In the marking of a new era of sport in Europe, the Swedes are among the first nations to publicly announce their roster for the 2015 European Games that will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The roster will include up to 16 boys and 10 girls, and are fairly early with the European Games not beginning until June 12th of next year. Swimmers on this list will have to meet qualifying times next year in order to go to the meet.
The inaugural version of this multi-sport event, which will be Europe’s answer to the Asian Games or Pan Am Games, will featured at least 249 events across 20 sports. Given conflicts with other pre-existing competitions, many sports’ international federations negotiated for their participation. For swimming, that meant that the 2015 Euro Games will replace the annual European Junior Championships for the year.
At the 2014 European Junior Championships, Sweden won a single medal: a bronze in the 50 breast from Sophie Hansson with a 31.65.
Boys:
Daniel Forndal, Jönköpings SS
Gustaf Dahlman, Västerås SS
Markus Malm, Jönköpings SS
Oskar Eriksson, Täby Sim
Filip Svedberg, Skellefteå SS
Petter Fredriksson, SK Hajen
Michail Papantoniou, Väsby SS
Christopher Havton, Mölndals ASS
Filip Grimberg, Jönköpings SS
Eric Hinderup, MKK
Victor Johansson, Jönköpings SS
Cebastian Christensson, SK Triton
Lukas Steiner, Västerås SS
Teodor Widerberg, SK Laxen
Mika Persson, Höganäs SS
Alfred Christensson, Landskrona SS
Girls:
Nikki Brockner, Skövde SS
Frida Hedlund, Sundsvalls SS
Alfhild Kristensen, Göteborg Sim
Johanna Palmkvist, Helsingborgs S
Hanna Eriksson, Jönköping SS
Sara Wallberg, Norrköpings KK
Anna Eriksson, Strängnäs
Hilma Ramdén, Södertälje SS
Lina Sjöholm, Sjöbo SS
Hanna Rosvall, Ängelholm SS
This is not a final roster for the European Games in Baku. This is a group of talented kids who have been selected with the goal in mind to increase their chances of making the meet. Sweden will have qualification times that have to be meet for the swimmer to be considered for the meet. In the end it is up to the Swedish Olympic Committee who decides who will go to the meet. Qualification period is preliminary set to from March through mid-April.