Therese Alshammar
- January 4, 2024
- Swimmer
Quick Facts
Therese Alshammar Biography
Name | Therese Alshammar |
Birthday | Aug 26 |
Birth Year | 1977 |
Birth Country | Sweden |
Birth Sign | Leo |
Parents | Britt-Marie Alshammar, Krister Alshammar |
Children(s) | Fred Wallberg |
Therese Alshammar is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on August 26, 1977 in Sweden. Olympic swimmer who was specialized in butterfly and freestyle events. She won a bronze and gold medal.
She as well as the swimmer She and swimmer Ian Crocker have both competed at the World Aquatics Championships. have both participated in both the World Aquatics Championships.
Alshammar was born in Solna in 1977, daughter of 7th placed Olympic breaststroke swimmer Britt-Marie Smedh and Krister Alshammar. She started swimming on the team of Sundbybergs IK.
Malin Therese Alshammar (born 26 August 1977 in Solna) is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. She is a specialist in short distances races in freestyle and butterfly. She is coached by former Swedish swimmer Johan Wallberg. She is the first female swimmer and the third overall (after Lars Frölander and Derya Büyükuncu) to participate in six Olympic Games.
She was the mother of Olympic swimmer Britt-Marie Smedh, an Olympic swimmer.
Therese Alshammar Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Swimmer |
House | Living in own house. |
Therese Alshammar is one of the richest Swimmer from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Therese Alshammar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She won a national championship for her backstroke when she was 14.
She took home an award of gold at the World Aquatics Championships for her butterfly stroke in the year 2006.
During the London Summer Olympics Alshammar participated in both 50 m freestyle, where she received 6th place, and in the 400 m individual medley
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Height | 5 ft 11 in |
Therese Alshammar height 5 ft 11 in Therese weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
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In 1997, Alshammar moved to the United States and Lincoln, Nebraska to study at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and swim for the Nebraska Cornhuskers swimming and diving team together with Destiny Laurén under the coach Cal Bentz. The time in the United States resulted in one individual 1999 Big 12 Conference Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships gold medal, on the 100 yard freestyle. At the NCAA Division 1 Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, she won a silver medal in the 4×200 yard relay team 1998 and fourth in 50 yard freestyle and 100 yard freestyle 1999. Under her first year she was a part of the Nebraska Cornhuskers Big 12 Conference Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships team. At a personal level she studied advertising.
Facts & Trivia
Therese Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Therese Alshammar celebrates birthday on August 26 of every year.
Since Sydney, she has been a favourite at major international events over short distances. At the World Championships in 2001 she won two silver medals, this time in the 50 m freestyle and 50 m butterfly. In the 2002 European Championships in Berlin she won the 50 m freestyle.
Top Facts about Therese Alshammar
- Therese Alshammar is a retired Swedish swimmer.
- She was born on August 26, 1977 in Solna, Sweden.
- Alshammar won a total of 25 medals at major international competitions.
- She competed in five Olympic Games from 1996 to 2016.
- Alshammar holds the world record in the short course 50m butterfly.
- She has also set multiple European and Swedish records.
- Alshammar was named Swedish Female Athlete of the Year three times.
- She retired from competitive swimming in December 2019.
- Alshammar now works as a sports commentator and analyst for Swedish television.
- Her career spanned over two decades and she remains one of Sweden’s most successful swimmers ever.