Arne BORG
Biografía
Arne Borg was one of the prominent freestyle swimmers of the 1920s. With his unusual stroke, he set 32 world records between 1921-29 and won five Olympic medals. Regarded as the “big bad man” of European swimming because of his unusual training habits, Borg was highly popular among swimming fans. As an example, after failing to show up for conscription and going on holiday instead, he was briefly imprisoned, but received food and drinks from fans, and was noted to gain weight while in jail.
Borg first competed internationally at the 1920 Olympics, where he was fourth with the Swedish 4x200 m freestyle relay team and reached the semifinals of the 1,500 freestyle. At the 1924 Olympics, Borg failed to win an Olympic title, losing to his Australian rival Boy Charlton in the 1,500, and to Johnny Weismuller in the 400, while placing fourth in the 100 freestyle and winning bronze in the 4x200 relay. However, he became the first swimmer to swim in all freestyle events finals at the Olympics, the only person to repeat that feat being Alberto Zorrilla, who achieved this feat in 1928. Borg finally got his Olympic title in Amsterdam, when he beat Charlton over 1,500 metres, and also won bronze in the 400 freestyle at the 1928 Olympics.
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