Sven Schwarz (swimmer)

Sven Schwarz (born 31 January 2002) is a German competitive swimmer. He is the world junior record holder in the short course 800 metre freestyle. He won one silver medal and two bronze medals at the 2019 European Junior Championships. In 2021, he won two bronze medals at the 2021 European Short Course Championships.

Sven Schwarz
Personal information
National team Germany
Born (2002-01-31) 31 January 2002[1]
Germany
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Germany
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Swimming World Cup 0 0 1
European Championships (SC) 0 0 2
European Junior Championships 0 1 2
Total 0 1 5
Swimming World Cup
2021 Berlin 1500 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
2021 Kazan 800 m freestyle
2021 Kazan 1500 m freestyle
European Junior Championships
2019 Kazan 4×200 m freestyle
2019 Kazan 800 m freestyle
2019 Kazan 1500 m freestyle

Early life

Schwarz was born 31 January 2002 in Germany.[1]

Career

2019 European Junior Championships
2019 European Junior Championships
4×200 m freestyle 7:18.31
1500 m freestyle 15:09.41
800 m freestyle 7:53.74

For his first medal of the 2019 European Junior Swimming Championships, held at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia in early July, Schwarz won the bronze medal in the 1500 metre freestyle with a time of 15:09.41, finishing behind a gold-silver medal finish by two Russian swimmers.[2] Schwarz won his second medal on 5 July, splitting a 1:49.04 for the second leg of the Germany 4×200 metre freestyle relay and helping the relay achieve a silver-medal-winning time of 7:18.31, which was less than two seconds slower than the gold-medal-winning time of 7:16.49 swum by the Russian relay team.[3] On Saturday 6 July, Schwarz posted a personal best time of 7:53.74 in the 800 metre freestyle, earning the bronze medal in the event behind two Russians, only one of which had also finished ahead of him in the 1500 metre freestyle, and making the only swimmers Schwarz finished behind in all three events he medaled in Russian, that is, the only swimmers faster than Schwarz in the events were Russian.[4]

2019 German Championships

At the 2019 German Short Course Championships in Berlin in November, Schwarz swam a personal best time in the short course 800 metre freestyle of 7:36.00, which earned him the silver medal in the event behind Florian Wellbrock and set a new world junior record in the event, breaking the mark of 7:41.51 established by FINA for the event in 2014.[5]

2021 Swimming World Cup: Berlin
2021 World Cup — Berlin
1500 m freestyle 14:45.83

On day one of competition at the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin, 1 October, Schwarz swam a 3:45.86 in the prelims heats of the 400 metre freestyle and qualified for the final ranked seventh overall.[6] In the final of the event later the same day, Schwarz finished sixth with a time of 3:44.90.[7] The second day, Schwarz won the bronze medal in the 1500 metre freestyle timed final in 14:45.83.[1][8][9] On the third and final day of competition, Schwarz ranked 27th overall in the prelims heats of the 200 metre freestyle with his time of 1:49.65 and did not advance to the final.[10]

2021 European Short Course Championships
2021 European Championships
1500 m freestyle 14:26.24
800 m freestyle 7:33.85

At the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia in November, Schwarz ranked sixth in the prelims heats of the 1500 meter freestyle on 3 November with a time of 14:41.74 and qualified for the final the following day.[11] In the final, he swam a 14:26.24 and earned the bronze medal in the event, finishing behind gold medalist Florian Wellbrock, also of Germany, and silver medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy.[12][13] On 6 November, in the prelims heats of the 800 meter freestyle, Schwarz qualified for the final of the event ranked seventh overall with his time of 7:39.07.[14] The final day of competition, 7 November, he won the bronze medal in the event, finishing after gold medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri and silver medalist Florian Wellbrock with a time of 7:33.85.[15][16]

2022

Through 30 March for the 2022 year, Schwarz ranked in the global top five for the long course 800 metre freestyle, second, and long course 400 metre freestyle, fourth.[17] In April, at the 2022 Berlin Swim Open, he lowered his best time in the 800 metre freestyle to a 7:46.64.[18]

International championships
Meet 400 freestyle 800 freestyle 1500 freestyle 4×200 freestyle relay
EYOF 20177thN/AN/A
EJC 2019
ESC 2021N/A

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)
Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
800 m freestyle 7:46.64 2022 Berlin Swim Open Berlin 9 April 2022 [18]
1500 m freestyle 15:09.41 2019 European Junior Championships Kazan, Russia 4 July 2019 [2]

Short course metres (25 m pool)
Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
800 m freestyle 7:33.85 2021 European Short Course Championships Kazan, Russia 4 November 2021 [15]
1500 m freestyle 14:26.24 2021 European Short Course Championships Kazan, Russia 7 November 2021 [12]

World records

Short course metres (25 m pool)
No. Event Time Meet Location Date Age Status Ref
1 800 m freestyle 7:36.00 2019 German Short Course Championships Berlin 16 November 2019 17 Current [5]

See also

References
  1. FINA (2 October 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 1500m Freestyle Fastest Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. Race, Retta (4 July 2019). "2019 European Junior C'Ships Day 2 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  3. Covington, Taylor (5 July 2019). "2019 European Junior Swimming Championships Finals Day 3: Matthew Richards Swims 48.8 100 Free". Swimming World. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  4. Sutherland, James (6 July 2019). "2019 European Junior Swimming Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  5. Race, Retta (16 November 2019). "Germany's Sven Schwarz Establishes World Junior Record In SCM 800 Free". SwimSwam. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. FINA (1 October 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. FINA (1 October 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. Race, Retta (2 October 2021). "2021 FINA World Cup Berlin: Day 2 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  9. De George, Matthew (2 October 2021). "Matthew Sates Destroys 200 IM World Junior Record at FINA World Cup". Swimming World. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  10. FINA (3 October 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  11. LEN (3 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 1500m Freestyle Men Preliminary". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  12. LEN (4 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 1500m Freestyle Men Final". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  13. Byrnes, Liz (4 November 2021). "Nicolo Martinenghi Wins 100 Breaststroke Battle; Florian Wellbrock Goes Third All-Time In 1500 At European SC". Swimming World. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  14. LEN (6 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 800m Freestyle Men Preliminaries". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  15. LEN (7 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 800m Freestyle Men Final". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  16. Byrnes, Liz (7 November 2021). "Final Session Witnesses Two World Records, A WJR And One European Mark As European SC End". Swimming World. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  17. Penland, Spencer (30 March 2022). "Global Top 5 Times In Each LCM Event In 2022 As Selection Meets Heat Up". SwimSwam. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  18. Keith, Braden (9 April 2022). "Rafael Miroslaw Breaks German Record In The 100 Free At Berlin Swim Open". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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