Thomas Lejdström

Thomas Lejdström (born 31 May 1962) is a former Swedish freestyle and medley swimmer, who competed in the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics.

Thomas Lejdström
Personal information
Full nameLeif Thomas Lejdström
Nickname(s)Lejan
NationalitySwedish
Born (1962-05-31) 31 May 1962
Västerås, Västmanland
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle and medley
ClubVästerås SS
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley

In 1984 Lejdström won a bronze medal in 4×100 m freestyle relay along with Bengt Baron, Mikael Örn and Per Johansson. Nicknamed Lejan his best individual result at the Olympics is a 7th place at 200 m freestyle in 1980.

Lejdström is the father of the Swedish Youth Olympics swimmer Gustav Åberg Lejdström.[1]

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)
Event Time Date Meet Location Ref
100 m freestyle 50.90 25 August 1983European Championships Rome, Italy
200 m freestyle 1:51.22 23 August 1983European Championships Rome, Italy
400 m freestyle 3:55.30 16 July 1982Swedish Championships Stockholm, Sweden
800 m freestyle 8:20.61 † 20 April 1980- Blackpool, United Kingdom
1500 m freestyle 15:38.91 20 April 1980- Blackpool, United Kingdom
100 m butterfly 55.48 4 July 1984Swedish Championships Västerås, Sweden
200 m butterfly 2:01.70 6 July 1984Swedish Championships Västerås, Sweden
400 m individual medley 4:29.28 1 August 1982- Ronneby, Sweden
Legend: WR – World record; ER – European record; NR – Swedish record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Clubs

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2012-08-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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