Anders Holmertz

Anders Holmertz

Anders Holmertz (2009)
Personal information
Full name	Anders Sören Holmertz
Born	(1968-12-01) 1 December 1968 (age 55) Motala, Sweden
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Motala SS
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 200 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 200 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 4x200 m freestyle 1996 Atlanta 4x200 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 400 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1994 Rome 4×200 m freestyle 1994 Rome 200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 1993 Palma de Mallorca 4×200 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg 4×100 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 1987 Strasbourg 200 m freestyle 1985 Sofia 4×200 m freestyle 1993 Sheffield 4×100 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 200 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 4×200 m freestyle 1987 Strasbourg 4×200 m freestyle 1989 Bonn 200 m freestyle 1989 Bonn 4×100 m freestyle 1991 Athens 4×100 m freestyle 1993 Sheffield 200 m freestyle 1993 Sheffield 400 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 400 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 4×100 m freestyle

Anders Holmertz (born 1 December 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 the 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle. He is the brother of another Swedish swimmer, Mikael Holmertz.

His first appearance at Olympic Games is in 1984 at Los Angeles, at the age of sixteen. Holmertz missed the final of 200 m 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 4×200 m freestyle relay.^[1]

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.

After a series of fourth places, he trained well for the 1992 Summer Olympics. After a startling battery series, Holmertz was second in the 200 m 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 4×200 m freestyle relay, the best result ever for his national team.

At the 1993 European Championship Holmertz won bronze medal in the 200 m 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 4×200 m freestyle, plus a solo second place in the 200 m. His last success was a silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at Atlanta in 1996, after a 5th place in the 200 m solo race.