Ingvild Snildal (born 25 August 1988 in Asker, Norway)[1] is a Norwegian swimmer. She won gold in 100 m butterfly at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships. This was her 5th international medal. Her club team is Asker svømmeklubb. She holds Norwegian medals in long and short course.

Ingvild Snildal
Personal information
Full nameIngvild Snildal
Nationality Norway
Born (1988-08-25) 25 August 1988 (age 35)
Asker, Norway
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, Freestyle, IM
ClubAsker SK
Medal record
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 50 m butterfly
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2012 Debrecen 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Debrecen 50 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2010 Eindhoven 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Istanbul 50 m butterfly

Swimming accomplishments edit

  • Gold, silver and bronze medals from European Championships
  • Bronze from World Championships
  • 49 gold medals in National Championships, 11 silver and 5 bronze
  • Swam for Norway at the 2008 Olympics and the 2012 Olympics in London.

National records edit

She took her first national record on 27 May 2006, with a time of 30,38 in the 50 m backstroke. As of 30 May 2012 she had taken 75 national records. At the moment she holds 12 senior records and 3 junior records, as well as 1 Nordic record.[needs update]

References edit

  1. ^ Snildal's entry Archived 2012-08-12 at the Wayback Machine from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-15.