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{{Short description|Swedish swimmer (born 1993)}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Sarah Sjöström
| image          = Sarah Sjöström 2013 (cropped).jpg
| image_size     = 240
| caption        = Sjöström in Haninge, Sweden, in August 2013
| fullname       = Sarah Fredrika Sjöström
| national_team  = Sweden
| strokes        = [[Butterfly stroke|Butterfly]], [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]], [[backstroke]]
| club           = [[Energy Standard]], [[Södertörns SS]]
| coach          = [[Johan Wallberg]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1993|8|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Salem Municipality|Salem]], Sweden
| height         = 1.82 m<ref name="OlympicChannel">{{cite web |url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/athletes/detail/sarah-sjostrom/|title=Sarah SJOSTROM |work=Olympic Channel |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref>
| weight         = 76 kg<ref name="OlympicChannel" />
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{flagu|Sweden}}}}
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]|3|2|1
|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]|14|8|3
|[[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]]|6|4|1
|[[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]|17|7|4
|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Championships (SC)]]|12|13|1
}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold  |{{GamesName|SOG|2016|Swimming}}|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold  |{{GamesName|SOG|2024|Swimming}}|[[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold  |{{GamesName|SOG|2024|nolink=1}}|[[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|{{GamesName|SOG|2016|nolink=1}}|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|{{GamesName|SOG|2020|Swimming}}|[[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|{{GamesName|SOG|2016|nolink=1}}|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 Rome]]|[[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 World Aquatics Championships|2013 Barcelona]]|[[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100&nbsp;metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 World Aquatics Championships|2015 Kazan]]|[[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Kazan|[[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 World Aquatics Championships|2017 Budapest]]|[[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Budapest|[[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Budapest|[[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2019 World Aquatics Championships|2019 Gwangju]]|[[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2022 World Aquatics Championships|2022 Budapest]]|[[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Budapest|[[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 World Aquatics Championships|2023 Fukuoka]]|[[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Fukuoka|[[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2024 World Aquatics Championships|2024 Doha]]|[[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Doha|[[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Barcelona|[[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Kazan|[[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Kazan|[[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Budapest|[[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Gwangju|[[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Gwangju|[[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Budapest|[[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Doha|[[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Kazan|[[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Gwangju|[[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Gwangju|[[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2014 Doha]]|[[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Doha|[[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Doha|[[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2021 Abu Dhabi]]|[[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 50 metre medley relay|4×50 m medley]]}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Abu Dhabi|[[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalGold| 2021 Abu Dhabi | [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Doha|[[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Abu Dhabi|[[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Abu Dhabi|[[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Abu Dhabi|[[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay|4×50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2021 Abu Dhabi]]|[[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 European Aquatics Championships|2008 Eindhoven]]|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 European Aquatics Championships|2010 Budapest]]|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 European Aquatics Championships|2012 Debrecen]]|[[Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Debrecen|[[Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 European Aquatics Championships|2014 Berlin]] | [[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Berlin|[[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Berlin|[[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 European Aquatics Championships|2016 London]]|[[Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2016 London|[[Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|2016 London|[[Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2018 European Aquatics Championships|2018 Glasgow]]|[[Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Glasgow|[[Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Glasgow|[[Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Glasgow|[[Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2022 European Aquatics Championships|2022 Rome]]|[[Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Rome|[[Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Rome|[[Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 Budapest|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Debrecen|[[Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Berlin|[[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Berlin|[[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Berlin|[[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Berlin|[[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Rome|[[Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2008 Eindhoven|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2010 Budapest|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 London|[[Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Rome|[[Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|{{nowrap|4×100 m mixed freestyle}}]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2013 Herning]]|50 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Herning|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2015 Netanya]]|100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Netanya|50 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Netanya|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2017 Copenhagen]]|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Copenhagen|50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Copenhagen|4×50 m medley}}
{{MedalGold|[[2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2021 Kazan]]|50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Kazan|100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Kazan|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Kazan|50 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2008 Rijeka]]|4×50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2009 Istanbul]]|4×50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2009 Istanbul|4×50 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Herning|50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Herning|100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Herning|4×50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Herning|4×50 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Netanya|50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Netanya |4×50 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Copenhagen|100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Copenhagen|100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Copenhagen|4×50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Kazan|4×50 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Kazan|100 m medley}}
}}
'''Sarah Fredrika Sjöström''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈsɑ̂ːra ˈɧø̂ːstrœm|lang}}; born 17 August 1993) is a Swedish competitive [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] specialising in the sprint [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] and [[Butterfly stroke|butterfly]] events and one of the most decorated swimmers of all time.

As of 2024, Sjöström has won a total of [[Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships#Individual events|23 individual medals]] at long course World Championships, more than any other swimmer in history. She is the only female swimmer to win five individual medals at a single [[FINA World Aquatics Championships]], a feat she accomplished in 2019. In 2021, Sjöström achieved a career total of over 1000 [[most valuable player]] points in the International Swimming League, becoming the first swimmer in history to do so. In 2022, she became the first swimmer from any country to have won a total of 28 medals at [[LEN European Aquatics Championships]]. She has won 112 medals at [[FINA Swimming World Cup|Swimming World Cups]].

Sjöström is the current [[List of world records in swimming|world record]] holder in the 50 metre freestyle ([[long course]]), the 100 metre freestyle (long course), and the 50 metre butterfly (long course). She is a former world record holder in the 100 metre butterfly (long course), 50 metre freestyle ([[Short course (swimming)|short course]]), 100 metre freestyle (short course), 100 metre butterfly (short course), 200 metre freestyle (short course), and the 4×50 metre medley relay (short course). She is the first Swedish woman to win an [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic gold medal in swimming]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thelocal.se/20160809/zlatan-who-sjostrom-gives-sweden-a-new-hero|title= Sjöström gives Sweden a new hero|date=11 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Anderson|first1=Jared|title=Sarah Sjostrom Splits With Coach Carl Jenner|url=https://swimswam.com/sarah-sjostrom-splits-coach-carl-jenner/|publisher=Swim Swam|access-date=13 October 2017|date=4 November 2016}}</ref> She won the [[FINA Swimming World Cup|Overall Swimming World Cup]] in [[2017 FINA Swimming World Cup|2017]] and [[2018 FINA Swimming World Cup|2018]]. In 2022, she became the first swimmer representing a country in Europe to win 10 individual World Championships gold medals.<ref name="CIIC26Jun2022"/> She currently represents Energy Standard in the [[International Swimming League]].

Sjöström participated in five consecutive [[Olympic Games]], from [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing 2008]] through [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Paris 2024]]. She has won six Olympic medals: three gold (100 metre butterfly, 100 metre freestyle and 50 metre freestyle), two silver (200 metre freestyle and 50 metre freestyle), and one bronze (100 metre freestyle).

==Career==
===2008–2009===
====2008 European Championships====
On 22 March 2008, at the age of 14, Sjöström won the gold medal in the 100&nbsp;metre [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]] at the [[2008 European Aquatics Championships]] in [[Eindhoven]], [[Netherlands]], with a time of 58.44 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=21192&a=1093629 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802015835/http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=21192&a=1093629 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 August 2009 |title=14-åriga Sarah tog skrällguld |publisher=[[Sveriges Television]] |language=sv }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/radiosporten/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=1967877 |title=EM-guld till Sarah Sjöström |publisher=[[Sveriges Radio]] |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525192505/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/radiosporten/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=1967877 |archive-date=25 May 2012 }}.</ref> In the semi-finals the day before, she set a new [[List of Swedish records in swimming|Swedish record]] of 58.38 seconds, breaking the previous record of 58.71 seconds by [[Anna-Karin Kammerling]].<ref name="LEN21Mar2008">[[LEN]] (21 March 2008). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001080F003B000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "29th LEN European Swimming Championships Eindhoven: Women's 100m Butterfly Semifinals Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 23 January 2023.</ref> Three days earlier, she won her first medal of the Championships in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, contributing a split time of 56.17 for the third leg of the relay in the preliminary heats before being substituted out for the finals relay and winning a bronze medal for her efforts when the finals relay placed third in 3:41.28.<ref name="LEN18Mar2008">[[LEN]] (18 March 2008). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001080F0007000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "29th LEN European Swimming Championships Eindhoven: Women's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 23 January 2023.</ref><ref name="TNYT18Mar2008">[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/sports/18iht-swimmingeuro18.11223602.html "Netherlands sets world record in women's 400 freestyle relay"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2023.</ref> At the Swedish championships in 2008 in the same event, she finished in a time of 58.55 seconds.

====2008 Summer Olympics====
{{see also|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

Sjöström earned a spot on the [[Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swedish Swim Team]] for the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], [[China]], where she finished 27th in the preliminary heats of the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]] with a time of 59.08 and 29th in the preliminary heats of the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke|100 metre backstroke]] with a time of 1:02.38, failing to advance to the semi-finals in both races. She also swam the backstroke leg of the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 metre medley relay]] in the preliminaries, in which the Swedish team qualified in seventh place for the finals, though the team went on to be disqualified in the final for a false start. The day of the 4×100 metre medley relay final coincided with Sjöström's 15th birthday.

====2009 World Championships====
{{MedalTableTop|name=no|header=[[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] | 56.06 (WR) }}
{{MedalBottom}}

On 26 July 2009, at the [[2009 World Aquatics Championships]], Sjöström set a [[List of world records in swimming#Women|world record]] in the semifinals of the [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100&nbsp;metre butterfly]] with a time of 56.44 seconds, surpassing [[Inge de Bruijn]]'s nine-year-old [[World record progression 100 metres butterfly#Long course 2|record]].<ref name="Reuters26Jul2009">[https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-41328820090726 "Sjostrom breaks women's 100 fly world record"]. ''[[Reuters]]''. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2023.</ref> The next day, in the final of the event, she won the gold medal and improved her world record time to 56.06 seconds at just {{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2009|7|27}} of age.<ref name="Crouse27Jul2009">Crouse, Karen (27 July 2009). [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/sports/28swim.html "Swimmers Need Faster Times Earlier at World Championships"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved 7 February 2023.</ref><ref name="Reuters27Jul2009">[https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-41351020090727 "Swimming – Sjostrom wins 100m butterfly, sets world record"]. ''[[Reuters]]''. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://svt.se/2.21192/1.1636050/nytt_varldsrekord_av_sjostrom?lid=puff_1636060&lpos=rubrik |title=Nytt världsrekord av Sjöström |publisher=[[Sveriges Television]] |language=sv }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 }}</ref><ref name="WR100fl2x2009July">{{cite web|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/21833.asp |title=Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom Lowers World Record in 100 Fly |work=[[Swimming World]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822035027/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/21833.asp |archive-date=22 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=TT |date=15 December 2013 |url=http://www.svd.se/sport/sjostrom-guld-ar-en-riktig-bonus_8825272.svd |title=Sjöström: "Guld är en riktig bonus" |newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |access-date=2 May 2015 |language=sv}}</ref>

===2010–2012===
====2010 European Championships====
At the [[2010 European Aquatics Championships]] in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], Sjöström defended her European title in the 100&nbsp;metre butterfly by winning the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=21192&a=2106001 |title=Sjöström försvarade sitt EM-guld |access-date=14 August 2010 |first=Anna |last=Blomqvist |date=13 August 2010 |publisher=[[Sveriges Television]] |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612082542/http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=21192&a=2106001 |archive-date=12 June 2011}}</ref> With a split time of 53.77 seconds for the third leg of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay in the final, she helped Sweden win the bronze medal in a time of 3:38.81.<ref name="LEN9Aug2010">[[LEN]] (9 August 2010). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010A0D0012000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "30th LEN European Swimming Championships Budapest: Women's 4x100m Freestyle Finals Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 23 January 2023.</ref> For the 4×100 metre medley relay, she anchored the relay in the final with a time of 53.73 seconds to help her country finish in 4:01.18 and win the silver medal.<ref name="LEN15Aug2010">[[LEN]] (15 August 2010). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010A0D006B000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "30th LEN European Swimming Championships Budapest: Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Finals Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 23 January 2023.</ref> In December 2011, she broke the Swedish record when she won the 100 metre freestyle at the Open Dutch Championships in Eindhoven. However, she failed to win a medal at the [[2011 World Aquatics Championships]] in [[Shanghai]].<ref>[http://www.svd.se/sport/svenskt-rekord-av-sarah-sjostrom_6684288.svd "Svenskt rekord av Sarah Sjöström".] Svd.se. Läst 29 juli 2013.</ref>

====2011 World Championships====
At the [[2011 World Aquatics Championships]] in [[Shanghai]], China, Sjöström competed in [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships|five events]], first placing fourth in the [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]] with a time of 57.38 seconds, which was 0.32 seconds behind bronze medalist [[Lu Ying]] of China.<ref name="FINA25Jul2011f100fl">[[FINA]] (25 July 2011). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010B0D0018000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "14th FINA World Championships Shanghai (CHN): Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 9 February 2023.</ref> In her next event, the [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 metre freestyle]], she placed fourth, finishing less than nine-tenths of a second behind world record holder in the event and gold medalist [[Federica Pellegrini]] of [[Italy]] with a time of 1:56.41.<ref name="FINA27Jul2011f200fr">[[FINA]] (27 July 2011). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010B0D0034000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "14th FINA World Championships Shanghai (CHN): Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 9 February 2023.</ref> The following day, she helped achieve a time of 8:02.30 and overall placing of twelfth in the [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 metre freestyle relay]], splitting a 1:57.84 for the third leg of the relay in the preliminaries.<ref name="FINA28Jul2011h4200fr">[[FINA]] (28 July 2011). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010B0D003D000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "14th FINA World Championships Shanghai (CHN): Women's 4x200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 9 February 2023.</ref> Two days later, on the final day of competition, she contributed to an overall placing of tenth in the [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 metre medley relay]], swimming the backstroke portion of the relay in 1:01.24 in the preliminaries to help achieve a time of 4:02.71 that did not qualify the relay to the evening final.<ref name="FINA30Jul2011h4100mr">[[FINA]] (30 July 2011). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010B0D0059000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "14th FINA World Championships Shanghai (CHN): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 9 February 2023.</ref> Later in the day, she finished outside the podium in her third and final individual event, this time tying Lu Ying for fourth-place in the final of the [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 metre butterfly]] with a 25.87.<ref name="FINA30Jul2011f50fl">[[FINA]] (30 July 2011). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010B0D005C000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "14th FINA World Championships Shanghai (CHN): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 9 February 2023.</ref>

====2012 European Championships====
For Sjöström, 2012 was a year of both successes and setbacks. At the [[2012 European Aquatics Championships]], held in early summer in [[Debrecen]], Hungary, she achieved double gold medals in her individual events, with one in the 50 metre butterfly and one in the 100 metre freestyle.<ref>Radiosporten (22 May 2012): [http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=179&grupp=7073&artikel=5118709 "EM-guld till Sarah Sjöström".] Sverigesradio.se. Läst 29 juli 2013.</ref><ref>Radiosporten (23 May 2012): [http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=179&grupp=7073&artikel=5120537 "Sjöström utklassade allt motstånd".] Sverigesradio.se. Läst 29 juli 2013.</ref> In her relay event, the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, she helped win the silver medal in a final time of 3:38.40, swimming the third leg of the relay in 54.04 seconds.<ref name="LEN21May2012">[[LEN]] (21 May 2012). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010C030001030001FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "31st LEN European Swimming Championships Debrecen (HUN): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 23 January 2023.</ref>

====2012 Summer Olympics====
{{see also|Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics}}

At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], Sjöström competed in four individual events,<ref>{{cite news|title=London 2012 Official Results|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/sjostrom-sarah-1036219/|publisher=London 2012 Official Results|date=10 August 2012|access-date=18 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127220840/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/sjostrom-sarah-1036219/|archive-date=27 January 2013}}</ref> reaching the semi-finals of the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 metre freestyle]], [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]] and [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 metre freestyle]], and placing fourth in the final of the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]] with a time of 57.17 seconds. Sjöström's world record was broken in this race by [[Dana Vollmer]] of the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite news|title=London 2012 Official Results|url=http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/swimming/100m-butterfly-w|publisher= London 2012 Official Results|date=28 July 2012|access-date=18 September 2012}}</ref> In 2015, Sjöström regained the world record by improving it twice at the [[2015 World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]], held in [[Kazan]], [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/bio/sarah-sjostrom/|title=Sarah Sjöström Bio – SwimSwam|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>

===2013–2014===
====2013 World Championships====
{{MedalTableTop|name=no|header=[[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships|2013 World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] | 56.53 }}
{{MedalSilver| [[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] | 52.89 }}
{{MedalBottom}}

On 29 July 2013, Sjöström won the gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]] at the [[2013 World Aquatics Championships]], in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]], with a time of 56.53 seconds, which was 0.44 seconds faster than silver medalist [[Alicia Coutts]] of [[Australia]] and 0.71 seconds faster than bronze medalist Dana Vollmer.<ref name="FINA29Jul2013f100fl">[[FINA]] (29 July 2013). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010D020101032102FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf "15th FINA World Championships Barcelona (ESP): Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 18 October 2022.</ref><ref name="Sejwal29Jul2013">Sejwal, Ritu (29 July 2013). [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/swedens-sarah-sjostrom-won-the-womens-100m-butterfly-gold-with-56-53secs-at-the-barcelona-swimming-world-championships-on-monday/articleshow/21464071.cms "Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom won the women's 100m butterfly gold with 56.53secs at the Barcelona swimming world championships on Monday"]. ''[[The Times of India]]''. Retrieved 18 October 2022.</ref> Four days later, she won a silver medal in the 100 metre freestyle, finishing 0.55 seconds behind a first-time world champion in the event, [[Cate Campbell]] of Australia, with a time of 52.89 seconds.<ref name="FINA2Aug2013f100fr">[[FINA]] (2 August 2013). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010D020101001502FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf "15th FINA World Championships Barcelona (ESP): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 18 October 2022.</ref><ref name="SBS3Aug2013">[https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/campbell-wins-100m-freestyle-title/8eilar9iw "Campbell wins 100m freestyle title"]. ''[[Special Broadcasting Service]]''. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2022.</ref>

====2013 European Short Course Championships====
At the [[2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships]] in December in [[Herning]], [[Denmark]], Sjöström won four medals in individual events, a gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a [[List of European Championships records in swimming|Championships record]] of 24.90 seconds, a gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly, a silver medal in the 50 metre freestyle, and a silver medal in the 100 metre freestyle, and two medals in relay events, one silver medal each in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay and 4×50 metre medley relay.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/simning/article18027554.ab |newspaper=[[Aftonbladet]] |title=Nytt guld för Sarah Sjöström |author=TT |date=15 December 2013 |access-date=29 January 2016 |language=sv}}</ref>

====2014 European Championships====
On 5 July 2014, Sjöström broke the [[World record progression 50 metres butterfly|world record]] in the [[long course]] 50 metre butterfly, set at 25.07 by fellow Swedish swimmer [[Therese Alshammar]] in 2009, with a time of 24.43 seconds. The margin of 0.64 seconds by which she lowered the world record compared to the prior record has been juxtaposed with [[Bob Beamon]]'s 1968 long jump world record.<ref name="Lord5Jul2014">{{cite web |url=http://www.swimvortex.com/sarah-sjostrom-storms-to-a-brain-bending-24-43-world-record-in-50-butterfly/ |title=Sarah Sjostrom Storms To A Beamonesque 24.43 World Record In 50 Butterfly In Boras |first1=Craig |last1=Lord |date=5 July 2014 |publisher=Swimvortex |access-date=4 December 2015 }}</ref> At the [[2014 European Aquatics Championships]], held in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] later that summer, she won three gold medals and four silver medals. On 18 August, she and her Swedish relay teammates won the gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. The next day she also won the final of the 50 metre butterfly. On 20 August, the she won her third gold medal, this time in the 100 metre freestyle. She also won silver medals in the {{nowrap|4×200 metre}} freestyle relay, 100 metre butterfly, 50 metre freestyle and 4×100 metre medley relay.<ref>Petter Landén/Pontus Welmemo (24 August 2014):[http://www.expressen.se/sport/sarah-sjostrom-tog-ett-silver-pa-50-meter-fritt/ "Sarah Sjöström tog ett silver på 50 meter fritt".] Expressen.se. Läst 28 augusti 2014.</ref><ref>NT/TT (21 August 2014): [http://norrteljetidning.se/sport/1.2603519-gardell-och-sverige-tog-silver-i-lagkappen "Gardell och Sverige tog silver i lagkappen".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915182515/http://norrteljetidning.se/sport/1.2603519-gardell-och-sverige-tog-silver-i-lagkappen |date=15 September 2015 }}  Norrteljetidning.se. Läst 28 augusti 2014.</ref>

====2014 World Short Course Championships====
{{MedalTableTop|name=no|header=[[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2014 World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] | 24.58 (CR) }}
{{MedalGold| [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] | 54.61 (WR) }}
{{MedalGold| [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]] | 1:50.78 (WR) }}
{{MedalSilver| [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] | 51.39 }}
{{MedalBottom}}

In December 2014, Sjöström competed in five individual events and two relay events at the [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2014 World Short Course Swimming Championships]], contested at [[Hamad Aquatic Centre]] in [[Doha]], [[Qatar]], medalling in four of seven of her events.<ref name="FINA7Dec2014crb">[[FINA]] (7 December 2014). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010E010DFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF05.pdf "12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT): Complete Results Book"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 17 October 2022.</ref> She won her first medal of the Championships on day three in the [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]], finishing in a time of 51.39 seconds to win the silver medal just 0.02 seconds behind gold medalist [[Femke Heemskerk]] of the Netherlands.<ref name="FINA5Dec2014f100fr">[[FINA]] (5 December 2014). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010E010D01001502FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf "12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 17 October 2022.</ref> Approximately 30 minutes later, she won the gold medal in the [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 metre butterfly]] with a [[List of World Championships records in swimming#Short course (25 m)|Championships record]] time of 24.58 seconds.<ref name="FINA5Dec2014f50fl">[[FINA]] (5 December 2014). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010E010D01032002FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf "12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 17 October 2022.</ref> Two days later, she won the gold medal in the [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]] with a [[World record progression 100 metres butterfly#Short course 2|world record]] and Championships record time of 54.61 seconds, which was over four-tenths of a second faster than the former world record time.<ref name="FINA7Dec20147f100fl">[[FINA]] (7 December 2014). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010E010D01032102FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf "12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT): Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 17 October 2022.</ref><ref name="eNCA7Dec2014">[https://web.archive.org/web/20221021144148/https://www.enca.com/sport/swimming/sjostrom-sets-new-world-100m-butterfly-record "Sjostrom sets new world 100m butterfly record"]. ''[[eNCA]]''. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2022.</ref><ref name="Dawn8Dec2014">[https://www.dawn.com/news/1149410 "Sizzling Sjostrom sets two records on final day"]. ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]''. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2022.</ref> Approximately 70 minutes later, she won another gold medal with a world record and Championships record time, this time lowering the [[World record progression 200 metres freestyle#Short course 2|world record]] in the [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 metre freestyle]] by over three-tenths of a second with a final mark of 1:50.78.<ref name="Dawn8Dec2014"/><ref name="FINA7Dec2014f200fr">[[FINA]] (7 December 2014). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010E010D01001602FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf "12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT): Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 17 October 2022.</ref> For her other three events during the five day competition, she placed fourth in the [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 metre medley relay]] with a 3:51.64, seventh in the [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 metre freestyle relay]] with a 4:43.44, and nineteenth in the [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200 metre butterfly]] with a 2:09.51.<ref name="FINA7Dec2014crb"/>

===2015–2016===
====2015 World Championships====
{{MedalTableTop|name=no|header=[[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships|2015 World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] | 55.64 (WR) }}
{{MedalGold| [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] | 24.96 (CR) }}
{{MedalSilver| [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] | 52.70 }}
{{MedalSilver| [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] | 3:55.24 (ER) }}
{{MedalBronze| [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] | 24.31 }}
{{MedalBottom}}

In 2015, and leading up to the World Championships, Sjöström received the Jerring Prize and a [[Victoria Scholarship]].<ref name="sarah-sjostrom-far-victoriastipendiet-2015">{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/sport/sarah-sjostrom-far-victoriastipendiet-2015/ |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |title=Sarah Sjöström får Victoriastipendiet 2015 |first=Pontus |last=Roos |date=1 June 2015 |access-date=29 January 2016 |language=sv}}</ref> Approximately two months earlier, at the 2015 Eindhoven Swim Cup in April, she became the first female Swedish swimmer to achieve a time faster than 1:00.00 in the 100 metre backstroke, setting a new Swedish record with a personal best time of 59.98 seconds.<ref name="Keith5Apr2015">Keith, Braden (5 April 2015). [https://swimswam.com/sjostrom-breaks-100-back-national-record-heemskerk-climbs-all-time-100-free-rankings/ "Sjostrom Breaks 100 Back National Record, Heemskerk Climbs All-Time 100 Free Rankings"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 8 February 2023.</ref> At the [[2015 World Aquatics Championships]], held in July and August, she won a total of five medals, including gold medals in the [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 metre butterfly]] and [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]] events, during the latter she broke the world record twice, first with a 55.74 in the semifinals then again with a 55.64 in the final.<ref name="BBCS2Aug2015">[https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/swimming/33753480 "World Swimming: Sarah Sjostrom sets new 100m butterfly record"]. ''[[BBC Sport]]''. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2023.</ref><ref name="yahoo_145243484"/> Her gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly was the first gold medal she won at a [[FINA World Aquatics Championships]]. With both of the gold medals, she also became the first Swedish swimmer to win two World Championships gold medals during a single World Aquatics Championships. In the [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]], she won the silver medal with a time of 52.70 seconds, sharing the podium with Australian sisters [[Bronte Campbell]], gold medalist, and Cate Campbell, bronze medalist.<ref name="FINA7Aug2015f100fr">[[FINA]] (7 August 2015). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010F020001001502FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf "16th FINA World Championships Kazan (RUS): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 18 October 2022.</ref>

On the final day, Sjöström concluded competition with a bronze medal in the [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 metre freestyle]] and a silver medal in the [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 metre medley relay]]. Thus she won medals in all four individual events, and in the three relay events there was a silver medal and two fourth-place finishes. In all, she won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze medal during world championship week; more medals than any Swede had previously won at the same world championships.<ref name="yahoo_145243484">{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/britains-adam-peaty-wins-100-breaststroke-worlds-145243484.html?ref=gs |title=Sjostrom and Hosszu set world marks at swim championships |access-date=9 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609201936/https://www.yahoo.com/news/britains-adam-peaty-wins-100-breaststroke-worlds-145243484.html?ref=gs |archive-date=9 June 2016 }}</ref>

====2015 European Short Course Championships====
[[File:SarahSjoestroem-0079.jpg|150px|thumbnail|left|Sjöström at the 2015 European Short Pool Championships]]
At the [[2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships]], held in December in [[Netanya]], [[Israel]], Sjöström won the gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a Championships record time of 24.58 seconds on day two.<ref name="SR3Dec2015">[https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/6318011 "Sjöström wins butterfly gold in Israel"]. ''[[Sveriges Radio]]''. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2022.</ref> The following day, she placed first in the final of the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 51.37 seconds to win the gold medal.<ref name="Lepesant4Dec2015">Lepesant, Anne (4 December 2015). [https://swimswam.com/sjostrom-happy-improved-much-100-free-interview/ "Sjostrom "Happy to Have Improved So Much" in 100 Free"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 15 January 2023.</ref> In her first race of the fifth and final evening, the semifinals of the 50 metre freestyle, she finished in a time of 23.75 seconds to qualify for the final ranking second overall.<ref name="LEN6Dec2015sf50fr">[[LEN]] (6 December 2015). [https://netanya2015.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Netanya/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-50FR-SEMIF-RIEP.pdf?x=18:07:57 "2015 LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 50 m Freestyle – Women Semi-Final Summary"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 15 January 2023.</ref> Approximately, 28 minutes later, she won the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly, achieving a Championships record time of 55.03 seconds in the final to finish 0.63 seconds ahead of silver medalist [[Jeanette Ottesen]] of Denmark.<ref name="Schultz6Dec2015f100fl">Schultz, Laura Rosenkvist (6 December 2015). [https://www.svoem.dk/nyheder/nyhed/?id=2888 "Ottesen svømmer anden danske medalje hjem ved EM!"] (in Danish). ''svoem.dk''. Retrieved 15 January 2023.</ref> She won her second medal of the evening approximately 44 minutes later, swimming to a silver medal-finish in the final of the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 23.63 seconds, which was 0.07 seconds behind the first-place finisher and 0.41 seconds ahead of the third-place finisher.<ref name="Schultz6Dec2015f50fr">Schultz, Laura Rosenkvist (6 December 2015). [https://www.svoem.dk/nyheder/nyhed/?id=2890 "Endnu en medalje til Ottesen!"] (in Danish). ''svoem.dk''. Retrieved 15 January 2023.</ref> Concluding with the final of the 4×50 metre medley relay approximately 26 minutes later, she split a 24.33 for the butterfly leg of the relay to help finish in a time of 1:45.34 and win the silver medal.<ref name="LEN6Dec2015f450mr">[[LEN]] (6 December 2015). [https://netanya2015.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Netanya/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-4X50MD-FINALE-ALL.pdf?x=18:07:31 "2015 LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 4x50 m Medley – Women Final"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 15 January 2023.</ref>

Before the end of the year, Sjöström was named as the first Swedish swimmer by ''[[Swimming World]]'' to receive their accolade "Swimmer of the Year in Europe"; she was also awarded the [[Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal]], an annual award "for the most significant Swedish sports achievement of the year", with the words "For explosive willpower, double world records and a historic gold cavalcade".<ref name="sarah-sjostrom-far-victoriastipendiet-2015"/><ref name="yahoo_145243484"/>

====2016 European Championships====
Ahead of her international competitions for the 2016 year, on 25 January 2016, Sjöström was awarded the Swedish public radio [[Jerring Award]] for the second year in a row.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=3295&grupp=16930&artikel=6348616 |newspaper=[[Sveriges Radio]] |title=Sarah Sjöström vinner Jerringpriset |date=25 January 2016 |access-date=25 January 2016 |language=sv}}</ref> On the first day of swimming competition at the [[2016 European Aquatics Championships]], held in May in London, England, she won a bronze medal in the [[Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 metre freestyle relay]], leading-off the relay with a 53.48 to contribute to the final mark of 3:37.84.<ref name="LEN16May2016f4100fr">[[LEN]] (16 May 2016). [https://london2016.microplustiming.com/Elite/export/Elite_NU_London2016/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-4X100SL-FIN-ALL.pdf "London 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 4x100m Freestyle – Women"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 16 January 2023.</ref> She followed up with a gold medal-win the next day in the [[Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 metre butterfly]], finishing first with a time of 24.99 seconds, which was 0.56 seconds slower than her world record time in the event.<ref name="LEN17May2016f50fl">[[LEN]] (17 May 2016). [https://london2016.microplustiming.com/Elite/export/Elite_NU_London2016/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-50FA-FIN-ALL.pdf "London 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 50m Butterfly – Women"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 16 January 2023.</ref><ref name="Brien17May2016">Brien, Taylor (17 May 2016). [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/sarah-sjostrom-improves-upon-world-best-in-50-fly-at-2016-euro-champs/ "Sarah Sjostrom Improves Upon World Best In 50 Fly at 2016 Euro Champs"]. ''[[Swimming World]]''. Retrieved 16 January 2023.</ref> On the third day, she shared the podium with two Dutch swimmers in the [[Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]], winning the gold medal with a time of 52.82 seconds.<ref name="Marsteller18May2016">Marsteller, Jason (18 May 2016). [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/sarah-sjostrom-puts-up-easy-speed-52-82-to-win-100-free-at-euros/ "Sarah Sjostrom Puts Up Easy Speed 52.82 to Win 100 Free at Euros"]. ''[[Swimming World]]''. Retrieved 16 January 2023.</ref> The fourth day, she won her final medal of the competition, a gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]] with a [[List of European Championships records in swimming|Championships record]] time of 55.89 seconds.<ref name="LEN19May2016f100fl">[[LEN]] (19 May 2016). [https://london2016.microplustiming.com/Elite/export/Elite_NU_London2016/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-100FA-FIN-ALL.pdf "London 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 100m Butterfly – Women"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 16 January 2023.</ref>

====2016 Summer Olympics====
{{see also|Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

On 7 August 2016, Sjöström won the gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympic Games]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]], setting a world record with a time of 55.48 seconds.<ref name="SR8Aug2016">{{cite news|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6490407|title=Swimmer Sarah Sjöström wins gold in Rio – Radio Sweden|first=Sveriges|last=Radio|newspaper=Sveriges Radio |date=8 August 2016|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> With her win she became the first female Swedish swimmer to win a gold medal at an [[Olympic Games]].<ref name="AFP8Aug2016">[[Agence France-Presse]] (8 August 2016). [https://www.thelocal.se/20160808/swede-breaks-world-record-to-claim-olympic-swimming-gold "Swede breaks world record to claim Olympic swimming gold"]. ''[[The Local]]''. Retrieved 29 April 2023.</ref><ref name="Sse24Jan2023">[https://sweden.se/life/people/10-swedish-sports-stars "Here are 10 Swedish sports stars – from Anna Nordqvist and Armand Duplantis to Sarah Sjöström and Zlatan"]. ''sweden.se''. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.</ref>  She went on to win the silver medal in the [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 metre freestyle]], where she finished 0.35 seconds behind gold medalist [[Katie Ledecky]] of the United States with a Swedish record time of 1:54.08, and the bronze medal in [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]], where she finished 0.29 seconds behind a two-way tie for the gold medal with a time of 52.99 seconds.<ref name="WCBSTV9Aug2016">[https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/ledecky-holds-off-swedens-sjostrom-to-take-gold-in-womens-200m-freestyle/ "Ledecky Holds Off Sweden's Sjostrom To Take Gold In Women's 200m Freestyle"]. ''[[WCBS-TV]]''. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2023.</ref><ref name="ESPN10Aug2016">[https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2016/results/_/event/169/discipline/39 "2016 Summer Olympics Results – Swimming: Women's 100m Freestyle"]. ''[[ESPN]]''. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2023.</ref> With her medals, she became the second female swimmer in history and the fifth swimmer of any gender to win medals in the 100 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle, and the 100 metre butterfly at the same [[Olympic Games]] or [[Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships|long course World Championships]], after [[Mark Spitz]] ([[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]), [[Kornelia Ender]] ([[Swimming at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships|1975]], [[Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]]), [[Matt Biondi]] ([[Swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986]], [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]) and [[Michael Klim]] ([[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships|1998]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2205&Itemid=182|title=HistoFINA – Statistics Archives|access-date=3 November 2016|archive-date=13 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813091416/http://archives.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2205&Itemid=182|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2017–2019===
In January 2017, Sjöström competed at the 19th Luxembourg Euro Meet and won the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 24.01 seconds, the 100 metre freestyle with a 53.21, the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 25.02 seconds, and the 100 metre butterfly with a 57.12.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://euromeet.lu/results.php|title=Euro Meet|website=euromeet.lu|access-date=12 March 2017|archive-date=4 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204034229/http://www.euromeet.lu/results.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Three months later, she competed in the Stockholm Swim Open and won the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 25.63 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livetiming.se/results.php?cid=3302&session=2&round=H&event=6|title=IC Control LiveTiming – Swim Open Stockholm 2017|website=livetiming.se|access-date=8 April 2017}}</ref> She also won the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 56.26 seconds.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-04-09/johansson-kan-fa-os-chans-pa-guldgrenen|title=Johansson kan få OS-chans på guldgrenen|work=Sydsvenskan|access-date=10 April 2017|language=sv-SE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://swimswam.com/sarah-sjostrom-drops-world-leading-56-26-100m-fly-at-stockholm-open/|title=Sarah Sjöström Drops World-Leading 56.26 100m Fly at Stockholm Open|date=9 April 2017|work=SwimSwam|access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref> She also won the 50 metre freestyle, setting a time of 23.83 seconds, the second fastest time ever.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://swimswam.com/sarah-sjostrom-blasts-2nd-fastest-ever-23-83-50-free-in-stockholm/|title=Sarah Sjöström Blasts 2nd-Fastest-Ever 23.83 50 Free in Stockholm|date=10 April 2017|work=SwimSwam|access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref> In the 100 metre freestyle she took first-place with the time of 52.54 seconds, a new personal best and [[List of Swedish records in swimming|Swedish record]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.floswimming.com/article/54588-sarah-sjoestroem-strikes-again-drops-52-54-100m-freestyle|title=Sarah Sjöström Strikes Again, Drops 52.54 100m Freestyle|work=FloSwimming|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref>

====2017 World Championships====
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{{MedalGold| [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] | 55.53 (CR) }}
{{MedalGold| [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] | 24.60 (CR) }}
{{MedalGold| [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] | 23.69 }}
{{MedalSilver| [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] | 52.31 }}
{{MedalBottom}}

At the [[2017 World Aquatics Championships]], with [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships|swimming]] contested at [[Danube Arena]] in July in Budapest, Hungary, Sjöström won her first medal of the Championships in the [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]], winning the gold medal with a [[List of World Championships records in swimming|Championships record]] time of 55.53 seconds, which was 0.65 seconds faster than silver medalist [[Emma McKeon]] of Australia and 0.84 seconds faster than bronze medalist [[Kelsi Dahlia]] of the United States.<ref name="FINA24Jul2017f100fl">[[FINA]] (24 July 2017). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000111010A0204EC04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref> With her win, she became the first woman in history at [[FINA World Aquatics Championships]] to win four gold medals in the event and in any one individual event.<ref name="Zaccardi24Jul2017">Zaccardi, Nick (24 July 2017). [https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/07/24/sarah-sjostrom-100-butterfly-swimming-world-championships/ "Sarah Sjostrom follows world record with 100m butterfly title"]. ''[[NBC Sports]]''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref><ref name="TL25Jul2017">[https://www.thelocal.se/20170725/swedens-sarah-sjostrom-makes-more-history-with-new-gold-medal/ "Sweden's Sarah Sjöström makes more history with new gold medal"]. ''[[The Local]]''. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref> One day earlier, in the final of the [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 metre freestyle relay]] on the first day of competition, she set a new [[World record progression 100 metres freestyle|world record]] in the 100 metre freestyle, swimming a time of 51.71 seconds for the lead-off leg of the relay, and helping place fifth in a time of 3:33.94.<ref name="FINA23Jul2017f4100frr">[[FINA]] (23 July 2017). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000111010A0201F704FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref><ref name="Eurosport24Jul2017">[https://www.eurosport.com/swimming/world-championships/2017/sarah-sjostrom-smashes-100m-fr-world-record-in-relay-lead-off_vid993146/video.shtml "Sarah Sjostrom smashes 100m FR world record in relay lead-off"]. ''[[Eurosport]]''. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref> On the sixth day, she won a silver medal in the [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]] with a time of 52.31 seconds, finishing just 0.04 seconds behind gold medalist and 2016 Olympic champion in the event [[Simone Manuel]] of the United States.<ref name="FINA28Jul2017f100fr">[[FINA]] (28 July 2017). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000111010A0201EC04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref>

The seventh day, Sjöström started the evening session off winning the gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 metre butterfly]] with a Championships record time of 24.60 seconds, which was over seven-tenths of a second faster than the second-place finisher.<ref name="FINA29Jul2017f50fl">[[FINA]] (29 July 2017). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000111010A0204EB04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref><ref name="Fahey29Jul2017">Fahey, Ciaran (29 July 2017). [https://apnews.com/article/42cb041e3b8a4f04aa340ce840700a74 "Sjostrom wins 50 fly, sets world record in 50 free at worlds"]. [[Associated Press]]. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref> Approximately an hour later, in the semifinals of the [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 metre freestyle]], she broke the [[World record progression 50 metres freestyle|world record]] of 23.73 seconds set by [[Britta Steffen]] of Germany in 2009 with a new world record and Championships record time of 23.67 seconds.<ref name="Fahey29Jul2017"/><ref name="FINA29Jul2017sf50fr">[[FINA]] (29 July 2017). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000111010A0201EB02FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref><ref name="GWR29Jul2017">[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-swim-long-course-50-metres-freestyle-(female) "Fastest swim long course 50 metres freestyle (female)"]. ''[[Guinness World Records]]''. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref> Day eight of eight, she won the gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle, finishing in a time of 23.69 seconds, just 0.02 seconds off her world record time from the day before.<ref name="FINA30Jul2017f50fr">[[FINA]] (30 July 2017). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000111010A0201EB04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Freestyle Final Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref><ref name="YS30Jul2017">[https://web.archive.org/web/20221015005633/https://sports.yahoo.com/sjostrom-claims-third-sprint-title-swimming-worlds-164407051--spt.html "Sjostrom claims third sprint title at swimming worlds"]. ''[[Yahoo! Sports]]''. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref> In her sixth and final event, the [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 metre medley relay]], she split a 55.03 for the butterfly leg of the relay in the final, which was the fastest time by any of the finals relay butterfly swimmers by over one full second and contributed to a fifth-place finish in a time of 3:55.28.<ref name="FINA30Jul2017f4100mr">[[FINA]] (30 July 2017). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000111010A0205F704FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref>

====2017 Swimming World Cup====
For the whole summer of 2017, Sjöström broke six world records in less than one month (the two at the aforementioned World Championships and later at [[2017 FINA Swimming World Cup|2017 Swimming World Cup]] [[Short course (swimming)|short course]] competitions in Moscow, 50 metre freestyle at 23.10 seconds and 100 metre freestyle at 50.77 seconds, and Eindhoven, 100 metre freestyle at 50.58 seconds and 200 metre freestyle at 1:50.43).<ref name="Rieder2Aug2017">Rieder, David (2 August 2017). [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/sarah-sjostrom-takes-down-50-free-short-course-world-record-in-moscow/ "Sarah Sjostrom Takes Down 50 Free Short Course World Record in Moscow"]. ''[[Swimming World]]''. Retrieved 8 February 2023.</ref><ref name="FINA3Aug2017">[[FINA]] (3 August 2017). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011101010201EC04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017 Moscow: Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 8 February 2023.</ref><ref name="WR100fr11Aug2017">{{cite web|title=Women's 100m Freestyle Results|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00011101030201EC04FFFFFFFFFFFF01|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=11 August 2017|date=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="WR200fr12Aug2017">{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Freestyle Results|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00011101030201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=12 August 2017|date=12 August 2017}}</ref> As a simultaneous holder of eight world records on the short and long course, she became the swimmer to hold the most current world records in international swimming. In early August, Sjöström improved her time in the short course 50 metre freestyle, at races in Berlin, from 23.10 to 23.00.<ref name="OT7Aug2017">{{cite web|title=Women's 50m Freestyle Results|url=http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00011101020201EB04FFFFFFFFFFFF01|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=7 August 2017|date=7 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911023528/http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00011101020201EB04FFFFFFFFFFFF01|archive-date=11 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the race, however, she was second behind Ranomi Kromowidjojo, who with the time 22.93 took from Sjöström one of her eight records.

====2017 European Short Course Championships====
For the third day of competition at the [[2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships]], in December in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, Sjöström won her first medal of the evening in the final of the 100 metre freestyle, placing second with a time of 51.03 seconds to secure the silver medal.<ref name="LEN15Dec2017f100fr">[[LEN]] (15 December 2017). [http://copenhagen2017.microplustiming.com/export/NU/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-100FR-FIN-ALL.pdf "2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 100 m Freestyle – Women Final"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 January 2023.</ref> Her second medal of the evening came in the 100 metre individual medley, finishing 0.95 seconds behind gold medalist [[Katinka Hosszú]] of Hungary in the final with a time of 57.92 seconds to win a second silver medal.<ref name="LEN15Dec2017f100im">[[LEN]] (15 December 2017). [http://copenhagen2017.microplustiming.com/export/NU/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-100MD-FIN-ALL.pdf "2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 100 m Medley – Women Final"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 January 2023.</ref> Medal number three for the evening was a third silver medal, this time in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay, where she contributed to the final mark of 1:35.92 with a 22.94 for the second leg of the relay.<ref name="LEN15Dec2017f450fr">[[LEN]] (15 December 2017). [http://copenhagen2017.microplustiming.com/export/NU/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-4X50FR-FIN-ALL.pdf "2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 4x50m Freestyle – Women Final"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 January 2023.</ref> Day five of five, she won her first gold medal of the Championships in the 100 metre butterfly with a Championships record time of 55.00 seconds, which was 0.97 seconds faster than silver medalist [[Marie Wattel]] of [[France]].<ref name="LEN17Dec2017f100fl">[[LEN]] (17 December 2017). [http://copenhagen2017.microplustiming.com/export/NU/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-100BU-FIN-ALL.pdf "2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 100 m Butterfly – Women Final"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 January 2023.</ref> She won her second gold medal approximately 48 minutes later, finishing first in the final of the 50 metre freestyle with a Championships record of 23.30 seconds.<ref name="LEN17Dec2017f50fr">[[LEN]] (17 December 2017). [http://copenhagen2017.microplustiming.com/export/NU/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-50FR-FIN-ALL.pdf "2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 50 m Freestyle – Women Final"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 January 2023.</ref> Approximately 31 minutes later, she won her third and final gold medal of the night, splitting a 24.27 for the butterfly portion of the 4×50 metre medley relay to help place first in 1:44.43.<ref name="LEN17Dec2017f450mr">[[LEN]] (17 December 2017). [http://copenhagen2017.microplustiming.com/export/NU/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-4X50MD-FIN-ALL.pdf "2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results 4x50 m Medley – Women Final"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 January 2023.</ref>

====2018 European Championships====
In August, at the [[2018 European Aquatics Championships]] in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], Sjöström won the gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]] on day two of competition with a time of 56.13 seconds.<ref name="LEN4Aug2018f100fr">[[LEN]] (4 August 2018). [https://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/NU_GLASGOW2018/NU/pdf/SWMW100MBF------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.1.pdf "European Championships Glasgow 2018: Results 100m Butterfly Women Final"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref><ref name="Romano4Aug2018">Romano, Javier (4 August 2018). [https://www.marca.com/natacion/2018/08/04/5b66063246163fd47c8b466d.html "La sueca Sjöström suma dos oros en 65 minutos"] {{in lang|es}}. ''[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]]''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref> Approximately 65 minutes later, she swam a [[List of European Championships records in swimming|Championships record]] time of 23.74 seconds in the final of the 50 metre freestyle, finishing 0.01 seconds ahead of second-place finisher [[Pernille Blume]] of Denmark to win the gold medal.<ref name="Romano4Aug2018"/><ref name="LEN4Aug2018f50fr">[[LEN]] (4 August 2018). [https://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/NU_GLASGOW2018/NU/pdf/SWMW50MFR-------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf "European Championships Glasgow 2018: Results 50m Freestyle Women Final"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref> For the final of the [[Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]] on day six, she won the gold medal with a time of 52.93 seconds after tying the Championships record time of 52.67 seconds in the semifinals the day before.<ref name="LEN7Aug2018sf100fr">[[LEN]] (7 August 2018). [https://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/NU_GLASGOW2018/NU/pdf/SWMW100MFR------------SFNL--------_74A%201.0.pdf "European Championships Glasgow 2018: Results 100m Freestyle Women Semi-Finals"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref><ref name="LEN8Aug2018f100fr">[[LEN]] (8 August 2018). [https://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/NU_GLASGOW2018/NU/pdf/SWMW100MFR------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf "European Championships Glasgow 2018: Results 100m Freestyle Women Final"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref> In the final of the [[Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 metre butterfly]] on day seven, she won her fourth gold medal, this time finishing over half of one second ahead of silver medalist [[Emilie Beckmann]] of Denmark with a time of 25.16 seconds.<ref name="LEN9Aug2018f50fl">[[LEN]] (9 August 2018). [https://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/NU_GLASGOW2018/NU/pdf/SWMW50MBF-------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf "European Championships Glasgow 2018: Results 50m Butterfly Women Final"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref><ref name="SR10Aug2018">[https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/7017277 "Sarah Sjöström wins fourth gold medal at European Championships"]. ''[[Sveriges Radio]]''. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2022.</ref>

====2019 World Championships====
{{MedalTableTop|name=no|header=[[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships|2019 World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] | 25.02 }}
{{MedalSilver| [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] | 56.22 }}
{{MedalSilver| [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] | 24.07 }}
{{MedalBronze| [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]] | 1:54.78 }}
{{MedalBronze| [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] | 52.46 }}
{{MedalBottom}}

At the [[2019 World Aquatics Championships]] held in [[Gwangju]], [[South Korea]], Sjöström won five medals, the most for a woman in individual events at the year's World Championships.<ref name="Ross28Jul2019"/> She won a gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 metre butterfly]] with a time of 25.02 seconds, which marked the third consecutive gold medal she won in the event at the World Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/sarah-sjostrom-takes-third-straight-50-fly-crown-8th-world-title-10-years-to-the-day-since-her-1st/ |title=Sarah Sjostrom Takes Third Straight 50 'Fly Crown & 8th World Title 10 Years To The Day Since Her 1st |first=Craig |last= Lord |date=27 July 2019|work=Swimming World  }}</ref> In the [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]], she won the silver medal with a time of 56.22 seconds to finish less than four-tenths of a second behind gold medalist [[Maggie Mac Neil]] of [[Canada]].<ref name="YS22Jul2019">[https://au.sports.yahoo.com/beautiful-moment-margaret-macneil-realises-win-over-sarah-sjostrom-114536313.html "'I've looked up to you': Beautiful moment teen swimmer realises win over idol"]. ''[[Yahoo! Sports]]''. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2023.</ref> She won her second silver medal of the Championships in the [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 metre freestyle]], where she finished 0.02 seconds behind first-place finisher Simone Manuel with a time of 24.07 seconds.<ref name="TAP28Jul2019">[[The Associated Press]] (28 July 2019). [https://www.si.com/olympics/2019/07/28/simone-manuel-sweeps-freestyles-world-championship "Simone Manuel Becomes First American Woman to Sweep 50m, 100m Frees at Worlds"]. ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''. Retrieved 9 February 2023.</ref> For her first bronze medal, she placed third in the [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 metre freestyle]] with a time of 1:54.78, finishing within six-tenths of a second of gold medalist Federica Pellegrini and within two-tenths of a second of silver medalist [[Ariarne Titmus]] of Australia.<ref name="FINA24Jul2019">[[FINA]] (24 July 2019). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Women's 200m Freestyle Final Heat 1 Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 10 February 2023.</ref> In the [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]] she won her second of two bronze medals with a time of 52.46 seconds, sharing the podium with Simone Manuel, gold medalist, and Cate Campbell, silver medalist.<ref name="FINA26Jul2019">[[FINA]] (26 July 2019). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201EC04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Heat 1 Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 10 February 2023.</ref>

Based on her performances and result as the most decorated female competitor in individual events at the Championships, Sjöström was named FINA female swimmer of the meet, which she also won in 2017.<ref name="Ross28Jul2019">{{cite web |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/caeleb-dressel-sarah-sjostrom-crowned-swimmers-of-the-meet-at-fina-world-swimming-championships/|title=Caeleb Dressel, Sarah Sjostrom Crowned Swimmers of the Meet at FINA World Swimming Championships | first= Andy |last= Ross|date=28 July 2019|work=Swimming World}}</ref><ref>Goh, ZK; Binner, Andrew (28 July 2019). [https://olympics.com/en/news/fina-world-championships-2019-live-28-july "FINA World Championships 2019 | As it happened: Day 17"]. ''[[Olympics.com]]''. Retrieved 10 February 2023.</ref>

====2019 International Swimming League====
In the fall of 2019, she was a member of the [[2019 International Swimming League|inaugural]] [[International Swimming League]] competing for the [[Energy Standard Swim Club]] of which she was co-captain with [[Chad le Clos]]. The team won the overall title in the season finale in [[Las Vegas]], United States, in December.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://isl.global/club-rosters/|title=Club Rosters – International Swimming League|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022045209/https://isl.global/club-rosters/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the first stop of the regular season, in [[Indianapolis]], United States, she won the Most Valuable Player title, amassing 55.5 points over the competition, and after the season finale in Las Vegas, she was named the overall Most Valuable Player for the entire season with 243.5 points. During the season, she won the 50 metre freestyle in three matches, the 100 metre freestyle in two matches, the 50 metre butterfly in three matches, and the 100 metre butterfly in one match. She also won the 50 metre freestyle skins event at three matches.

===2020–2021===
====2020 International Swimming League====
In the [[2020 International Swimming League]] season Sjöström placed 5th overall in points in 2020, due in part to a back injury that made her sit out of a full match.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 November 2020|title=Defending League MVP Sarah Sjostrom Is Out for Match #6 of 2020 ISL Season|url=https://swimswam.com/defending-league-mvp-sarah-sjostrom-is-out-for-match-6-of-2020-isl-season/|access-date=9 January 2021|website=SwimSwam}}</ref> She ranked second to [[Caeleb Dressel]] in points-per-match with 59.4, noted 16 individual wins, including three in the skins.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=30 December 2020|title=2020 Swammy Awards: European Female Swimmer of the Year – Beryl Gastaldello|url=https://swimswam.com/2020-swammy-awards-european-female-swimmer-of-the-year-beryl-gastaldello/|access-date=9 January 2021|website=SwimSwam}}</ref> And while neither were official world records, Sjöström also featured on Energy Standard's women's and mixed 4×100 freestyle relays that were both the fastest of all time.<ref name=":0" />

====2020 Summer Olympics====
{{see also|Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics}}

Due to a broken elbow Sjöström accidentally obtained by falling on ice in February 2020, she did not compete at the [[2020 European Aquatics Championships]].<ref name="Dampf28Jun2021">Dampf, Andrew (28 June 2021). [https://apnews.com/article/europe-2020-tokyo-olympics-olympic-games-sports-f479c3005a154bc2228524d960f846ee "Sjöström off to Tokyo with metal plate, 6 screws in her arm"]. [[Associated Press]]. Retrieved 13 December 2021.</ref><ref name="Baldwin1Aug2021">Baldwin, Alan (1 August 2021). [https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/swimming-toughest-challenge-ends-silver-sjostrom-2021-08-01/ "Swimming-Toughest challenge ends in silver for Sjostrom"]. ''[[Reuters]]''. Retrieved 13 December 2021.</ref> She returned to training in the pool in March and to competitive swimming in early June ahead of the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="Baldwin1Aug2021"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuoto.com/2021/05/17/sarah-sjostrom-in-bocca-al-lupo-a-tutti-i-nuotatori-per-i-campionati-europei/|title=Sarah Sjöström: in bocca al lupo a tutti i nuotatori per i Campionati Europei|publisher=nuoto.com|language=it|date=17 May 2021|access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref> In the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 metre freestyle]] at the 2020 Olympic Games in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], and held in 2021 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Sjöström won the silver medal.<ref name="Baldwin1Aug2021"/> The persistence Sjöström demonstrated in working through her elbow injury and winning a medal at the Olympic Games earned her the "Olympic Resilience Award" for the 2020 Summer Olympics from ''[[Swimming World]]''.<ref name="Rieder14Sep2021">Rieder, David (14 September 2021). [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/sarah-sjostrom-receives-olympic-resilience-award-after-comeback-to-win-silver/ "Sarah Sjostrom Receives Olympic Resilience Award After Comeback to Win Silver"]. ''[[Swimming World]]''. Retrieved 13 December 2021.</ref> In her other events, Sjöström placed fifth in the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]], fifth in the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 metre medley relay]], sixth in the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 metre freestyle relay]], and seventh in the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]].<ref name="IOC1Aug2021">[[Omega Timing]]; [[Atos]] (1 August 2021). [https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_B99_SWM-------------------------------.pdf "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Swimming Results Book"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807054827/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_B99_SWM-------------------------------.pdf |date=7 August 2021 }}. ''[[International Olympic Committee]]''. Retrieved 13 December 2021.</ref>

====2021 European Short Course Championships====
At the [[2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships]] held at the [[Palace of Water Sports]] in [[Kazan]], Russia in November, Sjöström competed in nine events, winning four gold medals, one each in the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, 50 metre butterfly, and 100 metre butterfly, a silver medal in the 4×50 metre medley relay, and a bronze medal in the 100 metre individual medley as well as placing fourth in the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay and the 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay and fifth in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay.<ref name="LEN7Nov2021cr">[[LEN]] (7 November 2021). [http://kazan2021.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Kazan2021/NU/pdf/SWM_Book.pdf?v=042532 "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Complete Results"]. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 13 December 2021.</ref>

====2021 International Swimming League====
In the [[2021 International Swimming League]], Sjöström became the first swimmer in history, male or female, to achieve over 1000 [[most valuable player]] points as part of their time competing in the International Swimming League, out-ranking the second-ranked Caeleb Dressel by over 50 points.<ref name="Keith13December2021">Keith, Braden (13 December 2021). [https://swimswam.com/sarah-sjostrom-becomes-isls-first-ever-swimmer-to-clear-1000-mvp-points/ "Sarah Sjostrom Becomes ISL's First-Ever Swimmer To Clear 1000 MVP Points"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 13 December 2021.</ref> Sjöström won most valuable player honors both for the entire 2021 season and for the 2021 final match.<ref name="D'Addona4Dec2021">D'Addona, Dan (4 December 2021). [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/mvp-sarah-sjostrom-proves-again-to-be-in-worlds-greatest-conversation-after-dominant-isl-season-final/ "MVP Sarah Sjostrom Proves Again to be in 'World's Greatest' Conversation After Dominant ISL Season, Final"]. ''[[Swimming World]]''. Retrieved 13 December 2021.</ref> For the whole 2021 season, Sjöström was the top-earning athlete, winning $269,125 in the form of prize money, which was over $70,000 more than the next-highest-earning athlete [[Siobhán Haughey]].<ref name="Keith5Dec2021">Keith, Braden (5 December 2021). [https://swimswam.com/sarah-sjostrom-tops-all-earners-in-2021-isl-season-with-269125/ "Sarah Sjostrom Tops All Earners In 2021 ISL Season With $269,125"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 13 December 2021.</ref>

====2021 World Short Course Championships====
{{MedalTableTop|name=no|header=[[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2021 World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 50 metre medley relay|4×50 m medley]] | 1:42.38 (WR) }}
{{MedalGold| [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] | 23.08 (CR) }}
{{MedalGold| [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] | 3:46.20 (ER) }}
{{MedalSilver| [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] | 51.31 }}
{{MedalSilver| [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] | 24.51 }}
{{MedalSilver| [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay|4×50 m freestyle]] | 1:34.54 (NR) }}
{{MedalBronze| [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] | 3:28.80 }}
{{MedalBottom}}

For the [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2021 World Short Course Swimming Championships]] at [[Etihad Arena]] in [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]] in December, Sjöström entered to compete in the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, and 50 metre butterfly individual events.<ref name="FINA9Dec2021AE">[https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2021/12/09/3d46044f-b9cb-46f1-9a62-4973dbfb8e03/SW-Final-Sport-Entries_Abu-Dhabi.pdf "2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m): Athlete Entries"]. ''[[FINA]]''. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.</ref> In the [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 metre freestyle relay]], Sjöström swam on both the prelims and the finals relay, helping to win the bronze medal in the event in a time of 3:28.80, which was the first time she won a medal in the event at a world or European short course championships.<ref name="FINA16Dec2021h4100fr">[[FINA]] (16 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201F70101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 16 December 2021.</ref><ref name="FINA16Dec2021f4100fr">[[FINA]] (16 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201F70104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 16 December 2021.</ref> Sjöström won her heat in the prelims with a time of 52.21 seconds in the [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]] on day two, finishing 0.17 seconds ahead of [[Kayla Sanchez]] of Canada and qualifying for the semifinals ranked second overall.<ref name="FINA17Dec2021h100fr">[[FINA]] (17 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 17 December 2021.</ref> Later in the day, in the final of the [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 50 metre medley relay|4×50 metre medley relay]], Sjöström split a 23.96 for the butterfly leg of the relay to help win the gold medal and tie the [[World record progression 4 × 50 metres medley relay|world record]] and [[List of World Championships records in swimming|championships record]] at 1:42.38.<ref name="FINA17Dec2021f450mr">[[FINA]] (17 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190205F60104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 17 December 2021.</ref><ref name="Rieder17Dec2021">Rieder, David (17 December 2021). [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/sweden-ties-world-record-to-win-short-course-worlds-gold-in-womens-200-medley-relay// "FLASH! Sweden Ties World Record to Win Short Course Worlds Gold in Women's 200 Medley Relay"]. ''[[Swimming World]]''. Retrieved 17 December 2021.</ref><ref name="Race17Dec2021">Race, Retta (17 December 2021). [https://swimswam.com/sjostroms-23-96-fly-split-helps-sweden-tie-200-medley-relay-world-record/ "Sjostrom's 23.96 Fly Split Helps Sweden Tie 200 Medley Relay World Record"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 17 December 2021.</ref> The same session, she ranked first in the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle with a 51.53 and qualified for the final the following day.<ref name="FINA17Dec2021sf100fr">[[FINA]] (17 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 100m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 17 December 2021.</ref>

In the morning of day three, Sjöström qualified for the semifinals of the [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 metre butterfly]] ranking first with a time of 24.92 seconds.<ref name="FINA18Dec2021h50fl">[[FINA]] (18 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190204EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 18 December 2021.</ref> Sjöström won the silver medal in the final of the 100 metre freestyle later in the day with a time of 51.31, finishing less than four-tenths of a second behind gold medalist [[Siobhán Haughey]] of [[Hong Kong]].<ref name="FINA18Dec2021f100fr">[[FINA]] (18 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 18 December 2021.</ref> For the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly, she qualified for the final ranking second with a 24.94.<ref name="FINA18Dec2021sf50fl">[[FINA]] (18 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190204EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Butterfly Semifinals Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 18 December 2021.</ref> In the final the following day, Sjöström won the silver medal with a time of 24.51 seconds.<ref name="FINA19Dec2021f50fl">[[FINA]] (19 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190204EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 19 December 2021.</ref> The fifth morning, Sjöström advanced to the semifinals of the [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 metre freestyle]] ranking first by over three-tenths of a second with a 23.31 in the prelims heats.<ref name="FINA20Dec2021h50fr">[[FINA]] (20 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 20 December 2021.</ref> In the semifinals she swam one-hundredth of a second faster, qualifying for the final with a time of 23.30 seconds.<ref name="FINA20Dec2021sf50fr">[[FINA]] (20 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 20 December 2021.</ref>

On the sixth and final day, Sjöström led-off the [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay|4×50 metre freestyle relay]] with a 23.50 in the prelims, helping qualify the relay to the final ranking third.<ref name="FINA21Dec2021h450fr">[[FINA]] (21 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201F60101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 21 December 2021.</ref> In her first final of the evening, Sjöström helped set a new [[List of Swedish records in swimming|Swedish record]] of 1:34.54 and win the silver medal in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay with a lead-off split of 23.33 seconds.<ref name="FINA21Dec2021f450fr">[[FINA]] (21 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201F60104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 21 December 2021.</ref> For her next race, the 50 metre freestyle final, Sjöström won the gold medal and set a new [[List of World Championships records in swimming|Championships record]] of 23.08 seconds, breaking the former record of 23.19 set by [[Ranomi Kromowidjojo]] of the Netherlands in 2018 by over one-tenth of a second.<ref name="FINA21Dec2021f50fr">[[FINA]] (21 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Freestyle Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 21 December 2021.</ref><ref name="Sutherland21Dec2021">Sutherland, James (21 December 2021). [https://swimswam.com/sjostrom-downs-championship-record-in-50-free-now-owns-6-8-fastest-swims-ever/ "Sjostrom Downs Championship Record In 50 Free, Now Owns 6/8 Fastest Swims Ever"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 21 December 2021.</ref> In her final event of the championships, Sjöström split a 54.65 for the butterfly leg of the [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 metre medley relay]], helping win the gold medal in a new [[List of European records in swimming|European record]] time of 3:46.20.<ref name="FINA21Dec2021f4100mr">[[FINA]] (21 December 2021). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190205F70104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 21 December 2021.</ref>

At the end of 2021, Sjöström was the only swimmer to rank in the top ten internationally in two or more individual long course metre events for 11 or more consecutive years, 2021 inclusive, ranking in the top ten in the 100 metre freestyle for 12 years and the 50 metre butterfly and 100 metre butterfly for 13 years.<ref name="Takata3Jan2022">Takata, Daniel (3 January 2022). [https://swimswam.com/swimmers-with-the-most-consecutive-years-in-the-worlds-top-10/ "Swimmers With The Most Consecutive Years In The World's Top 10"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 4 January 2022.</ref> Additionally, Sjöström was tied with Katie Ledecky for number two in terms of total number of individual world records set in the 21st century, each having achieved 14 individual world records, and was six world records behind number one ranked [[Katinka Hosszú]].<ref name="Takata14Jan2022">Takata, Daniel (14 January 2022). [https://swimswam.com/swimmers-with-the-most-world-records-set-this-century/ "Swimmers With The Most World Records Set This Century"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 14 January 2022.</ref>

===2022===
====2022 World Championships====
{{MedalTableTop|name=no|header=[[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships|2022 World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] | 24.95 }}
{{MedalGold| [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] | 23.98 }}
{{MedalSilver| [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] | 52.80 }}
{{MedalBottom}}

In January 2022, Sjöström was announced as one of the team Sweden members pre-nominated for the [[2022 World Aquatics Championships]] in Budapest, Hungary.<ref name="Hamann12Jan2022">Hamann, Michael (12 January 2022). [https://swimswam.com/sweden-publishes-new-qualifying-criteria-for-2022-euros-and-lc-worlds/ "Sweden Publishes New Qualifying Criteria For 2022 Euros And LC Worlds"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 13 January 2022.</ref> In the [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]] at the World Championships in June, she won the silver medal with a time of 52.80 seconds, this marked her [[Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships#Individual events|seventeenth individual medal]] (eighteenth total), and sixth individual silver medal (seventh total), at [[FINA World Aquatics Championships]].<ref name="FINA23Jun2022f100fr">[[FINA]] (23 June 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700000201EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 23 June 2022.</ref><ref name="ST23Jun2022">[https://www.svt.se/sport/simning/sarah-sjostrom-100-meter-fritt-1 "VM-silver till Sarah Sjöström"] (in Swedish). ''[[Sveriges Television]]''. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.</ref><ref name="R2022n25Jun2022">[https://www.roma2022.eu/en/2022/06/25/budapest-2022-sjostrom-al-suo-17esimo-podio-iridato-ucraina-altro-argento-nel-sincro/ "Budapest 2022: Sjostrom takes her 17th world podium. Ukraine win another silver in artistic swimming"]{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''roma2022.eu''. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.</ref> The following day, she won a gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 metre butterfly]] with a time of 24.95 seconds.<ref name="FINA24Jun2022f50fl">[[FINA]] (24 June 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700000204EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 24 June 2022.</ref> It was her fourth consecutive gold medal in the event at a World Aquatics Championships.<ref name="N9L24Jun2022">[https://www.news9live.com/sports/others-sports/sarah-sjostrom-wins-fourth-straight-womens-50m-butterfly-world-title-178491 "Sarah Sjostrom wins fourth straight women's 50m butterfly world title"]. ''News9Live''. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.</ref> On the final day of competition, she started off with a gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 metre freestyle]] with a time of 23.98 seconds.<ref name="FINA25Jun2022f50fr">[[FINA]] (25 June 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700000201EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Freestyle Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 25 June 2022.</ref> This marked her tenth gold medal won in individual events at FINA World Aquatics Championships, making her the fifth swimmer from any country to achieve the feat, after [[Michael Phelps]] of the United States, [[Katie Ledecky]] of the United States, [[Sun Yang]] of China, and [[Ryan Lochte]] of the United States, and the first swimmer representing Europe to achieve the feat.<ref name="CIIC26Jun2022">[http://www.china.org.cn/sports/2022-06/26/content_78291024.htm "Swimming, artistic swimming wave goodbye on day 8 of Budapest worlds"]. ''[[China Internet Information Center]]''. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.</ref> For her final event, she swam the freestyle leg in the [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 metre medley relay]], helping team Sweden achieve a fourth-place finish in the event with a finals relay time of 3:55.96.<ref name="FINA25Jun2022wf4100mr">[[FINA]] (25 June 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700000205F70104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. Retrieved 25 June 2022.</ref>

====2022 European Championships====
Sjöström was one of twelve Swedish female swimmers named to the official roster for the [[2022 European Aquatics Championships]], held in August in [[Rome]], Italy.<ref name="R2022n2Aug2022">[https://www.roma2022.eu/en/2022/08/02/belgio-repubblica-ceca-e-svezia-schierano-le-loro-squadre-per-gli-europei%ef%bf%bc/ "Belgium, Czech Republic and Sweden line up their teams for Roma 2022"]{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''roma2022.eu''. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.</ref> On the second day of competition, she ranked first in the prelims heats of the [[Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 metre butterfly]] with a time of 25.30 seconds, qualifying for the semifinals later in the day.<ref name="LEN12Aug2022p50fl">[[LEN]] (12 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MBF-------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf?x=07:48:06 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Butterfly Women Preliminary"]. ''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022.</ref> She lowered her time to a 25.10 in the semifinals and qualified for the final ranking first by over half a second.<ref name="LEN12Aug2022sf50fl">[[LEN]] (12 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MBF-------------SFNL--------_74A%201.0.pdf?x=09:56:13 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Butterfly Women Semi-Final"]. ''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022.</ref> The following day, she won the gold medal with a time of 24.96 seconds.<ref name="LEN13Aug2022f50fl">[[LEN]] (13 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MBF-------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf?x=09:59:01 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Butterfly Women Final"]. ''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022.</ref><ref name="Pérez13Aug2022SS">Pérez, Marta (13 August 2022). [https://www.mundodeportivo.com/natacion/20220813/1001850505/paltrinieri-sjoestroem-pilato-dan-opcion-sorpresas.html "Paltrinieri, Sjöström y Pilato no dan opción a las sorpresas"] {{in lang|es}}. ''[[Mundo Deportivo]]''. Retrieved 13 August 2022.</ref> Her swim marked the fourteenth time she had swum the race faster than 25.00 seconds.<ref name="ST13Aug2022">[https://www.svt.se/sport/simning/sarah-sjostrom-sim-em "Sarah Sjöström tog överlägset EM-guld på 50 meter fjäril"] (in Swedish). ''[[Sveriges Television]]''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.</ref> Later in the session, she won a silver medal in the [[Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 metre freestyle relay]], swimming a 53.12 for the lead-off leg of the relay in the final to help finish in 3:37.29.<ref name="LEN13Aug2022f4100frr">[[LEN]] (13 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW4X100MFR----------FNL---------_73B2%201.0.pdf?x=11:11:31 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Women Final"]. ''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022.</ref>

In the morning session on day five, Sjöström started off ranking first in the prelims heats of the [[Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 metre freestyle]] with a 24.50, qualifying for the semifinals.<ref name="LEN15Aug2022p50fr">[[LEN]] (15 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MFR-------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf?x=07:10:39 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Freestyle Women Preliminary"]. ''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.</ref><ref name="ST15Aug2022p">[https://www.svt.se/sport/simning/sjostrom-simkval "Sarah Sjöström enkelt vidare – snabbast i försöken"] (in Swedish). ''[[Sveriges Television]]''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.</ref> For her second event of the session, she helped qualify the [[Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay]] to the final ranking sixth, splitting a 54.28 for the fourth leg of the relay.<ref name="LEN15Aug2022p4100mfrr">[[LEN]] (15 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMX4X100MFR----------HEAT--------_74B%201.0.pdf?x=07:12:22 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Mixed Preliminary"]. ''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.</ref> With a 24.27 in the semifinals of the 50 metre freestyle, she qualified for the final ranking first, 0.09 seconds ahead of [[Katarzyna Wasick]] of [[Poland]].<ref name="LEN15Aug2022sf50fr">[[LEN]] (15 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MFR-------------SFNL--------_74A%201.0.pdf?x=09:59:51 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Freestyle Women Semi-Final"]. ''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.</ref><ref name="ST15Aug2022sf">[https://www.svt.se/sport/simning/sjostrom-klar-for-final-snabbast-av-alla "Sjöström klar för final – snabbast av alla"] (in Swedish). ''[[Sveriges Television]]''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.</ref> Finishing off the day, she won bronze medal in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay, splitting a 52.68 for the third leg of the relay to contribute to the final time, and Swedish record, of 3:23.40.<ref name="LEN15Aug2022f4100mfrr">[[LEN]] (15 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMX4X100MFR----------FNL---------_73B2%201.0.pdf?x=11:08:28 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Mixed Final"]. ''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.</ref> The bronze medal marked her 26th medal at [[LEN European Aquatics Championships]] and set a new record for the most number of medals won at the Championships by a female swimmer from any country.<ref name="Sydsvenskan15Aug2022">[https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2022-08-15/sjostrom-em-bast-efter-lagbrons "Sjöström EM bast efter lagbrons"] (in Swedish). ''[[Sydsvenskan]]''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.</ref> She further increased the record to a total of 27 medals the following day when she won the gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 23.91 seconds, this also marked a new overall record by a swimmer from any country, male or female.<ref name="LEN16Aug2022f50fr">[[LEN]] (16 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MFR-------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf?x=09:11:42 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Freestyle Women Final"]. ''Microplus''. Retrieved 16 August 2022.</ref><ref name="ST16Aug2022">[https://www.svt.se/sport/simning/em-guld-till-sarah-sjostrom-pa-50-meter-fritt "EM-guld till Sarah Sjöström på 50 meter fritt"] (in Swedish). ''[[Sveriges Television]]''. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.</ref> The previous record was set by male swimmer [[Alexander Popov (swimmer)|Alexander Popov]] of Russia at 26 medals.<ref name="F24w16Aug2022">[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220816-sjoestroem-breaks-european-swimming-medal-record "Sjoestroem breaks European swimming medal record"]. ''[[France 24]]''. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.</ref>

The seventh and final morning, Sjöström split a 54.01 for the freestyle leg of the [[Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 metre medley relay]], helping qualify for the final ranking first in 3:59.19.<ref name="LEN17Aug2022p4100mrw">[[LEN]] (17 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW4X100MMD----------HEAT--------_74B%201.0.pdf?x=06:19:03 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Medley Women Preliminary"]. ''Microplus''. Retrieved 17 August 2022.</ref> In the final, she lowered her split time to a 52.04, helping win the gold medal in a time of 3:55.25, which marked her 17th gold medal at LEN Aquatics Championships and extended the all-time total medal record to 28 medals.<ref name="LEN17Aug2022f4100mrw">[[LEN]] (17 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW4X100MMD----------FNL---------_73B2%201.0.pdf?x=14:35:48 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Medley Women Final"]. ''Microplus''. Retrieved 17 August 2022.</ref><ref name="Martínez17Aug2022">Martínez, Alberto (17 August 2022). [https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/italia-arrasa-en-roma-n/ "Italia arrasa en Roma"] {{in lang|es}}. ''[[Diario AS]]''. Retrieved 17 August 2022.</ref>

===2023===
At the 2023 Stockholm Swim Open in April, Sjöström won the long course 50 metre freestyle with the fastest time in the world for the 2023 year by a female at that point in the time, a [[2023 World Aquatics Championships]] qualifying time of 23.92 seconds.<ref name="LT15Apr2023">[https://livetiming.se/results.php?cid=7162&session=9&round=2&event=26&wg=2 "Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm 2023: Event 26, 50m Freestyle Women"]. ''livetiming.se''. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.</ref><ref name="Nuoto15Apr2023">[https://www.nuoto.com/2023/04/15/swim-open-di-stoccolma-sarah-sjostroem-50-stile-libero-23-92-max-litchfield-400-misti-4-12-85/ "Swim Open di Stoccolma. Sarah Sjöström: 50 stile libero (23.92). Max Litchfield: 400 misti (4.12.85)"] (in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.</ref>

At the [[2023 World Aquatics Championships]], Sjöström won the long course [[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 metre freestyle]], breaking her own [[World record progression 50 metres freestyle|world record]] in the semifinal. In doing so, she set the record for the longest period of time in between world-record setting performances by an individual swimmer, 14 years and 3 days after first breaking the [[World record progression 100 metres butterfly|100 metre butterfly world record]] in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Takata |first=Daniel |date=10 August 2023 |title=Sarah Sjostrom's 14-Year Gap Between Individual World Records Is The Biggest In History |url=https://swimswam.com/sarah-sjostroms-14-year-gap-between-individual-world-records-is-the-biggest-in-history/ |access-date=29 August 2023 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}}</ref> She also won the [[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly|50 metre butterfly]] for the fifth time in a row at the World Aquatic Championships. These two medals led her to tie and then overtake [[Michael Phelps]] as the swimmer with the most individual World Aquatic Championship medals at 21 in her career.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Race |first=Retta |date=30 July 2023 |title=With 50 Free Victory, Sjostrom Overtakes Phelps For Most Individual Worlds Medals |url=https://swimswam.com/with-50-free-victory-sjostrom-overtakes-phelps-for-most-individual-worlds-medals/ |access-date=29 August 2023 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}}</ref> She additionally performed on Sweden's [[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|400 metre freestyle]] and [[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|400 metre medley relays]]; notably, her lead-off split of 52.24 in finals for the freestyle relay would have earned her a silver medal in the 100 metre freestyle.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 July 2023 |title=2023 World Aquatic Championships Fukuoka (JPN) Event 124 Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |access-date=29 August 2023 |publisher=omegatiming.com}}</ref>

===2024===

==== 2024 World Championships ====
At the [[2024 World Aquatics Championships]] in Doha, Sjöström won the long course [[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 metre freestyle]] as well as the [[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 metre butterfly]]. The latter for a sixth time in a row at the World Aquatic Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-17 |title=Sarah Sjostrom Enters Elite Company with Sixth 50m Butterfly World Title; Claire Curzan Completes Hat Trick on Night Seven |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/news/3901065/www.worldaquatics.com/news/3901065/sarah-sjostrom-enters-elite-company-with-sixth-50m-butterfly-world-title-claire-curzan-completes-hat-trick-on-night-seven-world-aquatics-championships-doha-2024 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=World Aquatics |language=en}}</ref> 

==== 2024 Olympic Games ====
Sjöström, now focusing on the shortest distances, had only planned to swim [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 metre freestyle]] at the [[2024 Summer Olympics|Olympics]]. However, she decided to join [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] as it suited her schedule between the [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100m freestyle relay]] and the 50 metre freestyle.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-08-01 |title=Swimming-Late bid for 100m freestyle proves a winner for Sjostrom |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/swimming-sjostrom-turns-back-the-clock-to-win-100m-freestyle-gold |access-date=2024-08-02 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> She first raced in the heats and the final of the [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4x100m freestyle relay]], where the Swedish team finished 5th in the final setting a new national record.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/swimming/women-s-4-x-100m-freestyle-relay}}</ref> She then went on to win the gold in 100 metre freestyle on 31 July with a time of 52.16 seconds. Despite being the World Record holder, Sjostrom had never won a gold medal in this distance at the global level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sjostrom wins gold, Huske takes silver in women's 100m free |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/video/torri-huske-wins-silver-in-the-women-s-100m-freestyle-final-sjostrom-gold-216108613556 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> On the last day of competition she won another gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 metre freestyle]], with a time of 23.71 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paris 2024 Women's 50m Freestyle Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/paris-2024/results/swimming/women-50m-freestyle}}</ref> She closed her Olympic Games with a 7th place finish in the [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4x100m medley relay]] alongside her Swedish teammates.

==Personal bests==
===Long course (50 m)===
[[File:Kazan 2015 - Sjöström WR award.JPG|180px|thumbnail|WR award in Kazan 2015]]
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|time = '''[[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|23.61]]'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon WR.svg|20px]] '''sf'''
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2023|Jul|30}}
|country = JPN
|city = Fukuoka
|meet = [[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]
|ref = <ref>{{cite news|title=20th FINA World Championships 2023, Women 50m Freestyle, Semifinal 2 results|url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/1/world-aquatics-championships-fukuoka-2023/results?discipline=SY&disciplines=&event=3fba53e5-e5d9-440e-94fe-9911f6ac2377&unit=semifinal-2|work=FINA|date=30 July 2023|access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 02
|event = 100&nbsp;m freestyle
|time = '''[[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|51.71]]'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon WR.svg|20px]] '''r'''
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2017|Jul|23}}
|country = HUN
|city = Budapest
|meet = World Championships
|ref = <ref name="FINA23Jul2017f4100frr"/>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 03
|event = 200&nbsp;m freestyle
|time = '''[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|1:54.08]]'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon NR.svg|20px]]
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2016|Aug|09}}
|country = BRA
|city = Rio de Janeiro
|meet = [[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|ref = <ref name="WCBSTV9Aug2016"/>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 04
|event = 400&nbsp;m freestyle
|time = '''4:06.04'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon NR.svg|20px]]
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2014|Mar|16}}
|country = FRA
|city = Amiens
|meet = [[:fr:FFN Golden Tour|Golden Lanes]] (in French)
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liveffn.com/cgi-bin/resultats.php?competition=21869&langue=gbr&go=epreuve&epreuve=4|title=Meeting International Golden Lanes – 50 m, 400 Freestyle Women – Final A |publisher=Live FFN|access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 07
|event = 50&nbsp;m [[backstroke]]
|time = '''27.80'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon NR.svg|20px]]
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2017|Jun|30}}
|country = SWE
|city = Borås
|meet = [[Swedish Swimming Championships|Swedish Championships]]
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=Swedish Championships, Women's 50m Backstroke Final Results|url=http://www.livetiming.se/results.php?cid=3396&session=2&round=F&event=3|publisher=IC Control Media & Sport|access-date=30 June 2017|date=30 June 2017}}</ref>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 08
|event = 100&nbsp;m backstroke
|time = '''59.98'''
|recordinfo = 
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2015|Apr|05}}
|country = NED
|city = Eindhoven
|meet = [[:nl:Swim Cup Eindhoven 2015|Swim Cup]] (in Dutch)
|ref = <ref name="Keith5Apr2015"/>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 13
|event = 50&nbsp;m [[Butterfly stroke|butterfly]]
|time = '''24.43'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon WR.svg|20px]]
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2014|July|5}}
|country = SWE
|city = Borås
|meet = Swedish Championships
|ref = <ref name="Lord5Jul2014"/>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 14
|event = 100&nbsp;m butterfly
|time = '''[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|55.48]]'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon ER.svg|20px]]
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2016|Aug|7}}
|country = BRA
|city = Rio de Janeiro
|meet = Summer Olympic
|ref = <ref name="SR8Aug2016"/>
}}
{{end}}
{{swimmingrecordlegend|WR=yes|ER=yes|nation=Swedish}}

===Short course (25 m)===
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{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 01
|event = 50&nbsp;m freestyle
|time = '''23.00'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon NR.svg|20px]] all-time 2nd
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2017|Aug|7}}
|country = GER
|city = Berlin
|meet = [[2017 FINA Swimming World Cup|World Cup]]
|ref = <ref name="OT7Aug2017"/>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 02.1
|event = 100&nbsp;m freestyle
|time = '''50.58'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon ER.svg|20px]] all-time 2nd
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2017|Aug|11}}
|country = NED
|city = Eindhoven
|meet = World Cup
|ref = <ref name="WR100fr11Aug2017"/>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 02.2
|event = 200&nbsp;m freestyle
|time = '''1:50.43'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon ER.svg|20px]] all-time 2nd
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2017|Aug|12}}
|country = NED
|city = Eindhoven
|meet = World Cup
|ref = <ref name="WR200fr12Aug2017"/>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 04
|event = 400&nbsp;m freestyle
|time = '''4:02.33'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon NR.svg|20px]]
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2014|Nov|20}}
|country = SWE
|city = Stockholm
|meet = Swedish SC Championships
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livetiming.se/results.php?cid=1990&session=4&round=F&event=13?lang=2|title=Results for SM/JSM (25m) 2014, Gren 13, 400m Frisim Damer, Finaler, Senior|publisher=IC Control|access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 07
|event = 100&nbsp;m backstroke
|time = '''58.83'''
|recordinfo = 
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2010|Nov|7}}
|country = SWE
|city = Stockholm
|meet = [[2010 FINA Swimming World Cup|World Cup]]
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010A040038000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01|title=FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2010, Stockholm, Event 125, Women's 100m Backstroke Final|publisher=Omega|access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 13
|event = 50&nbsp;m butterfly
|time = '''24.50'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon CR.svg|20px]] all-time 3rd
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2021|Nov|7}}
|country = RUS
|city = Kazan
|meet = [[2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships|European SC Championships]]
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS), Results 50m Butterfly Women Final|url=http://kazan2021.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Kazan2021/NU/pdf/SWMW50MBF-------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf?x=02:04:45|publisher=Microplus Timing|access-date=8 November 2021|date=7 November 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 14
|event = 100&nbsp;m butterfly
|time = '''[[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre butterfly|54.61]]'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon ER.svg|20px]] all-time 2nd
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2014|Dec|6}}
|country = QAT
|city = Doha
|meet = [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World SC Championships]]
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), Doha (QAT), Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010E010D01032102FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=8 November 2021|date=6 December 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 15
|event = 200&nbsp;m butterfly
|time = '''2:04.23'''
|recordinfo =
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2014|Nov|21}}
|country = SWE
|city = Stockholm
|meet = Swedish SC Championships
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livetiming.se/results.php?cid=1990&session=6&round=F&event=25?lang=2|title=Results for SM/JSM (25m) 2014, Gren 25, 200m Fjärilsim Damer, Finaler, Senior |publisher=IC Control|access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 15
|event = 100&nbsp;m [[Medley swimming|individual medley]]
|time = '''57.10'''
|recordinfo = [[File:Sport records icon NR.svg|20px]] all-time 2nd
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2017|Aug|2}}
|country = RUS
|city = Moscow
|meet = World Cup
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 100m Individual Medley Results|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00011101010205EC04FFFFFFFFFFFF01|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=2 August 2017|date=2 August 2017}}</ref>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|eventsort = 15
|event = 200&nbsp;m individual medley
|time = '''2:08.17'''
|recordinfo = 
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2012|Jan|27}}
|country = SWE
|city = Stockholm
|meet = Swedish Jr SC Championships
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livetiming.se/results.php?cid=928&session=4&round=F&event=14?lang=2|title=Results for JSM (25m) 2012, Gren 14, 200m Medley Damer, Finaler|publisher=IC Control|access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref>
}}
{{end}}
{{swimmingrecordlegend|WR=yes|ER=yes|nation=Swedish}}

===World records (50 m)===
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|[[World record progression 100 metres butterfly#Long course 2|100&nbsp;m butterfly]]
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|56.44]]'''
|'''sf'''
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|[[2009 World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]
|Rome, Italy
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|Former
|<ref name="Reuters26Jul2009"/>
|-
|2
|100&nbsp;m butterfly (2)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|56.06]]'''
|
|{{dts|2009|July|27|format=dmy}}
|World Championships
|Rome, Italy
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2009|7|27}}
|Former
|<ref name="Crouse27Jul2009"/><ref name="Reuters27Jul2009"/><ref name="WR100fl2x2009July"/>
|-
|3
|[[World record progression 50 metres butterfly#Long course 2|50&nbsp;m butterfly]] 
|style="text-align:center;" |'''24.43'''
|
|{{dts|2014|July|5|format=dmy}}
|[[Swedish Swimming Championships|Swedish Championships]]
|[[Borås]], Sweden
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2014|7|5}}
|'''Current'''
|<ref name="Lord5Jul2014"/>
|-
|4
|100&nbsp;m butterfly (3)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|55.74]]'''
|'''sf'''
|{{dts|2015|August|2|format=dmy}}
|[[2015 World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]
|[[Kazan]], Russia
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2015|8|2}}
|Former
|<ref name="BBCS2Aug2015"/>
|-
|5
|100&nbsp;m butterfly (4)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|55.64]]'''
|
|{{dts|2015|August|3|format=dmy}}
|World Championships
|Kazan, Russia
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2015|8|3}}
|Former
|<ref name="yahoo_145243484"/>
|-
|6
|100&nbsp;m butterfly (5)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|55.48]]'''
|
|{{dts|2016|August|7|format=dmy}}
|[[2016 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2016|8|7}}
|Former
|<ref name="SR8Aug2016"/><ref name="Zaccardi24Jul2017"/>
|-
|7
|[[World record progression 100 metres freestyle#Long course 2|100&nbsp;m freestyle]]
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|51.71]]'''
|'''r'''
|{{dts|2017|July|23|format=dmy}}
|[[2017 World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]
|[[Budapest]], Hungary
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2017|7|23}}
|'''Current'''
|<ref name="FINA23Jul2017f4100frr"/><ref name="Eurosport24Jul2017"/>
|-
|8
|[[World record progression 50 metres freestyle#Long course 2|50&nbsp;m freestyle]]
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|23.67]]'''
|'''sf'''
|{{dts|2017|July|29|format=dmy}}
|World Championships
|Budapest, Hungary
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2017|7|29}}
|Former
|<ref name="Fahey29Jul2017"/><ref name="FINA29Jul2017sf50fr"/><ref name="GWR29Jul2017"/>
|-
|9
|50 m freestyle (2)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|23.61]]'''
|'''sf'''
|{{dts|2023|July|30|format=dmy}}
|World Championships
|Fukuoka, Japan
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2023|7|30}}
|'''Current'''
|<ref>{{cite news|title=20th FINA World Championships 2023, Women 50m Freestyle, Semifinal 2 results|url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/1/world-aquatics-championships-fukuoka-2023/results?discipline=SY&disciplines=&event=3fba53e5-e5d9-440e-94fe-9911f6ac2377&unit=semifinal-2|work=FINA|date=30 July 2023|access-date=21 February 2024}}</ref>
|}
<span style="font-size:95%">Legend: '''sf''' – semifinal; '''r''' – relay 1st leg</span>

===World records (25 m)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!No.
!Event
!Time
!
!Date
!Meet
!Location
!Age
!Status
!{{Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}
|-
|1
|[[World record progression 100 metres butterfly#Short course 2|100&nbsp;m butterfly]]
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre butterfly|54.61]]'''
|
|{{dts|2014|December|6|format=dmy}}
|[[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World SC Championships]]
|[[Doha]], Qatar
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2014|12|6}}
|Former
|<ref name="FINA7Dec20147f100fl"/><ref name="eNCA7Dec2014"/><ref name="Dawn8Dec2014"/>
|-
|2
|[[World record progression 200 metres freestyle#Short course 2|200&nbsp;m freestyle]]
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle|1:50.78]]'''
|
|{{dts|2014|December|7|format=dmy}}
|World SC Championships
|Doha, Qatar
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2014|12|7}}
|Former
|<ref name="Dawn8Dec2014"/><ref name="FINA7Dec2014f200fr"/>
|-
|3
|[[World record progression 50 metres freestyle#Short course 2|50&nbsp;m freestyle]]
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[2017 FINA Swimming World Cup#50 m freestyle|23.10]]'''
|
|{{dts|2017|August|2|format=dmy}}
|[[2017 FINA Swimming World Cup|World Cup]]
|Moscow, Russia
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2017|8|2}}
|Former
|<ref name="Rieder2Aug2017"/>
|-
|4
|[[World record progression 100 metres freestyle#Short course 2|100&nbsp;m freestyle]]
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[2017 FINA Swimming World Cup#100 m freestyle|50.77]]'''
|
|{{dts|2017|August|3|format=dmy}}
|World Cup
|Moscow, Russia
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2017|8|3}}
|Former
|<ref name="FINA3Aug2017"/>
|-
|5
|100&nbsp;m freestyle (2)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[2017 FINA Swimming World Cup#100 m freestyle|50.58]]'''
|
|{{dts|2017|August|11|format=dmy}}
|World Cup
|[[Eindhoven]], Netherlands
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2017|8|11}}
|Former
|<ref name="WR100fr11Aug2017"/>
|-
|6
|200&nbsp;m freestyle (2)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[2017 FINA Swimming World Cup#200 m freestyle|1:50.43]]'''
|
|{{dts|2017|August|12|format=dmy}}
|World Cup
|Eindhoven, Netherlands
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2017|8|12}}
|Former
|<ref name="WR200fr12Aug2017"/>
|-
|7
|[[World record progression 4 × 50 metres medley relay#Women|4×50&nbsp;m medley]]
|style="text-align:center;" |'''[[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 50 metre medley relay|1:42.38]]'''
|'''='''
|{{dts|2021|December|17|format=dmy}}
|[[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World SC Championships]]
|[[Abu Dhabi]], United Arab Emirates
|{{Age in years and days|1993|8|17|2021|12|17}}
|Former
|<ref name="FINA17Dec2021f450mr"/><ref name="Rieder17Dec2021"/><ref name="Race17Dec2021"/>
|}
<span style="font-size:95%">Legend: '''=''' – tied pre-existing world record</span>

==International championships (50 m)==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Meet
! class="unsortable"|50 free
! class="unsortable"|100 free
! class="unsortable"|200 free
! class="unsortable"|100 back
! class="unsortable"|50 fly
! class="unsortable"|100 fly
! class="unsortable"|4×100 free
! class="unsortable"|4×200 free
! class="unsortable"|4×100 medley
! class="unsortable"|4×100 mixed free
|-
| style="background:#ccccff| [[2008 European Aquatics Championships|EC 2008]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|23rd || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Bronze3}}{{ref label|a|a|a}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| ||align="center"|4th || {{n/a}}
|-
| style="background:#f0e68c"| [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|OG 2008]] || style="background:#f0e68c"| || style="background:#f0e68c"| || style="background:#f0e68c"| || align="center"|29th || {{n/a}} || align="center"|27th || style="background:#f0e68c"| || style="background:#f0e68c"| || align="center"|8th{{ref label|b|b|b}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2009]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|19th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|6th || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|5th || align="center"|13th || align="center"|11th || {{n/a}}
|-
| style="background:#ccccff| [[2010 European Aquatics Championships|EC 2010]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|4th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|4th || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|6th ||align="center"|{{Silver2}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2011]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|4th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|4th || align="center"|4th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|12th || align="center"|10th || {{n/a}}
|-
| style="background:#ccccff| [[2012 European Aquatics Championships|EC 2012]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| ||style="background:#fdffe7"| || {{n/a}}
|-
| style="background:#f0e68c"| [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics|OG 2012]] || align="center"|14th || align="center"|9th || align="center"|12th || style="background:#f0e68c"| || {{n/a}} || align="center"|4th || align="center"|8th{{ref label|b|b|b}} || style="background:#f0e68c"| || align="center"|10th || {{n/a}}
|-
| [[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2013]] || align="center"|4th || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|4th|| style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|4th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|9th || {{n/a}}
|-
| style="background:#ccccff| [[2014 European Aquatics Championships|EC 2014]] || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} ||align="center"|{{Silver2}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|-
| [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2015]] || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|4th || align="center"|4th || align="center"|{{Silver2}}|| style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|-
| style="background:#ccccff| [[2016 European Aquatics Championships|EC 2016]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|6th ||style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|-
| style="background:#f0e68c"| [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics|OG 2016]] || align="center"|13th || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || style="background:#f0e68c"| || {{n/a}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|5th || align="center"|5th || align="center"|9th || {{n/a}}
|-
| [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2017]] || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|5th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|5th || style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|-
| style="background:#ccccff| [[2018 European Aquatics Championships|EC 2018]] || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| ||style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|-
| [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2019]] || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|6th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|7th || style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|-
| style="background:#f0e68c"| [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics|OG 2020]] || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|5th || style="background:#f0e68c"| || style="background:#f0e68c"| || {{n/a}} || align="center"|7th || align="center"|6th || style="background:#f0e68c"| || align="center"|5th || {{n/a}}
|-
| [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2022]] || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|4th || style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|-
| style="background:#ccccff| [[2022 European Aquatics Championships|EC 2022]] || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| ||align="center"|{{Gold1}} ||align="center"|{{Bronze3}}
|-
| [[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2023]] || align="center"| {{Gold1}}|| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"| {{Gold1}}|| style="background:#fdffe7" | || align="center"|5th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|-
| [[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2024]] || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|-
| style="background:#f0e68c"| [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics|OG 2024]] || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#f0e68c"| || style="background:#f0e68c"| || {{n/a}} || style="background:#f0e68c"| || align="center"|5th || style="background:#f0e68c"| || style="background:#f0e68c"| 7th|| {{n/a}}
|}
:{{note label|a|a|a}} Sjöström swam only in the heats.
:{{note label|b|b|b}} Team Sweden was disqualified in the final.

===International finals (50 m)===
''Only individual''

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable"
! colspan=5|[[Summer Olympic Games]]
|-
! width=150|Year !! width=120|Date !! width=200|Event !! width=80|Time !! Position
|-align=center
| [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] || 29 July 2012 || [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] || 57.17  ||  4th
|-align=center
|rowspan=3| [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] || 7 August 2016 || [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] || 55.48 WR ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 9 August 2016 || [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]] || 1:54.08 NR||  bgcolor=silver|  2nd
|-align=center
| 11 August 2016 || [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 52.99 ||  bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|-align=center
|rowspan=3| [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]] || 26 July 2021 || [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] || 56.91 ||  7th
|-align=center
| 30 July 2021 || [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 52.68 ||  5th
|-align=center
| 1 August 2021 || [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] || 24.07 ||  bgcolor=silver|  2nd
|-align=center
|rowspan=2| [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]] || 31 July 2024 || [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 52.16  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 4 August 2024 || [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] || 23.71  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable"
! colspan=5|[[World Aquatics Championships]]
|-
! width=150|Year !! width=120|Date !! width=200|Event !! width=80|Time !! Position
|-align=center
| rowspan=2|[[2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 Rome]] || 27 July 2009 || [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] || 56.06 WR  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 1 August 2009 || [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 26.66  || 6th
|-align=center
| rowspan=3|[[2011 World Aquatics Championships|2011 Shanghai]] || 25 July 2011 || [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] || 57.38  || 4th
|-align=center
| 27 July 2011 || [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]] || 1:56.41  || 4th
|-align=center
| 30 July 2011 || [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 25.87  || 4th
|-align=center
| rowspan=4|[[2013 World Aquatics Championships|2013 Barcelona]] || 29 July 2013 || [[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] || 56.53  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 31 July 2013 || [[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]] || 1:56.63  || 4th
|-align=center
| 2 August 2013 || [[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 52.89   || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| 4 August 2013 || [[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] || 24.45  || 4th
|-align=center
| rowspan=4|[[2015 World Aquatics Championships|2015 Kazan]] || 3 August 2015 || [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] || 55.64 WR  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 7 August 2015 || [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 52.70   || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| 8 August 2015 || [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 24.96 CR   || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 9 August 2015 || [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] || 24.31   || bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|-align=center
| rowspan=4|[[2017 World Aquatics Championships|2017 Budapest]] || 24 July 2017 || [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] || 55.53 CR  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 28 July 2017 || [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 52.31   || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| 29 July 2017 || [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 24.60 CR   || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 30 July 2017 || [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] || 23.69   || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| rowspan=5|[[2019 World Aquatics Championships|2019 Gwangju]] || 22 July 2019 || [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] || 56.22  ||  bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| 24 July 2019 || [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]] || 1:54.78   || bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|-align=center
| 26 July 2019 || [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 52.46   || bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|-align=center
| 27 July 2019 || [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 25.02   || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 28 July 2019 || [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] || 24.07   || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| rowspan=3|[[2022 World Aquatics Championships|2022 Budapest]] || 23 June 2022  || [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 52.80 || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| 24 June 2022  || [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 24.95 || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 25 June 2022 || [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] || 23.98 || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| rowspan=2|[[2023 World Aquatics Championships|2023 Fukuoka]] || 29 July 2023  || [[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 24.74 || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 30 July 2023  || [[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] || 23.61 WR  || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| rowspan=2|[[2024 World Aquatics Championships|2024 Doha]] || 17 February 2024  || [[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 24.63 || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 18 February 2024  || [[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] || 23.69 || bgcolor=gold|1st
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable"
! colspan=5|[[European Aquatics Championships]]
|-
! width=150|Year !! width=120|Date !! width=200|Event !! width=80|Time !! Position
|-align=center
| [[2008 European Aquatics Championships|2008 Eindhoven]] || 22 March 2008 || 100 m butterfly || 58.44  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| rowspan=3|[[2010 European Aquatics Championships|2010 Budapest]] || 10 August 2010  || 50 m butterfly || 26.14  ||  4th
|-align=center
| 11 August 2010  || 100 m freestyle || 54.16  ||  4th
|-align=center
| 13 August 2010  || 100 m butterfly || 57.32  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| rowspan=2|[[2012 European Aquatics Championships|2012 Debrecen]] || 22 May 2012  || [[Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 25.64  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 23 May 2012  || [[Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 53.61  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| rowspan=4|[[2014 European Aquatics Championships|2014 Berlin]] || 19 August 2014  || [[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 24.98  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 20 August 2014  || [[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 52.67 CR  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 22 August 2014  || [[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] || 56.52  ||  bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| 24 August 2014  || [[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] || 24.37  ||  bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| rowspan=3|[[2016 European Aquatics Championships|2016 London]] || 17 May 2016  || [[Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 24.99  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 18 May 2016  || [[Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 52.82  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 19 May 2016  || [[Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] || 55.89 CR  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| rowspan=4|[[2018 European Aquatics Championships|2018 Glasgow]] || 4 August 2018  || [[Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] || 56.23 ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 4 August 2018  || [[Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] || 23.74 CR  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 8 August 2018  || [[Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 52.93  ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 9 August 2018  || [[Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 25.16 ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| rowspan=2|[[2022 European Aquatics Championships|2022 Rome]] || 13 August 2022  || [[Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 24.96 ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 16 August 2022  || [[Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] || 23.91 ||  bgcolor=gold|1st
|}

==International championships (25 m)==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Meet
! class="unsortable"|50 free
! class="unsortable"|100 free
! class="unsortable"|200 free
! class="unsortable"|50 fly
! class="unsortable"|100 fly
! class="unsortable"|200 fly
! class="unsortable"|100 medley
! class="unsortable"|4×50 free
! class="unsortable"|4×100 free
! class="unsortable"|4×200 free
! class="unsortable"|4×50 medley
! class="unsortable"|4×100 medley
! class="unsortable"|4×50 mixed free
! class="unsortable"|4×50 mixed medley
|-
| style="background:#ccccff| [[2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships|EC 2008]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|6th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|7th || align="center"|6th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} 
|-
| style="background:#ccccff| [[2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships|EC 2009]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|9th (h) || align="center"|4th || align="center"|7th || align="center"|8th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} 
|-
| style="background:#ccccff| [[2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships|EC 2013]] || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || {{n/a}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|-
| [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|WC 2014]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|19th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|7th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|4th|| style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|-
| style="background:#ccccff| [[2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships|EC 2015]] || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || {{n/a}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|-
| style="background:#ccccff| [[2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships|EC 2017]] || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|DNS || align="center"|9th || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || {{n/a}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|-
| style="background:#ccccff| [[2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships|EC 2021]] || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|5th || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || {{n/a}} || align="center"|4th || align="center"|4th 
|-
| [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|WC 2021]] || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}}  || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || style="background:#fdffe7"|  || style="background:#fdffe7"|  || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| 
|}

===International finals (25 m)===
''Only individual''

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable"
! colspan=5|[[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Short Course Championships]]
|-
! width=150|Year !! width=120|Date !! width=200|Event !! width=80|Time !! Position
|-align=center
| rowspan=4|[[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2014 Doha]] || 5 December 2014 || [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 51.39 || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| 5 December 2014 || [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 24.58 CR || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 7 December 2014 || [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] || 54.61 WR || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 7 December 2014 || [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]] || 1:50.78 WR || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| rowspan=3|[[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2021 Abu Dhabi]] || 18 December 2021 || [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] || 51.31 || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| 19 December 2021 || [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] || 24.51 || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| 21 December 2021 || [[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] || 23.08 CR || bgcolor=gold|1st
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable"
! colspan=5|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Short Course Championships]]
|-
! width=150|Year !! width=120|Date !! width=200|Event !! width=80|Time !! Position
|-align=center
| rowspan=3|[[2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2008 Rijeka]] || 12 December 2008 || 100 m freestyle || 53.45 || 6th
|-align=center
| 12 December 2008 || 50 m butterfly || 26.10 || 7th
|-align=center
| 14 December 2008 || 100 m butterfly || 57.40 || 6th
|-align=center
| rowspan=3|[[2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2009 Istanbul]] || 11 December 2009 || 50 m butterfly || 25.58 || 7th
|-align=center
| 13 December 2009 || 200 m freestyle || 1:54.32 || 4th
|-align=center
| 13 December 2009 || 100 m butterfly || 57.87 || 8th
|-align=center
| rowspan=4|[[2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2013 Herning]] || 13 December 2013 || 100 m freestyle || 51.99 || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| 13 December 2013 || 50 m butterfly || 24.90 CR || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 15 December 2013 || 100 m butterfly || 55.78 || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 15 December 2013 || 50 m freestyle || 23.79 || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| rowspan=4|[[2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2015 Netanya]] || 3 December 2015 || 50 m butterfly || 24.58 CR || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 4 December 2015 || 100 m freestyle || 51.37 || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 6 December 2015 || 100 m butterfly || 55.03 CR || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 6 December 2015 || 50 m freestyle || 23.63 || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| rowspan=4|[[2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2017 Copenhagen]] || 15 December 2017 || 100 m freestyle || 51.03 || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| 15 December 2017 || 100 m individual medley || 57.92 || bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-align=center
| 17 December 2017 || 100 m butterfly || 55.00 CR || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 17 December 2017 || 50 m freestyle || 23.30 CR || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| rowspan=5|[[2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2021 Kazan]] || 3 November 2021 || 50 m freestyle || 23.12 CR || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 4 November 2021 || 100 m individual medley || 58.05 || bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|-align=center
| 5 November 2021 || 100 m freestyle || 51.26 || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 6 November 2021 || 100 m butterfly || 55.84 || bgcolor=gold|1st
|-align=center
| 7 November 2021 || 50 m butterfly || 24.50 CR || bgcolor=gold|1st
|}

==Swimming World Cup circuits==
The following medals Sjöström has won at [[FINA Swimming World Cup|Swimming World Cup]] circuits.<ref name="FINAmedals">[https://www.fina.org/athletes/1000553/sarah-sjoestroem/medals "Sarah Sjoestroem: Medals"]. ''[[FINA]]''. Retrieved 10 July 2022.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Edition !! Gold medals !! Silver medals !! Bronze medals !! Total 
|-
| [[2007 FINA Swimming World Cup|2007]] || style="text-align:center;" | 0 || style="text-align:center;" | 0 || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || style="text-align:center;" | 1 
|-
| [[2008 FINA Swimming World Cup|2008]] || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || style="text-align:center;" | 2 || style="text-align:center;" | 2 || style="text-align:center;" | 5 
|-
| [[2009 FINA Swimming World Cup|2009]] || style="text-align:center;" | 2 || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || style="text-align:center;" | 2 || style="text-align:center;" | 5 
|-
| [[2010 FINA Swimming World Cup|2010]] || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || style="text-align:center;" | 2 || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || style="text-align:center;" | 6 
|-
| [[2011 FINA Swimming World Cup|2011]] || style="text-align:center;" | 2 || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || style="text-align:center;" | 4 
|-
| [[2013 FINA Swimming World Cup|2013]] || style="text-align:center;" | 9 || style="text-align:center;" | 5 || style="text-align:center;" | 5 || style="text-align:center;" | 19 
|-
| [[2017 FINA Swimming World Cup|2017]] || style="text-align:center;" | 25 || style="text-align:center;" | 9 || style="text-align:center;" | 0 || style="text-align:center;" | 34 
|-
| [[2018 FINA Swimming World Cup|2018]] || style="text-align:center;" | 23 || style="text-align:center;" | 14 || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || style="text-align:center;" | 38 
|-
! Total !! style="text-align:center;" | 63 !! style="text-align:center;" | 34 !! style="text-align:center;" | 15 !! style="text-align:center;" | 112 
|}

==Accomplishments and awards==
Sjöström won the gold in the 100 m freestyle at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She won the gold medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics on 7 August 2016, setting an Olympic and World record with a time of 55.48.
She also won a gold medal in 100 m butterfly in the World Championships in Rome 2009 and set the world record.

=== Awards ===

* 2014: The Swedish [[Jerring Award]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Sarah Sjöström fick Jerringpriset|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/7lxXKo|access-date=9 January 2021|website=Aftonbladet|date=25 January 2016 |language=sv}}</ref> 
* 2015: The Swedish [[Jerring Award]]<ref name=":1" />
* 2015: Female European Swimmer of the Year, announced by [[Swimming World|Swimming World Magazine]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 November 2015|title=Swimming World Magazine Announces Male and Female European Swimmers of the Year|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/swimming-world-magazine-announces-male-and-female-european-swimmer-of-the-year/|access-date=9 January 2021|website=Swimming World News}}</ref>
* 2015: The Swedish [[Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lindberg|first=Johan|date=1 December 2015|title=SvD:s krönikör: Sarah var överlägsen|language=sv|work=Svenska Dagbladet|url=https://www.svd.se/arets-bragdguld-till-sarah-sjostrom|access-date=9 January 2021|issn=1101-2412}}</ref>
* 2015: The [[Victoria Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Victoriapriset|url=https://victoriadagarna.se/victoriapriset/|access-date=9 January 2021|website=Victoriadagarna på Öland 10–15 juli|language=sv-SE}}</ref>
* 2017: The Swedish [[Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 December 2017|title=Bragdguldet 2017 till Sarah Sjöström|url=https://www.svt.se/sport/bragdguldet/bragdguldet-2017-till-sarah-sjostrom|access-date=9 January 2021|website=SVT Sport|language=sv}}</ref>
* 2017: Female World and European Swimmer of the Year, announced by [[Swimming World|Swimming World Magazine]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Small|first=Thomas A.|date=1 December 2017|title=Swimming World Announces 2017 World Swimmers of the Year|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/swimming-world-announces-2017-world-swimmers-of-the-year/|access-date=9 January 2021|website=Swimming World News}}</ref>
* 2017: Best Female Athlete from Europe, announced by [[Association of National Olympic Committees]] (ANOC)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The ANOC Awards 2017 : ANOC|url=https://www.anocolympic.org/anoc-awards/the-anoc-awards-2017/|access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref>
* 2017: Female European Swimmer of the Year, [[Swammy Awards|Swammy Award]] announced by [[SwimSwam]]<ref name="Ortegon31Dec2017">Ortegon, Karl (31 December 2017). [https://swimswam.com/2017-swammy-awards-european-female-swimmer-of-the-year-sarah-sjostrom/ "2017 Swammy Awards: European Female Swimmer Of The Year Sarah Sjöström"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 3 January 2022.</ref>
* 2018: Female European Swimmer of the Year, [[Swammy Awards|Swammy Award]] announced by [[SwimSwam]]<ref name="Neidigh1Jan2019">Neidigh, Lauren (1 January 2019). [https://swimswam.com/2018-swammy-awards-european-female-swimmer-of-the-year-sarah-sjostrom/ "2018 Swammy Awards: European Female Swimmer Of The Year Sarah Sjostrom"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 3 January 2022.</ref>
* 2019: [[Most valuable player|MVP]] in [[International Swimming League]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 February 2020|title=Sarah Sjostrom wins ISL Season MVP {{!}} Las Vegas|url=https://isl.global/sarah-sjostrom-wins-isl-season-mvp-las-vegas/|access-date=9 January 2021|website=International Swimming League}}</ref>
* 2021: Olympic Resilience Award, announced by ''[[Swimming World]]'' for the 2020 Olympic Games<ref name="Rieder14Sep2021"/>
* 2021: [[Most valuable player|MVP]] in [[International Swimming League]] entire season<ref name="D'Addona4Dec2021"/>
* 2021: [[Most valuable player|MVP]] in [[International Swimming League]] final match<ref name="D'Addona4Dec2021"/>
* 2021: Female European and International Swimming League Swimmer of the Year, announced by [[Swimming World|Swimming World Magazine]]<ref name="D'Addona27Dec2021">D'Addona, Dan (27 December 2021). [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/sarah-sjostrom-named-swimming-worlds-european-female-swimmer-of-the-year/ "Sarah Sjostrom Named Swimming World's European Female Swimmer of the Year"]. ''[[Swimming World]]''. Retrieved 2 January 2022.</ref><ref name="D'Addona1Jan2022">D'Addona, Dan (1 January 2022). [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/swimming-world-international-swimming-league-female-swimmer-of-the-year-sarah-sjostrom// "Swimming World International Swimming League Female Swimmer of the Year: Sarah Sjostrom"]. ''[[Swimming World]]''. Retrieved 2 January 2022.</ref>
* 2021: Female European Swimmer of the Year, [[Swammy Awards|Swammy Award]] announced by [[SwimSwam]]<ref name="Dornan3Jan2022">Dornan, Ben (3 January 2022). [https://swimswam.com/2021-swammy-awards-european-female-swimmer-of-the-year-sarah-sjostrom/ "2021 Swammy Awards: European Female Swimmer Of The Year, Sarah Sjostrom"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 3 January 2022.</ref>
* 2021: Best Female Swimmer, awarded by [[LEN|Ligue Européenne de Natation]] (LEN)<ref name="Byrnes31Jan2022">Byrnes, Liz (31 January 2022). [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/adam-peaty-and-sarah-sjostrom-named-top-european-swimmers-by-len// "Adam Peaty And Sarah Sjostrom Named Top European Swimmers By LEN"]. ''[[Swimming World]]''. Retrieved 31 January 2022.</ref><ref name="SS31Jan2021">[https://swimswam.com/peaty-sjostrom-wellbrock-van-rouwendaal-headline-2021-len-awards/ "Peaty, Sjostrom, Wellbrock & Van Rouwendaal Headline 2021 LEN Awards"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.</ref>
* 2022: Female European Swimmer of the Year, announced by [[Swimming World|Swimming World Magazine]]<ref>Lohn, John (27 December 2022). [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/sarah-sjostrom-is-unanimous-choice-as-european-female-swimmer-of-the-year/ "Sarah Sjostrom Is Unanimous Choice As European Female Swimmer Of the Year (See Full Voting)"]. ''[[Swimming World]]''. Retrieved 16 January 2023.</ref>

==Personal life==
In January 2022, Sjöström announced her engagement to her boyfriend of ten years, Swedish fencer Johan de Jong Skierus.<ref name="Berman28Jan2022">Berman, Sarah (28 January 2022). [https://swimswam.com/sarah-sjostrom-is-engaged-to-johan-de-jong-skierus/ "Sarah Sjostrom is Engaged to Johan De Jong Skierus"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 28 January 2022.</ref><ref name="Byrnes29Jan2022">Byrnes, Liz (29 January 2022). [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/four-time-olympic-medallist-sarah-sjostrom-announces-engagement-to-johan-de-jong-skierus/ "Four-Time Olympic Medallist Sarah Sjostrom Announces Engagement To Johan de Jong Skierus"]. ''[[Swimming World]]''. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref><ref name="Koos3Feb2022">Koos, Torin (3 February 2022). [https://www.fina.org/news/2470620/what-your-favourite-swimmers-and-divers-have-been-up-to-this-offseason "What your favorite swimmers and divers have been up to this offseason"]. ''[[FINA]]''. Retrieved 3 February 2022.</ref>

==See also==
*[[World record progression 50 metres freestyle]]
*[[World record progression 100 metres freestyle]]
*[[World record progression 200 metres freestyle]]
*[[World record progression 50 metres butterfly]]
*[[World record progression 100 metres butterfly]]
*[[List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women)]]
*[[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
*[[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)]]
*[[List of World Swimming Championships (25 m) medalists (women)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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