FACTOIDS
Full Name: Therese Alshammar
Nickname: Therese
Birthday: August 27, 1977
Height: 5’11”
Hometown: Solna, Sweden
Sports: Swimming
PROFILE
She first appeared on the international scene after the 1994 World Aquatics Championships where she made the semifinals in the 100m backstroke. In the 1996 Olympics, she also participated in this event but did not reach beyond the semifinals.
Alshammar won her first international medal, a bronze in the 50m freestyle, at the 1997 European championships. She developed this stroke into her speciality and won the silver at the 1999 European Championships.
She broke through to the top ranks at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won silver medals in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, both times vanquished by Inge de Bruijn, and a bronze medal with the Swedish relay team.
