Arena Elite Team picks up more speed, with Stefan Nystrand
Tolentino April 28th 2009 – After great athletes of the calibre of Alain Bernard, Cesar Cielo and Milorad Cavic, Arena, the leading sports
waterwear company, has added another top-flight sprinter to its Elite Team of
international swimming champions, by signing a two-year agreement with the
Swede Stefan Nystrand (28), who will
don the Company’s three-diamond logo until 2011.
Nystrand, a specialist in
the 50m and 100m freestyle, has emerged in the last few years as one of the
major stars of pure speed racing, by clinching several prestigious victories at
both European and World levels. We recall the bronze medal in the 100m
freestyle at the Melbourne World Championships in 2007 and, more recently, the
silver in the 100m freestyle, the bronze in the 50m freestyle and the gold in
the 4x100m freestyle relay won at the Eindhoven European Championships in 2008.
He has also clocked up many short-course successes, such as the bronze medal in the 4x100m freestyle at the Manchester World Championships (2008), the silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the Shanghai World Championships (2006) and the silver in the 50m freestyle at the Indianapolis World Championships (2004), apart from the 5 golds (4 in 50m freestyle and 1 in the 4x50m freestyle) won at various meetings of the European Championships in 25m pool.
“The decision to link up with an unquestionable champion like Stefan has a double value for us – stated Giuseppe Musciacchio – Arena Group Marketing Director. On the one hand it enables us to add another exceptionally pure talent to the Arena Elite Team, who has all the qualities to find a long-lasting position as an absolute star of sprint-swimming racing, the type of competitions that really grab the attention and imagination of swimming enthusiasts. On the other hand, he represents a further tangible sign of the Company’s commitment to the Swedish market, only a few months after signing a highly important partnership agreement with the National Swimming Federation.”
“I’m really happy to have signed this agreement – declared the Swedish champion. Arena is a brand that for years has dedicated its best resources to swimming, and that represents, for me, just as for every other athlete, the certainty of counting on a solid and reliable partner who is able to provide absolute top quality technical equipment. It’s really important to know this in the context of my own personal growth plan, which is aiming at even better results than those obtained so far, starting with the upcoming World Championships in Rome.”
In the Arena Elite Team, alongside Stefan Nystrand, we find the French Olympic Champion of the 100m free style, Alain Bernard (26), who also achieved a silver medal in the 4x100m relay and a bronze medal in the 50m free at Beijing Olympics, the Brazilian Cesar Cielo (22), Olympic Champion in 50m free at Beijing and bronze medalist in the 100m free, the Hungarian Laszlo Cseh (24), three bronze medals at Beijing (200, 400 medley and 200 fly) and European record-holder for all three disciplines, the Serbian Milorad Cavic (25), Olympic silver medal and European record-holder in the 100m fly, the Norwegian Alexander Dale Oen (23), silver medal in Beijing and European record-holder in the 100 breast, the South Africans Roland Schoeman, Olympic Champion in 4x100m Relay at Olympic Games in Athens (2004), the German Paul Biedermann, European Champion in 200m freestyle, the South Africans Roland Schoeman , two times gold medal in 50m Fly at the World Championships in Montreal (2005) and in Melbourne (2007) , Cameron Van Der Burgh, world record holder in the 50m (25.94) and 100m (56.88) breaststroke (short-course) and Suzaan Van Biljon (21), World Champion in 200 breast in Manchester 2008 (Short Course), the Russian Yuri Prilukov (25), the fourth times European Champion in 1500 freestyle, the Italian Massimiliano Rosolino (30), who has already achieved in his career the significant goal of 60 medals in international competitions, and last but not least, the Polish Champion Pavel Korzeniowski (24), gold medal in the 200 fly and World Championship gold in Montreal (2005) and Mateusz Sawrymowicz (22), gold medal in 1500 m freestyle at the Melbourne World Championships (2007).
Moreover Arena is title sponsor of the FINA-ARENA Swimming World Cup, the historical partner of LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation) and is the technical sponsor and official supplier of many high-profile Federations at world-wide level, such as Hungary, Poland, Sweden, Croatia, Norway, South Africa, New Zealand, Romania, Czech Republic, Belarus, Lithuania and Estonia.
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