Anders Holmertz

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Anders Holmertz.

Anders Holmertz (December 1, 1968) is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle (200 and 400 meters) races in the 1980s and at the beginning of 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle.

His first appearance at Olympic Games is in 1984 at Los Angeles, at the age of sixteen. Holmertz missed the final of 200m freestyle, with the time of 1:51.70. He scored his first international medal at the European Championships of Sofia one year later, arriving 3rd in the 4x200 m freestyle relay.

Homertz's achieved his main success at the next edition of European Championship, winning 200 m freestyle with the time of 1:48.44, beating rising Italian star Giorgio Lamberti. At Seoul he was the favourite in this race but surprisingly finished second behind Duncan Armstrong. Also a relative failure was the next European Championship, where Holmertz was only third in the 200 m freestyle.

Men’s Swimming
Olympic medal record
Silver	Seoul 1988	200m Freestyle
Silver	Barcelona 1992	200m Freestyle
Silver	Barcelona 1992	4x200m Freestyle Relay
Silver	Atlanta 1996	4x200m Freestyle Relay
Bronze	Barcelona 1992	400m Freestyle

After a series of fourth places, he trained well for the 1992 Summer Olympics. After a startling battery series, Holmertz was second in the 200m behind the Russian surprise Yevgeny Sadovyi and third in the 400 m, again beat by Sadovyi and by Kieren Perkins. Holmertz won another silver medal in 4x200 m freestyle relay, the best result ever for his national team.

At the 1993 European Championship Holmertz won bronze medal in the 200m and silver medal in the 400 m, both in freestyle. At the 1994 World Championship in Rome Holmertz finally won a gold medal, in the 4x200 m freestyle, plus a solo second place in the 200 m. His last success was a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Atlanta in 1996, after a 5th place in the 200 m solo race.