A silver medal at the junior world championships in St Etienne in 1990 was followed by a sixth place at the World Championships in Malta in 1994.  1996 saw his big breakthrough at the Paralympics in Atlanta.  Thanks to setting two world records during the games, he was awarded the ’Triumph of the Human Spirit’.  After Atlanta David won three World Championship gold medals, four European Championship gold and 14 world records before deciding to retire from his successful swimming career.

At the same time as he was competing in swimming, David started his career as a speaker about personal development and positive thinking.  Later on he added talks about entrepreneurship and leadership.  Over the years David has inspired hundreds of thousands of people internationally, and his speaking career has been as successful as his swimming.  In 2004 he was named Speaker of the Year in Sweden.  In 2005 he was named as one of the Leaders of the Future as well as receiving the honour of being the first Swede to be named The Outstanding Young Person of the World.  Previous winners of the award include Orson Welles, Leonard Bernstein, Elvis Presley and John F Kennedy.

David has always worked entreprenerially and today owns several different companies (independently or with partners) in various branches from clothing to mobile telephones.  LegaWear expanded to the American market in the spring of 2009.