Lars Frölander

Infobox Swimmer
swimmername=Lars Frölander


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caption = Lars Frölander at the 2006 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships.
fullname = Lars Arne Frölander
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nationality = SWE
strokes = butterfly, freestyle
club = Linköpings ASS
collegeteam = SMU Mustangs (1996-1998)
birthdate = birth date and age|1974|5|26
birthplace = Boden, Sweden
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Lars Frölander (born May 26, 1974 in Boden) is a Swedish swimmer from the village of Ornäs in Borlänge. He competed in 5 consecutive Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008). The highlight of his career was when he won the gold on the 100 metre butterfly event at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. A couple of months earlier he twice broke the world record in the men's 100 m butterfly (short course). After some difficult years he made a successful comeback at the European SC Championships in 2005 when he won his third gold of the competition.

Frölander was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 2000 as a result of his gold medal victory in Sydney.

Clubs

*Borlänge SS
*Sundsvalls SS (1996-2001)
*Linköpings ASS (2001-)

External links

* [http://www.fina.org/bios/archives/bio_Frolander.html Profile on FINA-website]