{"id":299478,"date":"2018-03-06T09:36:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T16:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=299478"},"modified":"2018-03-06T10:41:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T17:41:34","slug":"swedish-olympian-and-world-champion-jennie-johansson-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swedish-olympian-and-world-champion-jennie-johansson-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Olympian and World Champion Jennie Johansson Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an Instagram post on Wednesday, two-time Olympian and 2015 World Champion\u00a0Jennie Johansson\u00a0<\/strong>of Sweden announced her retirement from competitive swimming. Johansson is 29-years-old and was World Champion<\/a> in the 50 breast at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan. She also swam the breaststroke leg on Sweden’s 4×100 medley relay team that won silver at the 2015 Worlds.<\/p>\n

The quartet of\u00a0Michelle Coleman<\/strong>, Johansson,\u00a0Sarah Sjostrom\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Louise Hansson\u00a0<\/strong>set the European record en route to the silver medal at 3:55.24, which still stands as the Swedish record.<\/p>\n

Johansson holds the Swedish LCM record in the 50 (30.05) and 100 breast (1:06.30). Her 50 time came from her gold medal winning swim at the 2015 Worlds and her 100 came from the Stockholm Open in April 2017.<\/p>\n

Johansson competed in two Olympics as she was tenth in the 100 breast in 2012 with a 1:07.57. She returned in 2016 with a ninth place finish of 1:07.06.<\/p>\n

She was also European Champion in 2016 where she won the 50 breast at 30.81 leading up to the Rio Olympics.<\/p>\n

Overall, Johansson is one of the most successful breaststrokers Sweden has ever had as she has won seven total medals at the LC European Championships from 2010-2016, as well as four medals at the SC European Championships. Johansson’s last international race was at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest where she was 16th in the 100 (1:07.93) and fifth in the 50 (30.31). She also split a 1:05.63 on Sweden’s fifth place 4×100 medley relay team in Budapest.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by JENNIE JOHANSSON (@jennieswim)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n