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Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson

Jakob Sveinsson
Personal information
Full name Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson
Nationality  Iceland
Born (1982-11-24) November 24, 1982 (age 34)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

Jakob Sveinsson (born November 24, 1982 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a 4-time Olympic swimmer from Iceland who started swimming for S.C. Ægir in 1991. He swam for Iceland at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.

At the 2000 Olympics, he swam to Iceland's high-ever result in Olympic swimming in finishing 25th.

At the 2009 World Championships he swam to new national records in all 3 breaststroke events: 50 (28.03), 100 (1:01.31) and 200 (2:12.39).


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