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| Full name | Linda Susanne Olofsson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 August 1972 Piteå, Norrbotten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Södertälje SS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Linda Susanne Olofsson (later Andersson; born 29 August 1972) is a former female freestyle swimmer from Sweden. [1] She competed twice at the Summer Olympics for her native country, in 1992 and 1996, both in the women's 50 m freestyle and the women's 4×100 m freestyle. [2]
Born in Piteå, Norrbotten, Olofsson represented Sundsvalls SS and Södertälje SS. [1]
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