Per Holmertz

Per Holmertz

Personal information
Full name	Per Anders Gustaf Holmertz
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1960-02-03) 3 February 1960 Motala, Östergötland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	University of California Berkeley
Coach	Nort Thornton (U. Cal Berkeley)
Medal record Men’s swimming Representing Sweden Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1978 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle 1982 Guayaquil 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 1981 Split 4×100 m freestyle 1983 Rome 4×100 m freestyle

Per ("Pelle") Anders Gustaf Holmertz (born 3 February 1960 in Motala, Östergötland) is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden and a 1980 Olympic silver medalist in the 100-meter freestyle.

U Cal Berkeley swimming

At the University of California Berkeley, Holmertz was coached by Hall of Fame Coach Nort Thornton. At Cal, Holmertz won All-American honors four times. Swimming during an exceptional period in the team's history, Holmertz was highly instrumental in leading Cal to its first NCAA team championship in 1979, then contributed to another NCAA national title in the 1980 season. He swam on two NCAA teams that set relay records. His first NCAA win was with the 400 medley relay team in 1979 that set a combined time of 3:15:22. In 1982, he swam on the 800 free relay that set a record time of 6:28:94. In the same year he captured the 200 freestyle title at the NCAA Championships and won 100 freestyle title at the Pac-10 Conference championships.

Pelle is not related to accomplished swimmer Anders Holmertz, although they are both from the same town.

1980 Olympics

He won a silver medal for Sweden in the 100 meter freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics with a time of 50.91, and was followed closely by Swedish team mate Per Johansson who took the bronze.

Honors

In 2006, Holmertz was inaugurated into the University of California at Berkeley's Sports Hall of Fame for his numerous wins and records for the school's swimteam in the early eighties. Holmertz graduated with a degree in economics from Cal in 1983.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	23.05		10 Apr 1980	-	Austin, TX, United States
100 m freestyle	50.66		17 Jul 1982	-	Stockholm, Sweden

Legend: WR – World record; ER – European record; NR – Swedish record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Clubs

• Motala SS
• Stockholmspolisens IF

External links

• Holmertz Olympic Profile