Event Time Date Meet Location Ref
100 m freestyle 48.74 26 Mar 1994World Cup Paris, France
200 m freestyle 1:44.69 NR 1 Mar 1991- Palma de Mallorca, Spain
400 m freestyle 3:40.81 NR 4 Feb 1990- Paris, France
800 m freestyle 7:58.70 27 Mar 1994World Cup Paris, France
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

Titles

FINA World Aquatics Championships

European LC Championships

European Junior Swimming Championships
  • 1983 European Junior Swimming Championships: 1500 m freestyle

Swedish Swimming Championships
  • 1984 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle
  • 1985 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle
  • 1986 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle
  • 1987 Swedish Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle
  • 1988 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
  • 1989 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
  • 1990 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
  • 1991 Swedish Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle
  • 1992 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
  • 1993 Swedish Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley
  • 1994 Swedish Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley
  • 1995 Swedish Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley
  • 1996 Swedish Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley, 4 × 200 m freestyle

Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships
  • 1984 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle
  • 1985 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle
  • 1986 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle
  • 1987 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle
  • 1988 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
  • 1989 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
  • 1990 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
  • 1991 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley
  • 1992 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 100 m individual medley, 200 m individual medley
  • 1993 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 100 m individual medley
  • 1994 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley
  • 1995 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle
  • 1996 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
  • 1997 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle

See also

References
  1. Anders Holmertz at Sports Reference at Sports Reference

Clubs
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