Jakob Sveinsson
Personal information
Full nameJakob Jóhann Sveinsson
Nationality Iceland
Born (1982-11-24) 24 November 1982
Reykjavík, Iceland
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
Medal record
Games of the Small States of Europe
Gold medal – first place2003 Malta200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2011 Liechtenstein100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2011 Liechtenstein4x100 m medley relay
Silver medal – second place2003 Malta100 m breaststroke

Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson (born 24 November 1982 in Reykjavík, Iceland)[1] 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 Summer Olympics.[2]

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).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Sveinsson's bio/results page from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-29.
  2. ↑ Sveinsson's entry Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-29.
  3. ↑ (in Icelandic) Íslandsmet: Karlar 50m Braut Archived 2012-03-25 at the National and University Library of Iceland (trans: Icelandic Records: Men's 50m Course), published by SSÍ in early 2012; retrieved 2012-03-16.
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