Västerås SS
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The Västerås Simsällskap, Västerås SS or VSS, Swedish
, is a swim team from Västerås
founded November 3, 1910. Its home pool is Lögarängsbadet in Västerås
. The club practises swimming
, diving
, water polo
, and masters swimming
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, is a swim team from Västerås
Västerås
Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm...
founded November 3, 1910. Its home pool is Lögarängsbadet in Västerås
Västerås
Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm...
. The club practises swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
, water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
, and masters swimming
Masters swimming
Masters swimming is a special class of competitive swimming for swimmers 25 years or older...
.
Swimmers
- Agneta ErikssonAgneta ErikssonBerith Agneta Eriksson was a Swedish freestyle swimmer. Aged fifteen she won a silver medal in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow along with Carina Ljungdahl, Tina Gustafsson and Agneta Mårtensson. She also competed in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-Long course...
- Patrik IsakssonPatrik Isaksson (swimmer)Patrik Isaksson is a former breaststroke swimmer from Sweden, who won several titles in the short course championships...
- Thomas LejdströmThomas LejdströmThomas Lejdström is a former Swedish freestyle and medley swimmer, who competed in the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics....