{"id":347188,"date":"2019-01-14T20:18:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T03:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=347188"},"modified":"2019-01-14T20:18:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T03:18:14","slug":"swedish-freestyler-butterflyer-oskar-hoff-commits-to-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swedish-freestyler-butterflyer-oskar-hoff-commits-to-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Freestyler\/Butterflyer Oskar Hoff Commits to Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Tennessee has earned a new commitment for the fall of 2019 from\u00a0Landskrona, Sweden’s\u00a0Oskar Hoff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Primarily a sprint freestyler and butterflyer, Hoff swims year-round with\u00a0Landskrona Sims\u00e4llskap under head coach\u00a0David S\u00f6derstjerna<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and most recently competed at the Swedish Championships this past November where he finaled in four events. A member of the Swedish Swimming Federation, Hoff\u00a0achieved three lifetime bests at Swedish Nationals this past summer and won the 50m fly at the 2017 Nordic Championships.<\/p>\n

He told\u00a0Swimming World:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201dI\u2019m looking forward to continue my academic and swim career at the University of Tennessee.\u00a0I chose Tennessee because of the phenomenal facilities, academics and coaches.\u00a0The team is on the rise and I can\u2019t wait to be a part of it! Go Vols!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In meters, his best times include:<\/p>\n