Eric la Fleur

Eric la Fleur
Personal information
Full name Eric Johan Lennart la Fleur
Nationality  Sweden
Born (1979-12-11) 11 December 1979
Lund, Sweden
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes freestyle
College team Arizona Wildcats

Eric la Fleur (born December 11, 1979) is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he swum the 4×100 m freestyle relay prelims for the Swedish team that became disqualified.[1]

Biography

Eric la Fleur was born on December 11, 1979 in Lund to parents Lennart and Barbro la Fleur.[2] He started his swimming career in Lund swim team SK Poseidon. His brother Oscar la Fleur is also former swimmer.

  • 17-Time All American Div. 1 NCAA Swimming, swimming for University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
  • Represented Sweden in World and European Championships.
  • Silver medalist in 4×100 m freestyle relay in Moscow World Championship (short course) and Berlin European Championship (long course).
  • Multiple Swedish champion.

Clubs

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2010-03-21. at Sports Reference
  2. ↑ http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/lafleur_eric00.html


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