Johanna Sjöberg

Maria Johanna Sjöberg (born 8 March 1978 in Bromölla ) is a former Swedish swimmer.

Career

Your greatest success Sjöberg about the butterfly distances and at the Swedish freestyle and medley relay. In particular, it was many victory celebrations on the short track.

The Short Course European Championships 1996 in Rostock they could win their first medals at international championships. When winning the gold medal in the 50 meter and 100 meter butterfly she put each on a new European record.

Two and a half years later she presented in Stockholm, in 00:58,93 min, even on the long course of the 100 meters butterfly a new European record.

She took part in three time Olympic Summer Games. In Atlanta in 1996, she was over the 100 meters butterfly ninth. With the Swedish 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay was fifth, with the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay Ninth and with the 4 × 100 meter medley relay, they finished tenth overall place.

Sydney 2000, they celebrated their biggest success in her Olympic career when she won the bronze medal with the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay. She was also on the 100 meter butterfly and the 4 × 100 meter medley relay each tenth.

In their recent Summer Olympics, in Athens in 2004 it reached with the Swedish 4 × 100 meters and 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay in each case the final and finished this with the seventh or eighth overall place. About 100 meters butterfly and the 100m freestyle she failed each in the flow and finished the competition as 23 and 24.

In the swimming world championships in 2001 in Fukuoka, she was finally on the 100 meter butterfly and fifth on the 100m freestyle Seventh.

The European Swimming Championships in Berlin in 2002 ended Sjöberg on the 100 meter butterfly in fourth and the 100 -meter freestyle as Seventh.

Furthermore, she put on the short track with the Swedish 4 x 50 meter freestyle, 4 × 200 meter freestyle, as well as the 4 x 50 meter medley and the 4 × 100 meter medley relay numerous new European records.