Michael Söderlund

Michael Söderlund (born 30 March 1962 in Karlskrona, Blekinge) is a former swimmer from Sweden who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, between 1980 to 1988. In the 1984 Summer Olympics, he was a part of the 4×100 m freestyle relay team, swimming one leg in the prelims. His best individual result in the Olympics was a 6th place on 200 m backstroke on the time of 2:04.10, which was a Swedish record for 27 years. Soderlund was on the 400-meter freestyle relay team that captured the bronze medal in the ’84 Olympiad at Los Angeles.

Michael Söderlund

Personal information
Full name	Per Michael Söderlund
Nationality	Sweden
Born	30 March 1962 Karlskrona, Blekinge
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle and backstroke
Club	Karlskrona SS
College team	University of California, Berkeley
Medal record Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 1981 Split 200 m freestyle 1985 Sofia 4×200 m freestyle 1981 Split 4×200 m freestyle 1985 Sofia 4×100 m freestyle 1987 Strasbourg 4×200 m freestyle

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location	Ref
200 m freestyle	1:51.44		24 Mar 1988	US Summer Nationals	Orlando, FL, United States
200 m backstroke	2:04.10		26 Jul 1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union

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

• Karlskrona SS

External links

• Michael Söderlund at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Michael Söderlund at the International Olympic Committee