Frederik Carlo Hviid Köhler (born 9 November 1974 in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria

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) is a former long-distance freestyle

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

 and medley

Medley swimming

Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley or by four swimmers as a medley relay...

 swimmer from Spain

Spain

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, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

. In the late 1990s he won several medals in the international short course events. He also competed for American University

American University

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 during his college career.

As of June 2009, he holds the Spanish record in the short-course 1500 m freestyle.