Emma Igelström

Emma Igelström

Personal information

Surname:

Emma Igelström

Nation:

Sweden

Swimming style (s) :

chest

Birthday:

March 6, 1980

Place of birth:

Karlshamn

Medal table

Medals

Short course world championship
gold	2000 Athens	4 × 100 m layers
gold	2002 Moscow	50 m chest
gold	2002 Moscow	100 m chest
gold	2002 Moscow	4 × 100 m layers
silver	2002 Moscow	200 m chest
European Championship
gold	2000 Helsinki	4 × 100 m layers
gold	2002 Berlin	50 m chest
gold	2002 Berlin	100 m chest
silver	2002 Berlin	4 × 100 m layers
bronze	2002 Berlin	200 m chest
European short course championship
gold	1994 Starvanger	50 m chest
gold	1999 Lisbon	4 × 50 m layers
gold	2000 Valencia	50 m chest
gold	2000 Valencia	200 m chest
gold	2000 Valencia	4 × 50 m layers
gold	2001 Antwerp	50 m chest
gold	2001 Antwerp	4 × 50 m layers
gold	2002 Riesa	50 m chest
silver	1994 Starvanger	4 × 50 m layers
silver	2000 Valencia	100 m chest
silver	2003 Dublin	50 m chest
bronze	1999 Lisbon	100 m chest
bronze	2001 Antwerp	200 m chest

Emma Igelström (born March 6, 1980 in Karlshamn ) is a former Swedish swimmer .

Career

Her strengths in swimming were the short chest distances . At the European Championships in 2002 she was European champion both over 50 m breasts and over 100 m breasts. She also set numerous new world and European records over the 50 meter and 100 meter chest distances on the short course. Because of the disease bulimia , from which she suffered, she ended her career as a swimmer early.

Web links

Emma Igelström in the Swimrankings.net database (English)
Emma Igelström in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Igelström, Emma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 6, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	Karlshamn , Sweden