Eric Nilsson

  • 2022 Inducted into the New England LMSC Hall of Fame (Pool Performance)

  • USMS Pool Records – pool individual 1 currently held, 6 lifetime, pool relay 1 currently held, 2 lifetime

  • USMS Pool All Star Honors – 2011, 2015

  • USMS Long Distance Records – long distance individual 1 lifetime

  • USMS Pool All American Honors  – 8 years pool individual, 4 years pool relay

  • USMS Long Distance All American Honors – 4 years long distance individual, 2 years long distance relay

  • USMS Top Ten Achievements – 100 individual, 26 relay

  • NELMSC All Time Top Three – 225 points

  • Club: New England Masters (MIT)

  • USMS Profile Eric T Nilsson - USMS Swimmer

Eric Nilsson was born on June 30, 1987 in Bolton Massachusetts. He started competitive swimming at age 9 and continued swimming competitively on the club team New England Barracudas until college, while also swimming for Weston High School. Eric swam at Northwestern University where he received several All-American accolades and set several school records, as well as competing at NCAA championships all four years, including a 3rd place finish in the 400 freestyle relay in 2007. Eric raced at the 2008 pool swimming Olympic Trials and the 2012 10K open water Olympic Trials, finishing 12th.

Since graduating Northwestern University in 2009, Eric has lived in Chicago, Hawaii and Florida, but has lived in the Boston area since 2013. In addition to swimming, he has enjoyed coaching high school and adult aged swimmers in his spare time, and currently works as an Actuary for John Hancock.

Eric has competed in around 100 open water swim races ranging from 1 to 20 miles and swims in all the pool meets that he can find, and he plans to swim for the rest of his life.