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| Full name | Leif Thomas Lejdström | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Lejan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1962 Västerås, Västmanland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle and medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Västerås SS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of California, Berkeley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Lejdström (born 31 May 1962) is a former Swedish freestyle and medley swimmer, who competed in the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics.
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 1983 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | ||
| 200 m freestyle | 1:51.22 | 23 August 1983 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | ||
| 400 m freestyle | 3:55.30 | 16 July 1982 | Swedish 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 1984 | Swedish Championships | Västerås, Sweden | ||
| 200 m butterfly | 2:01.70 | 6 July 1984 | Swedish 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
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
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2012-08-17.