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Full name | Pär Arvidsson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Pära | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Finspång, Sweden | 27 February 1960|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pär Arvidsson (born 27 February 1960 in Finspång) is a former butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, [1] [2] after having set the world record in the same event a couple of months earlier in Austin, Texas. He held the record until April 1981. [3]
Between 1976 and 1983 he became Swedish champion 22 times.
He held the Swedish record in the 200 butterfly until 2008.
After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in economics he attended and graduated from Harvard Business School.
Event | Time |
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Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
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100 m butterfly | 54.15 | 11 Apr 1980 | - | Austin, TX, United States | ||
200 m butterfly | 2:00.42 | 18 Aug 1979 | US Summer Nationals | Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States |
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Full name | Pär Arvidsson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Pära | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Finspång, Sweden | 27 February 1960|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pär Arvidsson (born 27 February 1960 in Finspång) is a former butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, [1] [2] after having set the world record in the same event a couple of months earlier in Austin, Texas. He held the record until April 1981. [3]
Between 1976 and 1983 he became Swedish champion 22 times.
He held the Swedish record in the 200 butterfly until 2008.
After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in economics he attended and graduated from Harvard Business School.
Event | Time |
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Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
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100 m butterfly | 54.15 | 11 Apr 1980 | - | Austin, TX, United States | ||
200 m butterfly | 2:00.42 | 18 Aug 1979 | US Summer Nationals | Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States |