Lotte Friis

Lotte Friis is a Danish competitive swimmer from Allerod Municipality, born in Blovstrod on 9 February 1988, who specialised in distance freestyle events. She won her first major long course medal with third place in the 1500 metre freestyle at the 2008 European Championships in Eindhoven, and later that year took bronze in the 800 metre freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. At the 2009 World Championships she won silver in the 1500 metre freestyle and gold in the 800 metre freestyle, swimming the second fastest time ever and setting a championship record. At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai she won gold in the women's 1500 metre freestyle in 15:49.59 and silver in the 800 metre freestyle, and finished fifth in the 400 metre freestyle in a new Nordic record of 4:04.68.