Sarah Sjöström (born 17 August 1993 in Handen, Sweden) is a Swedish swimmer. On 22 March 2008, at the age of 14, she took the Gold Medal in women's 100 m butterfly at the European LC Championships 2008 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[1][2] She was clocked for 58.44 seconds. In the semi-finals the day before, she set a new national record with 58.38 seconds, breaking Anna-Karin Kammerling's old one (58.71 seconds). At the Swedish championships in 2008 she swam at 58.55. On 26 July 2009 at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships she set a world record in the semifinals with a time of 56.44, surpassing Inge de Bruijn's nine year old record. On the next day, in the finals for the women's 100m butterfly, she won the gold medal and improved her world record time to 56.06
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