Helsingborgs SS
Encyclopedia
Helsingborgs SS is a Swedish
swim team founded in 1907. The club's activities take place in Filbornabadet and Simhallsbadet
. The most famous swimmers are Therese Alshammar
, Johanna Sjöberg
and Emma Igelström
, who have all competed in the Summer Olympics.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
swim team founded in 1907. The club's activities take place in Filbornabadet and Simhallsbadet
Simhallsbadet, Helsingborg
Simhallsbadet is a swimming venue in Helsingborg. It hosts a 25 m swimming pool, another smaller pool and a sauna.The building was designed by Swedish architect Mogens Mogensen and completed in 1941. The building is built in brown Helsingborg bricks...
. The most famous swimmers are Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar
Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...
, Johanna Sjöberg
Johanna Sjöberg
Johanna Sjöberg is a former international swimmer from Sweden, who won her first medal in 1997 by the European Swimming Championships in Sevilla: a bronze in the 100 m butterfly.-References:*...
and Emma Igelström
Emma Igelström
Emma Igelström is a former breaststroke swimmer and European record holder from Sweden. She competed in the 2000 Olympics She quit her career because of Bulimia nervosa.-Long course :...
, who have all competed in the Summer Olympics.
Swimmers
- Therese AlshammarTherese AlshammarMalin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...
(1996) - Emma IgelströmEmma IgelströmEmma Igelström is a former breaststroke swimmer and European record holder from Sweden. She competed in the 2000 Olympics She quit her career because of Bulimia nervosa.-Long course :...
- Louise KarlssonLouise KarlssonLouise Karlsson is a former Swedish breaststroke and medley swimmer who competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. She finished 8th on 200 m medley in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also held the world record on 100 m medley for about one year, with the time 1:01.03 in January...
- Johanna SjöbergJohanna SjöbergJohanna Sjöberg is a former international swimmer from Sweden, who won her first medal in 1997 by the European Swimming Championships in Sevilla: a bronze in the 100 m butterfly.-References:*...
External links
- Helsingborgs SS's official homepage (In Swedish)