Johanna Sjöberg

Johanna Sjöberg

Personal information

Surname:

Maria Johanna Sjöberg

Nation:

Sweden

Swimming style (s) :

Freestyle, butterfly

Birthday:

March 8, 1978

Place of birth:

Bromölla

Size:

1.78 m

Medal table

Medals

Olympic games
bronze	2000 Sydney	4 × 100 m freestyle
Short course world championships
gold	1999 Hong Kong	4 × 200 m freestyle
gold	2000 Athens	4 × 100 m freestyle
gold	2000 Athens	4 × 100 m layers
gold	2002 Moscow	4 × 100 m freestyle
gold	2002 Moscow	4 × 100 m layers
silver	1997 Gothenburg	4 × 200 m freestyle
silver	1999 Hong Kong	100 m Schmett.
silver	2000 Athens	100 m Schmett.
silver	2004 Indianapolis	4 × 100 m freestyle
bronze	1995 Rio de Janeiro	4 × 100 m freestyle
bronze	1997 Gothenburg	4 × 100 m freestyle
bronze	1999 Hong Kong	4 × 100 m layers
bronze	2004 Indianapolis	4 × 200 m freestyle
bronze	2004 Indianapolis	4 × 100 m layers
European championships
gold	1999 Istanbul	4 × 100 m layers
gold	2000 Helsinki	4 × 100 m freestyle
silver	1997 Seville	4 × 200 m freestyle
silver	1999 Istanbul	50 m Schmett.
silver	1999 Istanbul	100 m Schmett.
silver	1999 Istanbul	4 × 200 m freestyle
silver	2002 Berlin	4 × 100 m freestyle
silver	2002 Berlin	4 × 100 m layers
bronze	1997 Seville	100 m Schmett.
bronze	2002 Berlin	4 × 200 m freestyle
bronze	2004 Madrid	4 × 100 m freestyle
European short course championships
gold	1996 Rostock	50 m Schmett.
gold	1996 Rostock	100 m Schmett.
gold	1999 Lisbon	100 m Schmett.
gold	1999 Lisbon	4 × 50 m freestyle
gold	1999 Lisbon	4 × 50 m layers
gold	2000 Valencia	4 × 50 m freestyle
gold	2000 Valencia	4 × 50 m layers
gold	2001 Antwerp	4 × 50 m freestyle
gold	2001 Antwerp	4 × 50 m layers
gold	2003 Dublin	4 × 50 m layers
silver	1996 Rostock	200 m Schmett.
silver	1996 Rostock	4 × 50 m freestyle
silver	1998 Sheffield	100 m Schmett.
silver	1998 Sheffield	4 × 50 m layers
silver	1999 Lisbon	50 m Schmett.
silver	1999 Lisbon	200 m Schmett.
silver	2000 Valencia	100 m freestyle
silver	2000 Valencia	100 m Schmett.
silver	2001 Antwerp	100 m Schmett.
silver	2003 Dublin	100 m Schmett.
silver	2003 Dublin	4 × 50 m freestyle
silver	2005 Trieste	4 × 50 m freestyle
bronze	1998 Sheffield	50 m Schmett.
bronze	1998 Sheffield	200 m Schmett.
bronze	2000 Valencia	50 m Schmett.
bronze	2001 Antwerp	50 m freestyle
bronze	2001 Antwerp	100 m freestyle
bronze	2005 Trieste	100 m Schmett.

Maria Johanna Sjöberg (born March 8, 1978 in Bromölla ) is a former Swedish swimmer .

Career

Sjöberg celebrated her greatest successes over the butterfly distances and with the Swedish freestyle and layered relay. In particular, she was able to celebrate many victories on the short course.

At the European Short Course Championships in Rostock in 1996 , she won her first medals in international championships. When she won the gold medal over 50 meters and 100 meters butterfly, she set a new European record.

Two and a half years later, in Stockholm , in 00: 58.93 minutes, she also set a new European record on the long track over the 100 meter butterfly .

She took part in the Summer Olympics three times. In 1996 in Atlanta she was ninth in the 100 meter butterfly. With the Swedish 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay she was fifth, with the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay ninth and with the 4 × 100 meter layer relay she finished tenth.

In 2000 in Sydney , she celebrated her greatest success in her Olympic career when she won the bronze medal with the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay. In addition, she was tenth over the 100 meter butterfly and with the 4 × 100 meter layer relay.

In her last Olympics, in 2004 in Athens , she reached with the Swedish 4 x 100 meters and 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay in each case the final and ended it with the seventh or eighth overall place. In the 100 meters butterfly and 100 meters freestyle she failed in the preliminary run and finished the competition 23rd and 24th.

At the 2001 World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka , she was fifth in the 100 meter butterfly and finally seventh in the 100 meter freestyle.

At the European Swimming Championships in Berlin in 2002 , Sjöberg finished fourth over the 100 meter butterfly and seventh over the 100 meter freestyle.

In addition, she set numerous new European records on the short course with the Swedish 4 × 50 meter freestyle , 4 × 200 meter freestyle , as well as the 4 × 50 meter individual medley and the 4 × 100 meter medley relay .

Web links

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

personal data
SURNAME	Sjöberg, Johanna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sjöberg, Maria Johanna (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 8, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bromölla , Sweden