Michael Söderlund | |
Full Name: | Per Michael Söderlund |
Nationality: | Swedish |
Strokes: | Freestyle and backstroke |
Club: | Karlskrona SS |
Collegeteam: | University of California, Berkeley |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1962 |
Birth Place: | Karlskrona, Blekinge |
Michael Söderlund (born 30 March 1962 in Karlskrona, Blekinge) is a former swimmer from Sweden who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, between 1980 and 1988. In the 1984 Summer Olympics, he was a part of the 4×100 m freestyle relay team, swimming one leg in the prelims. His best individual result in the Olympics was a 6th place on 200 m backstroke on the time of 2:04.10, which was a Swedish record for 27 years. Soderlund was on the 400-meter freestyle relay team that captured the bronze medal in the ’84 Olympiad at Los Angeles.