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{{short description|Swedish swimmer}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Michael Söderlund
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| full_name = Per Michael Söderlund 
| nicknames = 
| nationality = Swedish
| strokes = Freestyle and backstroke
| club = [[Karlskrona SS]]
| collegeteam = [[University of California, Berkeley]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|3|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Karlskrona]], [[Blekinge]]
| death_date = 
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| height = {{height|m=1.81|precision=0}}
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| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1981 European Aquatics Championships|1981 Split]] | 200&nbsp;m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1985 European Aquatics Championships|1985 Sofia]] | 4×200&nbsp;m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1981 European Aquatics Championships|1981 Split]] | 4×200&nbsp;m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1985 European Aquatics Championships|1985 Sofia]] | 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1987 European Aquatics Championships|1987 Strasbourg]] | 4×200&nbsp;m freestyle}}
}}

'''Michael Söderlund''' (born 30 March 1962 in [[Karlskrona]], [[Blekinge]]) is a former [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from [[Sweden]] who competed in three consecutive [[Summer Olympics]], between [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] and [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]. In the [[1984 Summer Olympics]], he was a part of the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle relay team, swimming one leg in the prelims. His best individual result in the Olympics was a 6th place on 200&nbsp;m backstroke on the time of 2:04.10, which was a Swedish record for 27 years. Soderlund was on the 400-meter freestyle relay team that captured the bronze medal in the ’84 Olympiad at Los Angeles.

==Personal bests==

===Long course (50 m)===
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{{swimmingrecord
| eventsort = 03
| event = 200&nbsp;m freestyle
| time = 1:51.44
| recordinfo = 
| date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1988|Mar|24}}
| country = USA
| city = Orlando, FL
| meet = US Summer Nationals
| ref = 
}}
{{swimmingrecord
| eventsort = 09
| event = 200&nbsp;m backstroke
| time = 2:04.10
| recordinfo = 
| date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1980|Jul|26}}
| country = URS
| city = Moscow
| meet = [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| ref = 
}}
{{end}}
{{swimmingrecordlegend|WR=yes|ER=yes|nation=Swedish}}

==Clubs==
*[[Karlskrona SS]]

==External links==
* {{SR/Olympics profile|so/michael-soderlund-1}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|michael-soderlund}}

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[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Sweden]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden]]
[[Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Karlskrona SS swimmers]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swedish male freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Swedish male backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Karlskrona]]
[[Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen]]


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