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Place of Birth: Motala, Östergötland County, Sweden
About Anders Holmertz
- 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.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.
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