Thomas Lejdström

Thomas Lejdström

Personal information
Full name	Leif Thomas Lejdström
Nickname	Lejan
Nationality	Sweden
Born	(1962-05-31) May 31, 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 Men's swimming Representing Sweden Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 1983 Rome 4×100 m freestyle 1981 Split 200 m freestyle 1981 Split 4×200 m freestyle

Thomas Lejdström (born May 31, 1962 in Västerås, Västmanland) 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.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location	Ref
100 m freestyle	50.90		25 Aug 1983	European Championships	Rome, Italy
200 m freestyle	1:51.22		23 Aug 1983	European Championships	Rome, Italy
400 m freestyle	3:55.30		16 Jul 1982	Swedish Championships	Stockholm, Sweden
800 m freestyle	8:20.61	†	20 Apr 1980	-	Blackpool, United Kingdom
1500 m freestyle	15:38.91		20 Apr 1980	-	Blackpool, United Kingdom
100 m butterfly	55.48		4 Jul 1984	Swedish Championships	Västerås, Sweden
200 m butterfly	2:01.70		6 Jul 1984	Swedish Championships	Västerås, Sweden
400 m individual medley	4:29.28		1 Aug 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

Clubs

• Västerås SS

References

• Profile