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 and 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	Swedish
Born	(1962-03-30) 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 Olympics.com