Sven Schwarz

2019 German Championships At the 2019 German Short Course Championships in Berlin in November, Schwarz swam a personal best time in the short course 800 metre freestyle of 7:36.00, which earned him the silver medal in the event behind Florian Wellbrock and set a new world junior record in the event, breaking the mark of 7:41.51 established by FINA for the event in 2014.

2021 2021 Swimming World Cup: Berlin

On day one of competition at the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin, 1 October, Schwarz swam a 3:45.86 in the prelims heats of the 400 metre freestyle and qualified for the final ranked seventh overall. In the final of the event later the same day, Schwarz finished sixth with a time of 3:44.90. The second day, Schwarz won the bronze medal in the 1500 metre freestyle timed final in 14:45.83. On the third and final day of competition, Schwarz ranked 27th overall in the prelims heats of the 200 metre freestyle with his time of 1:49.65 and did not advance to the final.

2021 European Short Course Championships

At the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia in November, Schwarz ranked sixth in the prelims heats of the 1500 meter freestyle on 3 November with a time of 14:41.74 and qualified for the final the following day. In the final, he swam a 14:26.24 and earned the bronze medal in the event, finishing behind gold medalist Florian Wellbrock, also of Germany, and silver medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy. On 6 November, in the prelims heats of the 800 meter freestyle, Schwarz qualified for the final of the event ranked seventh overall with his time of 7:39.07. The final day of competition, 7 November, he won the bronze medal in the event, finishing after gold medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri and silver medalist Florian Wellbrock with a time of 7:33.85.

2022 Through 30 March for the 2022 year, Schwarz ranked in the global top five for the long course 800 metre freestyle, second, and long course 400 metre freestyle, fourth. In April, at the 2022 Berlin Swim Open, he lowered his best time in the 800 metre freestyle to a 7:46.64.

2022 European Aquatics Championships Schwarz was named to the Germany roster for the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in August in Rome, Italy, in the 400 metre freestyle and 800 metre freestyle. In the preliminaries of the 800 metre freestyle on day two, he ranked sixth overall with a time of 7:49.30 and qualified for the final. He placed fifth in the final with a time of 7:47.36, finishing less than four seconds behind bronze medalist Lorenzo Galossi of Italy. In the preliminaries of the 400 metre freestyle on day seven, he placed tenth with a time of 3:49.58 and did not qualify for the evening final.

2022 Swimming World Cup: Berlin

For his first of two individual events at the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup held in Berlin and conducted in short course metres, Schwarz placed fifteenth in the 400 metre freestyle preliminary heats with a time of 3:46.02, which was 4.51 seconds slower than first-ranked Danas Rapšys of Lithuania. In his second event, the 1500 metre freestyle, he finished in a time of 14:34.87, which was 10.96 seconds faster than his time at the Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin one year prior, and won the bronze medal.

2023 On 21 April 2023, at the Berlin Swim Open, Schwarz placed fifth in the 1500 metre freestyle with a personal best time of 14:49.22. The following two days, he won bronze medals in the 800 metre freestyle, with a personal best time of 7:43.43 on 22 April, and the 400 metre freestyle, with a personal best time of 3:46.56 on 23 April.

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

Personal best times Long course metres (50 m pool) Event Time Meet Location Date Ref 400 m freestyle 3:45.92 2023 German Championships 9 July 2023 800 m freestyle 7:38.12 Former ER 2025 German Championships Berlin 2 May 2025 1500 m freestyle 14:36.82 2025 German Championships Berlin 4 May 2025

Short course metres (25 m pool) Event Time Meet Location Date Ref 400 m freestyle

2019 Germany International Meet Berlin 17 November 2019

Edition Gold medals Silver medals Bronze medals Total 2021 0 0 1 1 2022 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 2 2

World records World junior records Short course metres (25 m pool) No. Event Time Meet Location Date Age Status 1 800 m freestyle 7:36.00 2019 German Short Course Championships Berlin 16 November 2019 17 Current