Thomas Lejdström (born 31 May 1962) is a former Swedish freestyle and medley swimmer, who competed for the University of California Berkeley. He competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 4x100 freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Leif Thomas Lejdström | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Lejan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1962 Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle and medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Västerås SS, Västerås (SWE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of California, Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Nort Thornton Jr. (U. Cal. Berkeley) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lejdstrom attended University of California Berkeley and swam for Hall of Fame Coach Nort Thornton.[1]
1980-84 Olympics edit
Nicknamed Lejan, Lejdström's best individual result at the 1980 Olympics was a 7th place in the 200 m freestyle.[2]
In the 1984 Olympics Lejdström won a bronze medal in 4×100 m freestyle relay along with Swedish team mates Bengt Baron, Mikael Örn and Per Johansson. Both Bron and Johansson had swum as teamates with Lejdstrom at the University of California Berkeley. Their relay team's combined time of 3:22.69 was three seconds behind the powerful Australian team that won the silver medal, which had followed close on the heels of the gold medal winning American team. Mat Biondi, on the winning American relay team had also swum under Nort Thornton at the University of California Berkeley. Biondi would become one of the most successful Olympic male swimmers of the decade.[2][1]
Lejdström won two bronze medals at the 1981 Split European Aquatics Championships, and a silver in the 4x100 freestyle relay at the 1983 Rome European Aquatics Championships.[2]
He is the father of the Swedish Youth Olympics swimmer Gustav Åberg Lejdström.[3]
Personal bests edit
Long course (50 m) edit
| Event | Time |
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Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
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| 100 m freestyle | 50.90 | 25 August 1983 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | ||
| 200 m freestyle | 1:51.22 | 23 August 1983 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | ||
| 400 m freestyle | 3:55.30 | 16 July 1982 | Swedish Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| 800 m freestyle | 8:20.61 | † | 20 April 1980 | - | Blackpool, United Kingdom | |
| 1500 m freestyle | 15:38.91 | 20 April 1980 | - | Blackpool, United Kingdom | ||
| 100 m butterfly | 55.48 | 4 July 1984 | Swedish Championships | Västerås, Sweden | ||
| 200 m butterfly | 2:01.70 | 6 July 1984 | Swedish Championships | Västerås, Sweden | ||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:29.28 | 1 August 1982 | - | Ronneby, Sweden |
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
References edit
- ^ a b "Nort Thornton (USA): 1995 Honor Coach". International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Olympedia Olympic Bio, Thomas Lejdström". olympedia.com. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ "Nolles Nötter – här är facit - hd.se". Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
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