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Sjöström's highs under 16 years

The breakthrough came in 2008 when she took the European Championship gold as a 14-year-old. Just over 16 years later, the swim queen Sarah Sjöström advanced in majestic style to an Olympic Games gold double with her victory on the 50 meter freestyle. Here are Super-Sarah's highlights in her career:

» Updated: September 19 2024

» Published: August 04 2024

Sjöström's highs under 16 years
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March 22, 2008: The sensational breakthrough comes out of nowhere. The 14-year-old super talent surprises and takes the European Championship gold on 100 meters butterfly in Eindhoven, Netherlands, in her championship debut.

August 9, 2008: Makes her Olympic Games debut in the water cube in Beijing and finishes 27th on 100 meters butterfly.

July 27, 2009: Sarah Sjöström takes her first World Championship gold when she wins 100 meters butterfly in Rome and sets double world records.

August 8, 2015: Super-Sarah wins World Championship gold on 50 meters butterfly in Kazan, Russia. It's her first World Championship gold on a distance besides 100 meters butterfly.

August 8, 2016: Takes her first Olympic Games gold when she wins 100 meters butterfly on world record time in Rio de Janeiro.

July 30, 2017: Wins her first World Championship gold in freestyle when she strikes on 50 meters freestyle in Budapest. She also sets a world record in the semifinal.

July 28, 2019: Becomes historic as the first woman in history to take five individual medals in one and the same World Championship in Gwangju, South Korea.

August 1, 2021: Takes Olympic Games silver on 50 meters freestyle just half a year after she broke her arm when she slipped on an ice patch at home in Stockholm.

July 30, 2023: Passes Olympic Games king Michael Phelps and becomes the all-time most decorated World Championship medalist individually. The gold on 50 meters freestyle in Fukuoka, Japan, is her 21st individual World Championship medal (12 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze). In February this year, she took two more World Championship golds.

July 31, 2024: Upsets and wins Olympic Games gold on 100 meters freestyle after coach Antonio Lutula convinced her to swim the distance a few days earlier.

August 4, 2024: Completes the Olympic Games gold double with a win on 50 meters freestyle, her third gold and sixth Olympic Games medal in her career.

Born: August 17, 1993 (30 years old).

Club: Södertörn.

Coach: Antonio Lutula.

Lives: On Lidingö outside Stockholm with her fiancé Johan De Jong Skierus.

Olympic Games merits: Gold on 50 and 100 meters freestyle in Paris 2024 and on 100 meters butterfly in Rio 2016, silver on 200 meters freestyle 2016 and on 50 meters freestyle 2021 in Tokyo, bronze on 100 meters freestyle 2016.

World Championship merits (long course): 14 gold, 8 silver, 3 bronze. Has 4 World Championship golds on 50 meters freestyle, including three in a row: 2017, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

European Championship merits (long course): 17 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronze.

Total medals: Has 97 medals in total in long and short course between 2008 and 2024.

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