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Jakob Sveinsson

Personal information
Full name	Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson
Nationality	Iceland
Born	(1982-11-24) 24 November 1982 (age 42) Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record Games of the Small States of Europe 2003 Malta 200 m breaststroke 2011 Liechtenstein 100 m breaststroke 2011 Liechtenstein 4x100 m medley relay 2003 Malta 100 m breaststroke

Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson (born 24 November 1982 in Reykjavík, Iceland) 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.

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).

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 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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