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.
His first appearance at Olympic Games is in 1984 atLos 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 starGiorgio Lamberti. AtSeoul he was the favourite in this race but surprisingly finished second behindDuncan 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 the1992 Summer Olympics. After a startling battery series, Holmertz was second in the 200 m behind the Russian surpriseYevgeny Sadovyi and third in the 400 m, again beat by Sadovyi and byKieren 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 inRome 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 atAtlanta in 1996, after a 5th place in the 200 m solo race.
Legend:WR –World record;ER –European record;NR –Swedish record; Records not set in finals:h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial
Legend:WR –World record;ER –European record;NR –Swedish record; Records not set in finals:h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial
1985 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle
1986 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle
1987 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 400 m freestyle
1988 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
1989 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
1990 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
1991 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley
1992 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 100 m individual medley, 200 m individual medley
1993 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 100 m individual medley
1994 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley
1995 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle
1996 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
1997 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships: 100 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle
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