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2016
Gustavsvik, the biggest Swedish Water Advanture Park stays as a partner for Swim Open 2017. A great partner and therefor great news. Don´t hesitate to take a trip to Gustavsvik during the holidays - you won´t regret it!
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Black Friday is a great day for the Swim Open organization! We are very proud to announce the next Super Swimmer entering Swim Open next year, our own swedish fantastic breaststroker - Johannes Skagius!
Since a year ago Johannes has been in the great high performence team in Gras with the german ikon coach Dirk Lange. For Johannes that has been a real kick in his career and the last year he has been figthing back his position as one of the most interesting breaststrokers world around. The next challenge for Johannes will be the WC in Windsor in december, and then he will go all in for Swim Open Stockholm and World Championships i Hungary 2017 - we say welcome Johannes!
This week we welcome the young and very talented french backstroker Geoffroy MATHIEU born 1997. Geoffroy was silver medalist at the French Open at 200 backstroke. Welcome to Stockholm Swim Open Geoffroy!
Today we are happy to announce that the french team from Stade Clermontois Swimming are coming to Swim Open Stockholm. Bienvenue!
Today we welcome Havnar Svimjifelag from Faroe Islands to Swim Open Stockholm next year!
Today our organization are proud to inform that many of the great German topswimmers will compete at Swim Open Stockholm. The German Chefsbundestrainer Henning Lambertz has decide to use Swim Open as a Qualification Contest for the great German Team to represent in Budapest.
Vielen gut we say - und herzlich willkommen!
Aaaaah, finaly a lot of you think. And we agree. So watch out at this site, don´t miss the ticket release next week - a limited amount of tickets for the hottest swim event next year - Swim Open Stockholm!
Today we proudly present the next Giant entering Swim Open Stockholm 2017 - SIMON SJÖDIN! Simon, swimming for Neptun, is one of the most succesful swedish male swimmers the last ten years with olympic starts in Beijing and in Rio. He is the current Swedish Record holder in seven events - All the IM distances in both short- and longcourse and also the recordholder in 200 butterfly, short-/longcourse. He also got four Nordic Records! Simon took his first international medal in 2008 at the European Championship LC in Eindhoven when he was part of the medley relay team winning the bronze medal. Individual he won the silver medal at European Championships SC 2013 in Herning, 200 IM, and the bronze medal in Netanya 2015 SC in 200 butterfly. He also swam the 200 IM final in Kazan-15. The organization are very proud to say - Welcome to Swim Open Stockholm SIMON!!!
Today we very proudly present the norwegian star Henrik Christiansen entering Swim Open Stockholm 2017! Henrik train with his coach Ronnie in Skjetten and he is one of the most interesting atheletes on the international scene for distance swimmers. The last year he has been in the Olympic Final at 1500 Free, won silver in London at 400 Free at the EC and also grab the bronze at shortcourse EC in Netanya, 1500 Free. A great year for him. And as a well tasting icing on the cake he won the prize "best male swimmer" and €10 000 at Swim Open Stockholm 2016!
The yearly seminar "Proffesional Sport" arranged by the leading media Sport & Business today nominated the best event city in Sweden. This years winner was the Capital of Scandinavia - Stockholm. Part of the motivation was the new big international swim event SWIM OPEN STOCKHOLM!
Todays big news is that Eurosport 1 will view Swim Open Stockholm 2017 in Sweden. "Together with our partner Springmedia we are happy to announce Eurosport 1 broadcasting the event next year. This will give the many swim fans in Sweden the oppurtunity see this world-class event" says the organisation committé.
Today we very proudly present Sarah Sjöström as the first Superstar enter Swim Open Stockholm 2017!!! Sarah has a giant track record with seven gold medals at Word Championships, fifteen gold medals at European Championships, WR holder at 100 butterfly since 2009 and much, much more... On top of all her fantastic list of successes you also saw her win the 100 m butterfly with a new WR in Rio this summer. The first swedish female swimmer winning an olympic gold medal ever! She was also appointed as the The Best European Swimmer of the Year 2015 from Swimming World Magazine. Memorable is also that she won the prize for best female swimmer at Swim Open Stockholm 2016!
Have patience... Tomorrow we will present the first Superstar entering next year edition of Swim Open Stockholm!!!
The Swim Open Stockholm organisation sends the biggest gratulations to the new World Record holder and Olympic Champion Sarah Sjöström and to all the other great swimmers from around the world competing in Rio. You are all the best ambassadors for the great sport of swimming! We hope to see many of you in Stockholm next year. For more information visit this site.
Today we release the invitation for next year edition of Swim Open Stockholm. You find all information under GENERAL above, and here.
IN 2017 SWIM OPEN STOCKHOLM WILL BE EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER! COME JOIN US FOR ALL THE FUN AND EXCITMENT – MARK THE DATE IN YOUR CALENDAR NOW!
Swim Open Stockholm is a big success, and a lot of people wants to see the action live. That means that all tickets for Saturday are sold out.
Check out the information document for SWIM OPEN.
Read more here
We are very happy to announce two great and very talented swimmers from Switzerland, Sasha Touretski and Svenja Stofell! They are both specialized in freestyle and butterfly sprint, not very suprising. Sasha´s father is the legendary Gennadi Touretski, former coach of many of the best sprintswimmers all time. Among them the giant Alexander Popov, the aussie superman Michael Klim and the russian four time olympic medalist Gennadiy Progoda.
Sasha & Svenja!
Now the coveted cheques for best performences has arrived! Whom are the winners? Happy faces from our SWIM OPEN Management. On the left side Anna Hammar, Director of communications and on the right side Annika Gardell, Swim Open Bureau Manager.
Today we very proudly announce one of the fastest swimmers in Europe coming to SWIM OPEN. We welcome the Russian sprinter ANDREY GRECHIN. ANDREY was part of the great Russian 400 relayteam in London and finished the team to a bronze medal. Welcome to Stockholm Andrey!
First place € 10 000
Second place € 7500
Third place € 5000
Maybe are you one of the winners!
We are very proud to welcome Simona Baumrtová from the Czech Republik to Swim Open. Simona is one of the greatest backtroker in Europe and she has won incredible twelve medals in different European and World champipnships the last six years. Welcome to Swim Open Simona!!!
Today a new superswimmers announced her participation at Swim Open. The world fastest women last year in 200 breaststroke - Viktoria Seynep GUNES from Turkey! Last year Viktoria was four time gold medalist at the World Junior Championship in Singapore. She won all the three breaststroke events and also the gold in 200 IM. She also won silver medal in Netanya at the EC i december. We are very proud to welcome Viktoria to Swim Open!
Try our cool test, wich swedish swimming star are YOU? It´s in swedish but many of you will surely recognize some historical swedish giants and also some of todays best swimmers. You do the test here
Are you maybe one of the 34 event winners at Swim Open? Then you will have this nice check with your goldmedal!
Today we finally and very proudly release the ENTRYLIST for this first edition of SWIM OPEN STOCKHOLM. There are almost 800 highly competitive swimmers from 30 different countries. Nearly 50 of them are medalists from EC, WC and the Olympics. You find the list here: ENTRYLIST
The last superswimmer announce his participation at Swim Open is the Scottish giant Michael Jamieson! Michael won silver at 2012 olympics in London in 200 breaststroke. Welcome Michael!!!
Today we welcome the team from Greece to Swim Open Stockholm!
The Swim Open office today informed that the diserable tickets now are printed. They will start to send the tickets out next week. Have you bought your ticket yet? If not, hurry up. There are limited quantity for each day!
Today we very proudly can announce that one of the all time greatest medleyswimmer in Europe will come to Swim Open Stockholm. LUCA MARIN - ten times medalist at European and World Championships! Luca is one of the very few swimmers in the world who has beaten the superstar Lazlo Cseh in a fight for an international IM gold medal, Luca did it when he won EC gold at 400 IM 2006 in Helsinki. Welcome to Swim Open Luca!
The next superstar we poudly can announce won silver in the 50 and 100 freestyle in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London - Meet ALIAKSANDRA HERASIMENIA!!! She is also specialist in sprint backstroke.
Meet one of the most succesfull swimteams world wide at Swim Open - today we prudly present RUSSIA! The team of 12 superswimmers include names like ANASTASIIA FESIKOVA, silvermedalist in London 200 backstroke. We also see the the young sprinter EVGENY SEDOV, goldwinner of 50 freestyle at EC in Natanya. SERGEJ FESIKOV - the magnificant freestyler who has won seven gold medals at EC, WC and the Olympics. And don´t miss the young fast butterflyer SVETLANA CHIMROVA and the rest of the Russian swimmers races in Stockholm. Welcome Russia!
Today we very proudly announce that the Italian supersprinter Marco Orsi will participate at Swim Open! Marco is one of the hottest sprinter in the world and one of the potential medalists for the freestyle sprints in Rio. At EC in Netanya he won 100 freestyle and silver at 50 freestyle! With him also seven other international topswimmers from the great Italian Team will compete at Swim Open, among them we find the IM swimmer Federico Turrini, the great breaststroker Ilaria Scarcella and the fast backstroker Margherita Panziera.
Today we prudly present our stylish prize ceremony team! The team comes from one of the Swim Open partners, Väsby Swim Team.
Today we welcome the two great russian swimmers from the College of Olympic Rezerva in St Petersburg. Viacheslav Prudnikov (ohoto, butterflyer with PB at 52.47 in long course and his friend Evgenii Aizetullov, also butterfly and freestyla as special.
Today we proudly say hello to Alex Murphy, the Irish breasstroker who grab the bronze at 50 breaststroke in EC Netanya!
Today one of the greatest freestyler in the world announced his participation at Swim Open. We say welcome to Velimir Stjepanovic, the current european champion from Serbia at 200 & 400 freestyle!!! With him we also say welcome to Ivan Lender, the olympic butterflyer and Stefan Sorak, freestyler. Both of them from Serbia too. We also welcome Megan Basford and Mohammed Madouh from Hamilton Aquatics in Dubai.
Today our pruduction team Springmedia announce that the biggest TV channel in Sweden, SVT, will do news update at Swim Open. Great news!
Enyoj the Oatly-Café with great cappuccinos, smoothies and other products from our sponsor Oatly, for free. You meet the team from Oatly on several places at Swim Open Stockholm.
Today the organization release the VIP package. For just €120 you got a great experience on the VIP stand, will meet the stars, get a buffé and some other special oppurtunities. Visit this site... for more information. If you are interested in a VIP package contact management@swimopenstockholm.se.
You also find the VIP offer in Swedish here: Presentation VIP Paket
This weekend the Swedish Grand Prix was swam in the new 50 m pool in Hyllie, Malmö. The competition showed a lot of great results, particularly from the Swedish and Israeli toppswimmers. The Swedish megastar Sarah Sjöström broke the Swedish record on 50 back, 28,21 and on top of that she won five more events and showed very strong results overall. For many of the swimmers the GP was an important preparation for the upcoming Swim Open Stockholm.
There is a big interest for Swim Open Stockholm! To be sure you get your place at the stand to see this great event with all the world class swimmers live it´s time for you to buy your ticket. Go to SPECTATORS, there you also find a link to our partner who offers a great deal for accomodation!
There is a great interest for Swim Open in media. After request from TV to get the best opportunities for viewers, the Swim Open organization has decide to place the A-finals on prime time at 18.00 all four days. The B/C finals will then start at 16.30 (friday at 16.00). Those countries and clubs who needs to add rooms to sunday the 3rd please contact management@swimopenstockholm.se asap.
Today we proudly welcome Team Russia to Swim Open. They will participate with a strong team of twelve swimmers. Russia is the 18th country represented with swimmers on the event. The others are Denmark, Norwegian, Finland, Polen, Luxemburg, Croatia, Slovakia, Germany, Georgia, Israel, Iceland, Austria, Switzerland, Panama, Hong Kong, South Africa and Lithuania.
Sarah Sjöström got praised for the Best Sport Performence overall in Sweden yesterday! We gratulate Sarah and looking forward seeing her great swimming performences on Swim Open Stockholm!
Today we can present the announcer team on Swim Open Stockholm. We are proud to say we have contracted the Dream Team for the event. As Anchorman we have the great and well known announcer Mikael Larsson! Around him we have a real supertrio. Lars Westholm, the very well known and high treasured announcer from Varberg. In the team we also see the proffesional announcer Hanna Westrin, earlier international topswimmer and ten times swedish champion. The forth person is the well known Peter Aronsson, also an earlier international topswimmer. Peter has been a commentator for many World Cup events for television.
Eurosport, who is broadcasting the event, will be commented by Bosse Hultén, very well known for innumeralbe championships in television. His sidekick will be the earlier Swedish National Head Coach Thomas Jansson!
Today we can announce that we have contract DJ Emil for Swim Open Stockholm! During the entire event you can enjoy his great mixes of dance and house hits behind the knobs. Emil is also an earlier international swimmer,