Sophie Hansson
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| Full name | Sophie Elizabeth Hansson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 August 1998 Helsingborg, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Breaststroke, Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Helsingborgs SS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | North Carolina State[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Braden Holloway (NCSU) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sophie Elizabeth Hansson (born 2 August 1998) is a Swedish Olympic swimmer who swam for North Carolina State University, and represented Sweden in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro, 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Olympics, competing in breaststroke and relay events.[2][3] In May of 2021 she set a new Swedish record in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:05.69. Her older sister Louise Hansson is also a competitive swimmer and swam with her in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[4]
Hansson was born 2 August 1998 in Helsingborg, Skåne, Sweden, and both she and her older sister Louise swam for the local Helsingborgs SS club, known in Sweden as Helsingborg Simsällskap. She attended Filbornaskolan High School.[2][5]
In early international competition highlights, she captured the silver medal in Singapore at the 2015 Junior World Championships in both the 50 and 100 breaststroke. At the 2017 European Championships, she captured a gold medal in the 4x50 medley relay and took a bronze medal in the 50 breaststroke.[5]
Hansson was a student at North Carolina State University from 2019-2022, where she swam for Head Coach Braden Holloway. At NC State, she was an NCAA champion in 2021 in her signature events, the 100 and 200 breaststroke and the 200 and 400 medley relay.[5]
She was an All American 22 times from 2019-2022 in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, and in the 200 and 400 medley relay. In varying years she also was an All American in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays.[5]
She was an Atlantic Coast Conference Champion 11 times in the 100 and 200 breaststroke from 2019-2021. She was an ACC champion in varying years in the 200 and 400 medley relays, and the 200 freestyle relay.[5]
During her career at NC State, on May 17, 2021, she broke the standing Swedish record in the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 1:05.69, breaking her former Swedish National record which she set in the prior month.[6]
International competition
As a prolific international competitor, in five World and European Championships from 2017-2024 she won 5 gold medals, 3 silver medals, and 2 bronze medals. As a breastroke specialist she won golds in the 4x100 and 4x50 medley relays, and the 100 meter breaststroke.[5]
