| Thomas Lejdström | |
| Fullname: | Leif Thomas Lejdström |
| Nicknames: | Lejan |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Strokes: | Freestyle and medley |
| Collegeteam: | University of California, Berkeley |
| Coach: | Nort Thornton Jr. (U. Cal. Berkeley) |
| Birth Date: | 31 May 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden |
| Weight: | 79 kg |
| Club: | Västerås SS, Västerås (SWE) |
Thomas Lejdström (born 31 May 1962) is a former Swedish freestyle and medley swimmer, who competed for the University of California Berkeley. He competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 4x100 freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Lejdstrom attended University of California Berkeley and swam for Hall of Fame Coach Nort Thornton.[1]
Nicknamed Lejan, Lejdström's best individual result at the 1980 Olympics was a 7th place in the 200 m freestyle.[2]
In the 1984 Olympics Lejdström won a bronze medal in 4×100 m freestyle relay along with Swedish team mates Bengt Baron, Mikael Örn and Per Johansson. Both Bron and Johansson had swum as teamates with Lejdstrom at the University of California Berkeley. Their relay team's combined time of 3:22.69 was three seconds behind the powerful Australian team that won the silver medal, which had followed close on the heels of the gold medal winning American team. Mat Biondi, on the winning American relay team had also swum under Nort Thornton at the University of California Berkeley. Biondi would become one of the most successful Olympic male swimmers of the decade.[2] [1]
Lejdström won two bronze medals at the 1981 Split European Aquatics Championships, and a silver in the 4x100 freestyle relay at the 1983 Rome European Aquatics Championships.[2]
He is the father of the Swedish Youth Olympics swimmer Gustav Åberg Lejdström.[3]