Anders Holmertz

Anders Holmertz (born 1 December 1968) is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle (200 and 400 meters) races in the 1980s and at the beginning of the 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle. He is the brother of another Swedish swimmer, Mikael Holmertz.

Anders Holmertz

Anders Holmertz (2009)
Personal information
Full name	Anders Sören Holmertz
Born	(1968-12-01) 1 December 1968 (age 56) Motala, Sweden
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Motala SS
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 200 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 200 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 4x200 m freestyle 1996 Atlanta 4x200 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 400 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1994 Rome 4×200 m freestyle 1994 Rome 200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 1993 Palma de Mallorca 4×200 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg 4×100 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 1987 Strasbourg 200 m freestyle 1985 Sofia 4×200 m freestyle 1993 Sheffield 4×100 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 200 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 4×200 m freestyle 1987 Strasbourg 4×200 m freestyle 1989 Bonn 200 m freestyle 1989 Bonn 4×100 m freestyle 1991 Athens 4×100 m freestyle 1993 Sheffield 200 m freestyle 1993 Sheffield 400 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 400 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 4×100 m freestyle

His first appearance at Olympic Games is in 1984 at Los Angeles, at the age of sixteen. Holmertz missed the final of 200 m freestyle, with the time of 1:51.70. He scored his first international medal at the European Championships of Sofia one year later, arriving 3rd in the 4×200 m freestyle relay.^[1]

Homertz's achieved his main success at the next edition of European Championship, winning 200 m freestyle with the time of 1:48.44, beating rising Italian star Giorgio Lamberti. At Seoul he was the favourite in this race but surprisingly finished second behind Duncan Armstrong. Also a relative failure was the next European Championship, where Holmertz was only third in the 200 m freestyle.

After a series of fourth places, he trained well for the 1992 Summer Olympics. After a startling battery series, Holmertz was second in the 200 m behind the Russian surprise Yevgeny Sadovyi and third in the 400 m, again beat by Sadovyi and by Kieren Perkins. Holmertz won another silver medal in 4×200 m freestyle relay, the best result ever for his national team.

At the 1993 European Championship Holmertz won bronze medal in the 200 m and silver medal in the 400 m, both in freestyle. At the 1994 World Championship in Rome Holmertz finally won a gold medal, in the 4×200 m freestyle, plus a solo second place in the 200 m. His last success was a silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at Atlanta in 1996, after a 5th place in the 200 m solo race.