Pär Arvidsson (born 27 February 1960 in Finspång) is a former butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow,[1][2] after having set the world record in the same event a couple of months earlier in Austin, Texas. He held the record until April 1981.[3]
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| Full name | Pär Arvidsson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Pära | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 February 1960 Finspång, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Between 1976 and 1983 he became Swedish champion 22 times.
He held the Swedish record in the 200 butterfly until 2008.
After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in economics he attended and graduated from Harvard Business School.
Personal bests edit
Long course (50 m) edit
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Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
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| 100 m butterfly | 54.15 | 11 Apr 1980 | - | Austin, TX, United States | ||
| 200 m butterfly | 2:00.42 | 18 Aug 1979 | US Summer Nationals | Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States |
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