Sven Schwarz (born 31 January 2002) is a German competitive swimmer. He is the world junior record holder in the short course 800 metre freestyle, and the 2023 European under-23 champion over 800 metres (long course). He won a silver medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay and bronze medals in the 800 metre and 1500 metre freestyle at the 2019 European Junior Championships. In 2021, he won one bronze medal each in the 800 metre freestyle and 1500 metre freestyle at the 2021 European Short Course Championships. At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships (long course), he placed fifth in the final of the 800 metre freestyle.
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| Born | 31 January 2002[2] Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | W98 Hannover[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background edit
Schwarz was born 31 January 2002 in Germany.[2][3] He competes for swim club W98 Hannover.[1]
Career edit
2019 edit
2019 European Junior Championships edit
| 2019 European Junior Championships | ||
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4×200 m freestyle | 7:18.31 |
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1500 m freestyle | 15:09.41 |
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800 m freestyle | 7:53.74 |
For his first medal of the 2019 European Junior Swimming Championships, held at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia in early July, Schwarz won the bronze medal in the 1500 metre freestyle with a time of 15:09.41, finishing behind a gold-silver medal finish by two Russian swimmers.[4] Schwarz won his second medal on 5 July, splitting a 1:49.04 for the second leg of the Germany 4×200 metre freestyle relay and helping the relay achieve a silver medal-winning time of 7:18.31, which was less than two seconds slower than the gold medal-winning time of 7:16.49 swum by the Russian relay team.[5] On Saturday 6 July, Schwarz posted a personal best time of 7:53.74 in the 800 metre freestyle, earning the bronze medal in the event behind two Russians, only one of which had also finished ahead of him in the 1500 metre freestyle, and making the only swimmers Schwarz finished behind in all three events he medaled in Russian, that is, the only swimmers faster than Schwarz in the events were Russian.[6]
2019 German Championships edit
At the 2019 German Short Course Championships in Berlin in November, Schwarz swam a personal best time in the short course 800 metre freestyle of 7:36.00, which earned him the silver medal in the event behind Florian Wellbrock and set a new world junior record in the event, breaking the mark of 7:41.51 established by FINA for the event in 2014.[7]
2021 edit
2021 Swimming World Cup: Berlin edit
| 2021 World Cup – Berlin | ||
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1500 m freestyle | 14:45.83 |
On day one of competition at the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin, 1 October, Schwarz swam a 3:45.86 in the prelims heats of the 400 metre freestyle and qualified for the final ranked seventh overall.[8] In the final of the event later the same day, Schwarz finished sixth with a time of 3:44.90.[9] The second day, Schwarz won the bronze medal in the 1500 metre freestyle timed final in 14:45.83.[2][10][11] On the third and final day of competition, Schwarz ranked 27th overall in the prelims heats of the 200 metre freestyle with his time of 1:49.65 and did not advance to the final.[12]
2021 European Short Course Championships edit
| 2021 European Championships | ||
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1500 m freestyle | 14:26.24 |
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800 m freestyle | 7:33.85 |
At the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia in November, Schwarz ranked sixth in the prelims heats of the 1500 meter freestyle on 3 November with a time of 14:41.74 and qualified for the final the following day.[13] In the final, he swam a 14:26.24 and earned the bronze medal in the event, finishing behind gold medalist Florian Wellbrock, also of Germany, and silver medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy.[14][15] On 6 November, in the prelims heats of the 800 meter freestyle, Schwarz qualified for the final of the event ranked seventh overall with his time of 7:39.07.[16] The final day of competition, 7 November, he won the bronze medal in the event, finishing after gold medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri and silver medalist Florian Wellbrock with a time of 7:33.85.[17][18]
2022 edit
Through 30 March for the 2022 year, Schwarz ranked in the global top five for the long course 800 metre freestyle, second, and long course 400 metre freestyle, fourth.[19] In April, at the 2022 Berlin Swim Open, he lowered his best time in the 800 metre freestyle to a 7:46.64.[20]
2022 European Aquatics Championships edit
Schwarz was named to the Germany roster for the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in August in Rome, Italy, in the 400 metre freestyle and 800 metre freestyle.[21] In the preliminaries of the 800 metre freestyle on day two, he ranked sixth overall with a time of 7:49.30 and qualified for the final.[22][23] He placed fifth in the final with a time of 7:47.36, finishing less than four seconds behind bronze medalist Lorenzo Galossi of Italy.[24] In the preliminaries of the 400 metre freestyle on day seven, he placed tenth with a time of 3:49.58 and did not qualify for the evening final.[25][26]
2022 Swimming World Cup: Berlin edit
| 2022 World Cup – Berlin | ||
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1500 m freestyle | 14:34.87 |
For his first of two individual events at the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup held in Berlin and conducted in short course metres, Schwarz placed fifteenth in the 400 metre freestyle preliminary heats with a time of 3:46.02, which was 4.51 seconds slower than first-ranked Danas Rapšys of Lithuania.[27] In his second event, the 1500 metre freestyle, he finished in a time of 14:34.87, which was 10.96 seconds faster than his time at the Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin one year prior, and won the bronze medal.[2][28]
2023 edit
On 21 April 2023, at the Berlin Swim Open, Schwarz placed fifth in the 1500 metre freestyle with a personal best time of 14:49.22.[29] The following two days, he won bronze medals in the 800 metre freestyle, with a personal best time of 7:43.43 on 22 April, and the 400 metre freestyle, with a personal best time of 3:46.56 on 23 April.[1]
International championships (50 m) edit
| Meet | 400 freestyle | 800 freestyle | 1500 freestyle | 4×200 freestyle relay |
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| EYOF 2017 | 7th | — |  |
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| EC 2022 | 10th | 5th | ||
International championships (25 m) edit
| Meet | 800 freestyle | 1500 freestyle |
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| EC 2021 | |
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Personal best times edit
Long course metres (50 m pool) edit
| Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Ref |
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| 400 m freestyle | 3:46.56 | 2023 Berlin Swim Open | Berlin | 23 April 2023 | [1] |
| 800 m freestyle | 7:43.43 | 2023 Berlin Swim Open | Berlin | 22 April 2023 | [1] |
| 1500 m freestyle | 14:49.22 | 2023 Berlin Swim Open | Berlin | 21 April 2023 | [29] |
Short course metres (25 m pool) edit
| Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Ref |
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| 400 m freestyle | 3:43.17 | 2019 Germany International Meet | Berlin | 17 November 2019 | [3] |
| 800 m freestyle | 7:33.85 | 2021 European Short Course Championships | Kazan, Russia | 4 November 2021 | [17] |
| 1500 m freestyle | 14:26.24 | 2021 European Short Course Championships | Kazan, Russia | 7 November 2021 | [14] |
Swimming World Cup circuits edit
The following medals Schwarz has won at Swimming World Cup circuits.[30]
| Edition | Gold medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | Total |
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| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
World records edit
World junior records edit
Short course metres (25 m pool) edit
| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Age | Status | Ref |
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| 1 | 800 m freestyle | 7:36.00 | 2019 German Short Course Championships | Berlin | 16 November 2019 | 17 | Current | [7] |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Grandi crono dal Berlin Open. Florian Wellbrock: 1500 stile libero (14.34.89). Lukas Martens: 800 stile libero (7.42.14) 400 (3.43.86)" (in Italian). nuoto.com. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d FINA (2 October 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 1500m Freestyle Fastest Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Sven Schwarz". FINA. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ Race, Retta (4 July 2019). "2019 European Junior C'Ships Day 2 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Covington, Taylor (5 July 2019). "2019 European Junior Swimming Championships Finals Day 3: Matthew Richards Swims 48.8 100 Free". Swimming World. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Sutherland, James (6 July 2019). "2019 European Junior Swimming Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ a b Race, Retta (16 November 2019). "Germany's Sven Schwarz Establishes World Junior Record In SCM 800 Free". SwimSwam. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ FINA (1 October 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ FINA (1 October 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Race, Retta (2 October 2021). "2021 FINA World Cup Berlin: Day 2 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ De George, Matthew (2 October 2021). "Matthew Sates Destroys 200 IM World Junior Record at FINA World Cup". Swimming World. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ FINA (3 October 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ LEN (3 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 1500m Freestyle Men Preliminary". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ a b LEN (4 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 1500m Freestyle Men Final". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Byrnes, Liz (4 November 2021). "Nicolo Martinenghi Wins 100 Breaststroke Battle; Florian Wellbrock Goes Third All-Time In 1500 At European SC". Swimming World. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ LEN (6 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 800m Freestyle Men Preliminaries". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ a b LEN (7 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 800m Freestyle Men Final". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Byrnes, Liz (7 November 2021). "Final Session Witnesses Two World Records, A WJR And One European Mark As European SC End". Swimming World. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Penland, Spencer (30 March 2022). "Global Top 5 Times In Each LCM Event In 2022 As Selection Meets Heat Up". SwimSwam. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Keith, Braden (9 April 2022). "Rafael Miroslaw Breaks German Record In The 100 Free At Berlin Swim Open". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "German athletes qualified for Rome 2022". roma2022.eu. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ LEN (12 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 800m Freestyle Men Preliminary". Microplus. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ OA Sport (12 August 2022). "Europei nuoto Roma 2022 - Risultati batterie day 2: l'Italia incanta nei 100 rana, bene Miressi e Paltrinieri" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ LEN (13 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 800m Freestyle Men Final". Microplus. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "Campeonatos Europeos: 400m estilo libre - masculino - series: Resultados" (in Spanish). Eurosport. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Schwimm-EM in Rom: Gose, Märtens und Mühlleitner auf Medaillenkurs" (in German). tah.de. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ FINA (21 October 2022). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ FINA (22 October 2022). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Swim Open Berlin (GER) 2023: Men, 1500m Freestyle". swimrankings.net. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Sven Schwarz: Medals". FINA. Retrieved 22 October 2022.