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SWEDISH TEAM World Championships, Beijing, 2015 MEDIA GUIDE 1 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 Swedish Team Officials Head of delegation Anders Albertsson Team Manager Karin Torneklint Team Manager walking Siw Karlström Coaches Björn Amb Urban Aruhn Oscar Gidewall Johan Wettergren Gustaf Hultgren Medical team Tommy Eriksson Lena Haggren Råsberg Henrik Wagner Media officer Fredrik Trahn For information regarding press conferences and other media inquiries contact fredrik. [email protected] or +46 709 13 67 96 Compiled by: © A. Lennart Julin (ATFS) (Valuable statistical sources compiled by Jonas Hedman, Bo Nordin, Bengt Holmberg, Owe Fröberg and Birger Fält (walks).) Photo: Deca Text&Bild, Ryno Quantz, Magnus Malmsborg, SGVF & Fredrik Trahn Production: Magnus Malmsborg Note: The purpose of this guide is to be a source of background information for the media covering the 2015 World Championships. Thus individual pieces of information are of course free to use in articles and reports. However, the actual profiles must not be - wholly or partially - reprinted, published on Internet or entered into databases or similar electronic information systems. 2 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 Karl ANDREAS ALMGREN Pronounciation Unn-DREH-uss AHLM-grehn Born 12 June 1995 (Stockholm) ResidenceSollentuna OccupationStudent Height/Weight 177 cm / 66 kg Club Tureberg FK Coach Urban Aruhn Event 800m Personal bests 1:45.59 Sollentuna 25.6.2015 Progression 800m1500m400m 2005 76.48 2006 2:46.78 68.62 2007 2008 2:07.30 4:32.37 2009 1:59.83 2010 1:55.89 50.37i 2011 1:51.79 4:04.46i 48.33 2012 1:50.45 48.58 2013 1:49.46 3:53.84 2014 1:45.65 3:50.53 48.43 2015 1:45.59 48.38i Major competitions 2011 World Youth Ch semi 2014 World Junior Ch 3 2014 European Ch semi 2015 European Indoor Ch 4 Internat. matches Outdoors: 2 Indoors: 1 National titles Outdoors (800m): ’14, ‘15 PB other events 100m 11.65 Sollentuna 9.8.2011 200m 22.88 Sollentuna 9.8.2011 300m 36.33 Stockholm 8.8.2010 400m 48.33 Gävle 13.8.2011 1000m i 2:35.40 Norrköping 28.2.2010 1500m 3:50.53 Sollentuna 7.6.2014 2000m 5:44.47 Kil 15.8.2010 LJ 6.07 Västerås 10.9.2010 TJ 12.14 Uppsala 13.9.2009 Notes At age 16 was 5th in the 400m at the national senior championships ... Until ’13 pursued a parallel succesful career in football (soccer) belonging to the junior team of a 1st divison club ... An injury then made him decide to concentrate on his running ... Major breakthrough followed last summer running 1:45.65 to take sensational bronze (best non-Kenyan) at the World Juniors and missing the national senior record by just 0.20 ... Confirmed new level this winter when finishing just outside of the medals at European Indoors .... Extremely consistent this summer with six races between 1:45.59 and 1:46.12 within 36 days from late June. 3 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 KIM Oscar AMB Pronounciation KIM AHMMB Born 31 July 1990 (Solna) Residence Bålsta OccupationAccountant Height/Weight 180 cm / 85 kg Clubs F Bålsta IK Coach Björn Amb Event Javelin Throw Personal best 84.61 Zagreb, CRO 2015 best 82.40 Söderhamn 3.9.2013 9.8.2015 Progression 800 g 700 g 600 g 2004 40.84 2005 46.52 2006 49.57 2007 55.01 64.38 2008 69.34 2009 66.06 2010 77.81 2011 80.09 2012 81.84 2013 84.61 2014 84.14 2015 82.40 Major competitions 2008 World Junior Ch qual 2011 European U23 Ch 4 2012 European Ch 7 Olympic G qual 2013 World Ch 10 2014 European Team Ch/Super L 5 European Ch qual Internat. matches Outdoors: 7 National titles Outdoors: '11, ’12, ‘13 PB other event PV 3.45 Göteborg 8.7.2006 Athletics in familyFather Björn (b '61): JT: 62.60 ’79 (old implement) ... Sister Emilia (b '92): JT: 49.34 ’12 Notes In ’10 set PB at NCh and in prestigeous match vFIN, in ’11 at European U23 Ch and at NCh ... In ’13 and ‘14 top-6 in seven DL-appearances including win in Lausanne ’13 and 2nd place in Shanghai ‘14 ... Hampered by a shoulder injury in late summer of ’14 and early summer of ’15 ... Returned to form in late July with 82.04 in Karlstad ... Current number of 80+ meets is 27 (1 in ’11, 6 in ’12, 13 in ’13, 4 in ’14 and 3 so far in ‘15). Website http://kimamb.se/ 4 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 TRACEY Anna ANDERSSON Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach Event Personal best 2015 best TRAY-see UNN-deh-shonn 5 December 1984 (Trelleborg) Göteborg Office clerk (part time) 167 cm / 87 kg IFK Trelleborg (-’03), Heleneholms IF (’04-’05), IFK Trelleborg (’06-’10), Ullevi FK (’11-) Mattias Jons Hammer Throw 70.82 Castellón, ESP 17.3.2013 ** NR ** 69.23 Växjö 29.7.2015 Progression 1999 34.75 2000 35.96 2001 45.83 2002 51.80 2003 57.10 2004 60.48 2005 64.85 2006 65.48 2007 63.90 2008 65.24 2009 67.99 2010 69.28 2011 68.61 2012 70.33 2013 70.82 2014 70.51 2015 69.23 Major competitions 2003 European Junior Ch qual 2005 European U23 Ch 10 2006 European Ch qual 2010 European Ch 11 2011 European Team Ch/Super L 11 2012 European Ch qual 2013 World Ch qual 2014 European Team Ch/Super L 6 Internat. matches Outdoors: 15 National titles Outdoors: ’05, ’08. ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14, ‘15 Indoors (WT): ’07, ’08, ’10, ’11, ’13, ‘14 PB other events PV 3.10 Vellinge 27.5.2000 SP 12.63 Trelleborg 16.8.2008 DT 39.17 Eslöv 12.5.2002 WT (20 lb)i 21.14 Norrköping 15.2.2013 Note With 69.28 on 20 May ‘10 ended Cecilia Nilsson’s almost 12 years long reign as NR holder ... On 15 April ‘12 in Jablonec (CZE) brought the NR beyond the 70m-barrier ... Current number of 70+ meets is six (2 in ’12, 2 in ‘13 and 2 in ’14) ... On comeback trail after knee operation last autumn. 5 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 ABEBA AREGAWI Gebretsadik Pronounciation ABB-eh-bah Ahrr-eh-GA-wee Born 5 July 1990 (Adigrat, ETH) Residence Addis Abeba, ETH OccupationAthlete Height / Weight 169 cm / 48 kg Club Hammarby IF Event 1500m Personal bests 3:56.54 Roma, ITA 31.5.2012 **Ethiopian NR** 3:57.91i Stockholm 6.2.2014 **European Indoor Record** 2015 best 4:01.97 Birmingham, GBR 7.5.2015 Progression 800m1500m1500m i 2009 2:01.98 - - 2010 2.02.90 4.01.96 2011 4:10.30 4:01.47i 2012 1:59.39 3:56.54 2013 1:59.20 3:56.60 3:58.40i 2014 3:57.57 3:57.91i 2015 1:59.98 4:01.97 Major competitions 2009 African Junior Ch 3 (800m) 2012 Olympic G 5 Diamond Race 1 2013 European Indoor Ch 1 World Ch 1 Diamond Race 1 2014 World Indoor Ch 1 European Team Ch/Super L 1 European Ch 2 Internat. matches 1 National titles PB other events 800m 1:59.20 Hengelo, NED 8.6.2013 **NR** 6 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 Notes Came to Sweden (Stockholm) in ’09, Swedish citizen in June ’12, cleared by the IAAF to compete for Sweden in December ’12 ... First ever 1500m Sollentuna (SWE) 1 July ’10 a comfortable win in 4:06 ... First indoor season (’11) consisted of four 1500m races within just 12 days: On all occasions left the opponents in second half to win unopposed (margins between 1.89 and 3.62 seconds) ... Injury problems following summer, returned in full force in May ‘12 with PB 3:59 for 2nd place in Shanghai Diamond League ... Ran six out seven ’12 DL 1500m-races collecting three 1st, one 2nd and two 3rd places to take the overall title ... In ’12 Olympics after winning heat and semi with ease unlucky in final as a runner fell immediately in front of her at the bell. Barely avoided falling herself but lost momentum and the contact with the runners at the front. Did narrow the gap somewhat but was unable to really challenge for a medal despite finishing just 0.80 behind winner ... Opened her ’13 at XL-galan (Stockholm) on 21 February “with a bang” running 3:58.40, the 2nd fastest ever just 12 hundredths off the WIR ... With her relaxed, smooth long stride thrives off fast even paces: In Stockholm race 100m-sections were consistently reeled off in 16.2 +/- a couple of tenths before speeding up to sub-15 for the last two ... At ’13 European Indoors won the 1500m by a whopping and in modern athletics unmatched 9.72 seconds ... Outdoors in ’13 a perfect record of victories in 9 out of 9 competitions including Worlds and 6 DL ... Same format in ‘14 for the indoor season, i.e. the XL-galan in Stockholm and the international championship ... Just like in ’13 ran second fastest ever in the Stockholm meet and then won the World title in Sopot by 6.51 seconds! ... Winning streak dating back to Aug ’12 ended on 31 May ’14 in DL Eugene where she was 2nd (still in 3:57!) ... Hampered by various injury niggles during second half of last summer and first half of this summer ... Therefore after finishing 4th at DL Oslo on 11 June took time-out from competitions to focus on rehab and training for Beijing. 7 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 ANGELICA Therese BENGTSSON Pronounciation Ahnn-YEH-lick-ah BENG-kt-sonn Born 8 July 1993 (Väckelsång) Residence Paris, FRA OccupationStudent Height/Weight 164 cm / 51 kg Club IFK Växjö (-'09), Hässelby SK ('10-) Coach Sébastien Homo Event Pole Vault Personal bests 4.61 Söderhamn 8.8.2015**NR** 4.70i Praha, CZE 8.3.2015**NIR** Progression 2004 2.65 2005 3.10 2006 3.40 2007 3.90 2008 4.12 2009 4.37 2010 4.47 2011 4.57 4.63i 2012 4.58 2013 4.55 2014 4.50 4.62i 2015 4.61 4.70i Major competitions 2009 World Youth Ch 2010 World Junior Ch Youth Olympic Games 2011 European Indoor Ch European Junior Ch 2012 European Ch World Junior Ch Olympic Games 2013 European Indoor Ch European U23 Ch World Ch 2014 European Ch 2015 European Indoor Ch European Team Ch/Super L European U23 Ch Internat. matches Outdoors: 5 National titles Outdoors: ‘12, ‘14 Indoors: ‘10, ’13, ’14, ‘15 PB other events 60m 8.54 Honolulu, HI i 8.19 Aubière, FRA 1 1 1 qual 1 10 1 qual qual 3 qual 5 3 3 1 20.2.2010 7.12.2013 LJ i 5.22 Aubière, FRA 7.12.2013 JT 34.67 Lens, FRA 18.5.2014 8 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 Athletics in familyFather Glenn (b ’58): JT: 67.08 ’82 (old implement) ... Sister Maria (b ’88): SP/DT/HT: 13.59 ’08/43.95 ’07/45.48 ’06 ... Sister Victoria (b ’90): PV: 4.00 ’09 ... Sister Patricia (b ’91): PV: 2.50i/2.40 ’06 ... Sister Gabriella (b ’99): PV: 3.40 ’15 Notes Perfect record of international youth/junior titles in ’09-’12: Five out of five! ... In ’15 added the European U23 gold for a complete “grand slam” of age group triumphs ... Also holds all records/best marks for both youth and juniors ... World Youth Best of 4.47 in May '10, then just 1 cm off WJR ... Four improvements of WJR in three days in February '11: 4.52 in Sätra 20 Feb and 4.53, 4.58 and 4.63 in Stockholm 22 Feb ... That 4.63 still stands as the WJR ... In ’12 retroactively became the inaugural WJIR holder with those 4.63 ... Received the IAAF Rising Star award at the '10 World Athletics Gala ... At Swedish Sports Awards Gala in January ’11 received the “Newcomer of the Year”-award (all sports considered) for ’10 ... European Athletics Rising Star award for ’12 ... In late ’12 moved to France, first to Clermont-Ferrand and then in ’14 to Paris ... Opened her 2015 with NIR 4.68 despite not even using spikes ... Found new level of consistency in winter of ‘15 with all six meets at 4.60+ ... Have added two more this summer despite missing much spring training due to severely sprained ankle 9 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 KLARA Ida Lovisa Schåltz BODINSON Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club US university Coach/Advisor Event Personal bests KLAH-rah BOO-dinn-sonn 11 June 1990 (Stockholm) Göteborg Marketing coordinator 164 cm / 53 kg Boo IF (-’05), IFK Lidingö (’06-’12), Sävedalens AIK (’13-) Southern Methodist University (’10-’11) Johan Wettergren 3000m Steeplechase 9:40.21 Ninove, BEL 1.8.2015 Progression 3000mSt 3000m 1500m 5000m 2006 - 10:09.63 4:42.45 2007 11:13.87 10:17.14 4:41.46 2008 10:36.18 10:01.37 4:35.06 2009 10:22.21 9:57.12/9:56.69i 4:33.55 2010 10:31.32 9:55.53j 4:38.22 2011 10:06.63 9:45.65i 4:31.82 2012 - 9:54.58i - 2013 10:10.20 - 4:32.34 16:49.30 2014 9:53.23 - 4:27.28 16:35.12 2015 9:40.21 9:32.84/9:29.08i 4:29.25/4:28.70i Major competitions 2008 World Junior Ch heat (3000mSt) 2009 European Junior Ch 8 (3000mSt) 2011 European Team Ch/Super L 12 (3000mSt) European U23 Ch heat (3000mSt) 2015 European Team Ch/Super L 9 (3000m) Internat. matches Outdoors: 6 Indoors: 1 National titles: Outdoors (3000mSt): ’14 PB other events 800m 2:18.26 Stockholm 7.8.2007 i 2:15.57 Stockholm, 18.2.2009 1000m i 3:01.60 Lubbock, TX 14.1.2011 1500m 4:27.28 Stockholm 21.8.2014 1 mile i 4:51.74 Ames, IA 12.2.2011 3000m 9:32.84 Chekbosary, RUS 20.6.2015 i 9:29.08 Baerum, NOR 14.2.2015 5000m 16:35.12 Helsinki, FIN 31.8.2014 1500mSt 4:51.18 Göteborg 29.6.2007 2000mSt 6:30.80 Göteborg 22.7.2014 Notes Always (since age 15) had steeplechase as No 1 priority ... However after running 10:36 at age 18 didn’t get sub-10:00 until age 24 with a 10 second PB of 9:53 in prestigeous match vs Finland ... This summer has cut another 13 seconds off that PB ... Demonstrated exceptional mental tenacity at age 18 when – after arriving at a meet to find that all other entrants for the steeplechase had withdrawn – still ran and even managed a new PB! 10 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 Anna MALIN DAHLSTRÖM Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach Event Personal bests MAH-linn DAHL-streumm 26 August 1989 (Göteborg) Västra Frölunda (Göteborg) Technology student 171 cm / 60 kg Göteborgs KIK (-'09), Ullevi FK ('10-) Gustaf Hultgren & Thomas Kyöttilä Pole Vault 4.50 Göteborg 5.7.2015 4.55& Rottach-Egern, GER 11.7.2015 Progression 2004 2.50 2.60i 2005 3.32 2006 3.50 2007 3.60 2008 3.90 2009 4.16 2010 4.20 4.25i 2011 4.36 4.50i 2012 4.40/4.50& 2013 4.37 2014 - 4.52i 2015 4.50/4.55& Major competitions 2009 European Team Ch/Super L European U23 Ch 2011 European Indoor Ch European Team Ch/Super L European U23 Ch World Ch 2012 European Ch 2013 European Indoor Ch 2015 European Indoor Ch Internat. matches Outdoors: 8 Indoors: 3 National titles Outdoors: '11, ‘13 Indoors: '11, ‘12 PB other events 60m i 7.75 Göteborg 100m 13.17 200m 27.16 Lerum i 26.07 Malmö 800m i 2:46.14 Göteborg 60mH i 9.02 Göteborg 100mH 14.95 Borås HJ 1.49 Lerum LJ 5.80 Stockholm w 5.98 Helsingborg Pen i 3.075 Göteborg 11 12 8 qual nh 5 qual qual qual qual 7.3.2009 2005 27.5.2006 1.2.2009 16.3.2008 16.3.2008 6.9.2008 27.5.2006 31.8.2010 13.7.2008 16.3.2008 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 Notes Former gymnast taking up athletics at age 15 and was almost immediately introduced to the PV. Between 12 and 18 February 2011 raised NIR three times (4.43, 4.45 and 4.50) only to loose it on 20 February ... Snapped achilles tendon in training in April ’14, missed the whole outdoor season ... Returned to competition on 17 Jan ’15 making 4.30 in the comeback meet ... Raised overall PB to 4.55 in July. 12 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 CHARLOTTA Emma Katarina FOUGBERG Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach/Advisor Event Personal bests 2015 best Sharr-LOTT-ah FOOG-bairj 19 June 1985 (Lerum) Göteborg Process developer 165 cm / 51 kg Göteborgs KIK (-04), Ullevi FK (’07-) Johan Wettergren 3000m Steeplechase 9:23.96 Glasgow, GBR 12.7.2014 9:46.51 Ninove, BEL 1.8.2015 **NR** Progression 3000mSt 3000m 3000m i 1500m 800m 1998 2:37.83 1999 2:22.6m 2000 2:23.7m 2001 2:29.45 2002 2:20.37 2003 5:04.41i 2:11.12 2004 2:21.62 2005 -- not competing at all - 2006 -- not competing at all - 2007 10:48.04 10:15.94 4:39.23 2:12.8m 2008 11:18.68 10:40.71 4:34.04/4:29.44i 2:11.67/2:10.12i 2009 10:59.69 9:51.81 4:24.44 2:10.42i 2010 10:23.23 9:57.30 9.57.21i 4:25.35 2:12.53 2011 10:09.05 9:24.86 - 4:19.32 2:08.56 2012 10:22.03 - 9:41.47i - - 2013 9:39.00 9:17.83 9:07.94i 4:13.75 2:19.18 2014 9:23.96 8:58.56 9:12.37i 4:11.89 2015 9:46.51 9:01.33i 4:22.87i Major competitions 2011 European Team Ch/Super L 11 (3000m) 2013 European Indoor Ch heat (3000m) World Ch heat (3000mSt) European XC Ch 33 (8 km) 2014 European Team Ch/Super L 1 (3000mSt) European Ch 2 (3000mSt) Continental Cup 5 (3000mSt) 2015 European Indoor Ch 11 (3000m) European Team Ch/Super L 7 (3000mSt) Internat. matches Outdoors: 11 Indoors: 3 National titles: Outdoors (5000m): ’13, ‘15 (3000mSt): ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’15 (8 km XC): ’11 Indoors (1500m): ’10, ’13, ‘15 13 400m 63.06 58.97 60.38i 60.46/59.08i 58.66i 59.72i 60.07i PB other events 200m 27.65 2002 400m 58.97 Göteborg 7.9.2000 i 58.66 Malmö 25.1.2003 800m 2:08.56 Stockholm 29.7.2011 1000m 2:48.57 Lerum 9.8.2009 1500m 4:11.89 Karlstad 16.7.2014 3000m 8:58.56 Oslo, NOR 22.5.2014 i 9:01.33 Praha, CZE 6.3.2015 5000m 16:04.21 Stockholm 7.9.2013 1500mSt 4:34.61 Halmstad 6.7.2013 2000mSt 6:27.95 Sundsvall 1.7.2015 300mH 46.24 Stockholm 16.9.2000 Pen i 2.762 Göteborg 9.3.2003 Notes An archetypal “late bloomer” ... After early career as a 400m/800m runner had a couple of years off before returning as a middle distance runner with the Steeplechase as main event ... First ever international championship appearance at age 28 ... In hunt for the 9:48 B-standard for ’13 WCh in Moscow ran three races in just nine days in late July: 9:50 on the 19th and 9:51 on the 23rd before finally nailing it with 9:45 on the 27th ... Stepped up another level in ‘14 running three winning races – including the Euro Team Ch – in May/June at 9:34/9:35 ... When making DL debut in Glasgow in July took another ten seconds off the NR/PB when finishing 4th in 9:23.96 ... Narrowly lost the final sprint for the gold at ’14 ECh ... Ran on the European team at the ’14 Continental Cup. 14 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 Karl AXEL HÄRSTEDT Pronounciation AHCK-sell HAIR-stehtt Born 28 February 1987 (Täby) Residence Malmö OccupationAthlete Height/Weight 197 cm / 130 kg Clubs IK Finish (-’07), Malmö AI (’08-) Coach Self-coached Event Discus Throw Personal best 64.72 Bottnaryd 27.6.2015 Progression 2.0 kg 1.75 kg 1.5 kg 1.0 kg SP 2002 36.97 2003 40.58 2004 39.95 51.05 2005 53.25 2006 56.68 2007 56.14 15.73/16.29i 2008 54.49 16.05i 2009 57.04 16.59 2010 58.53 16.87i 2011 61.14 17.46i 2012 61.57 2013 61.66 2014 62.43 2015 64.72 Major competitions 2005 European Junior Ch qual 2006 World Junior Ch qual 2007 European U23 Ch qual 2014 European Ch 12 Internat. matches Outdoors: 3 Indoors: 1 National titles - PB other event SP 16.59 Karlskrona15.8.2009 i 17.46 Göteborg 26.2.2011 HT 37.51 Växjö 21.9.2009 JT 60.65 Gävle 11.9.2005 Notes Has now improved PB for seven straight years ... Total number of 60+ meets is currently 18 (5 in ’11, 2 in ’12, 1 in ’13, 5 in ’14 and 5 so far in ’15 ... In ’14 Europeans entering as No 29 on SB but still reached the final ... In ’15 has found a new level of consistency with all six meets at 63-64 metres .... Was 4th with 63.24 in rain-soaked DL Stockholm. 15 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 ERICA May-Lynn JARDER Pronounciation Eh-REE-kah JAHR-dehrr Born 2 April 1986 (Stockholm) Residence København, DEN Occupation Athlete Height/Weight 173 cm / 59 kg Club Täby IS (-’99), Danderyds SK (’00-’01), IF Linnéa (’01-’02), Spårvägens FK (’03-’06), Väsby IK (’07-’08), Spårvägens FK (’09-). Club in DenmarkSparta AM (’10-) Coach Anders Møller Event Long Jump Personal bests 6.68 Helsinki, FIN 30.8.2014 6.84w Göteborg 14.6.2014 6.71i Göteborg 2.3.2013 2015 bests 6.66 København, DEN 16.7.2015 6.69w Hengelo, NED 23.5.2015 6.69i Karlsruhe, GER 31.1.2015 Progression LJHJTJ100m60m 20005.12i 1.63i 20011.66 20021.66 20031.63i 20041.69i 20055.52/5.59w 1.71 2006 6.041.7612.43/12.49w 12.83 2007 6.181.78i12.43/12.49w 12.327.99i 2008 6.18/6.26w/6.24i12.70/12.82i 12.51/12.21w 7.80i 2009 6.15/6.21i12.70i12.827.76i 2010 6.3312.63/12.72i 12.627.87i 2011 6.42/6.43w11.757.69i 2012 6.4811.987.60i 2013 6.66/6.71i11.777.53i 2014 6.68/6.84w12.9011.787.46i 2015 6.66/6.69w/6.6911.77i7.47i Major competitions 2007 European U23 Ch qual (LJ) 2012 European Chheat (4x100m) 2013 European Indoor Ch3 (LJ) World Ch10 (LJ) 2014 World Indoor Ch8 (LJ) European Team Ch/Super L 3 (LJ) European Ch8 (LJ) 2015 European Indoor Chqual (LJ) European Team Ch/Super L 4 (LJ) Internat. matches Outdoors: 9 Indoors: 4 National titles Outdoors:’07, ’12, ’13, ‘14 Indoors: ’08, ’09, ’12, ’13, ‘15 16 PB other events 60m i 7.46 Malmö 25.1.2014 100m 11.75 København, DEN 6.8.2012 200m 25.20 Västerås 28.7.2007 w 25.19 Västerås 28.7.2007 800m i 2:29.21 Sätra 3.2.2008 HJ 1.76 Stockholm 25.7.2006 i 1.78 Nyköping 17.2.2007 TJ 12.90 Aabenraa, DEN 6.9.2014 Notes Began as a high jumper but at age 20 switched to the LJ due to a troublesome foot ... In ‘10 moved to Denmark (Copenhagen) ... Was extremely consistent at 6.30-6.40 during the last four years up until the very last meet of winter of ‘13 ... The ’13 European Indoors a month before turning 27 was her debut at a senior championship ... There surprised everybody by hitting 6.61 (overall PB by 13 cm) in the qualification to reach the final ... In the final improved another 10 cm to grab a completely unforeseen bronze ... Outdoors last summer confirmed the “Erica 2.0”-status by finishing 10th in Moscow and producing 9 meets beyond her “pre ’13 European Indoors PB” ... In the ’13 DL compiled 7-5-10-4 record ... In ‘14 in Sopot and Zurich made it 4-out-of-4 for reaching the final at international championships ... In ’14 DL finished 4-7-7-5-6 ... Trademark is consistency:Last summer had ten more meets within just 12 cm of her seasonal best 6.68 .... This winter switched from hangstyle to “small hitchkick” ... Still very consistent, e.g. this summer 3 meets at 6.66-6.69 plus 5 more at 6.53-6.58 ... In ’15 DL 8-9-6. 17 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 ANNELIE Viktoria Elisabeth JOHANSSON Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Clubs Coach/Advisor Event Personal best UNN-eh-lee YU-hunn-sonn 21 December 1978 (Borås) Sjömarken (Borås) Business Controller 176 cm / 55 kg SOK Knallen (’11), IK Ymer (’12), SOK Knallen (’13-’14), IK Ymer (’14-’15), Hälle IF (’15-) Ulf Friberg Marathon 2:40:05 Roma, ITA 22.3.2015 Progression Marathon Halfmar 10000m 2005 1:29:47 2006 2007 1:28:53 2008 2009 1:24:22 2010 1:28:42 2011 1:22:32 2012 1:21:17 38:14.4m 2013 2:48:40 1:25:45+ 35:38.76 2014 2:41:09 1:16:57 2015 2:40:05 1:15:33 Major competitions 2014 European Ch 30 Internat. matches National titles: PB other events 1500m i 5:00.75 Karlskrona 9.2.2013 3000m 10:06.67 Göteborg 28.6.2013 10000m 35:38.76 Borås 13.8.2013 Halfmar 1:15:33 Roma – Ostia, ITA 1.3.2015 Notes Didn’t join a club to seriously pursue running until ’11 ... Has set a new PB in all her six marat- hons so far: Debut 2:51 in June ’13, 2:48 in July ’13, 2:46 in May ’14, 2:42 in August ’14, 2:41 in October ’14 and 2:40 in March ’15. 18 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 Eva CHARLOTTE KARLSSON Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Clubs Coach/Advisor Event Personal best Sharr-LOTT KAHL-sonn 18 August 1984 (Södertälje) Stockholm Self-employed (see below) 170 cm / 54 kg IFK Tumba (-’11), Hammarby IF (’12-’13), Hässelby SK (’14-) Rubin McRae Marathon 2:42:29 Zürich, SUI 16.8.2014 Progression Marathon Halfmar 10000m 5000m 2007 3:31:07 1:33:46 2008 - 1:31:24 2009 3:15:01 1:29:32 2010 3:06:01 1:28:46 2011 2:57:52 1:18:44 36:02.46 2012 2:44:28 1:18:18 35:11.03 17:20.90 2013 - - - 2014 2:42:29 1:17:13 35:09.05 2015 2:45:13 1:15:25 36:32.38 Major competitions 2014 European Ch 34 Internat. matches National titles: ’12 PB other events 400m 62.12 Göteborg 30.6.2001 800m 2:17.71 Eskilstuna 12.8.2000 1500m 4:56.90 Stockholm 14.9.2001 i 4:43.81 Sätra 9.2.2013 2000m 6:55.17 Eskilstuna 13.8.2000 3000m 10:31.45 Enskede 20.5.2012 i 9:48.05 Norrköping 16.2.2013 5000m 17:20.90 Sollentuna 5.7.2012 10000m 35:09.05 Umeå 1.8.2014 Halfmar 1:15:25 Barcelona, ESP 15.2.2015 HJ 1.20 Huddinge 25.5.1998 LJ 4.07 Hallunda 28.8.1999 Athletics in family Sister Elisabeth (b ’87): Halfmarathon/Marathon: 1:25:35/3:07:02 ‘12/’14. Notes Middle distance runner in youth but stopped at age 18 ... In ’11 at age 27 returned to serious running now focussing on long distances ... In ‘11 together with a couple of friends (also former middle distance runners) started “Runday” to provide some regular running company for joggers, it quickly grew into a full-time business. 19 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 Anna ERIKA Kristina KINSEY (formerly: Wiklund) Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club US university Coach Event Personal bests Eh-REE-kah KINN-sey 10 March 1988 (Nälden) Warrensburg (Missouri), USA Student 185 cm / 68 kg Trångsvikens IF University of Central Missouri (’15) Daniel Kinsey High Jump 1.97 Cheboksary, RUS 9.8.2015 ProgressionHJLJTJ 20021.58 5.07 2003 1.6511.07/11.18w? 2004 1.865.73/5.85w11.54/11.73w 2005 1.846.0411.37/11.47w 2006 1.845.84/6.02w/5.92i2007 1.85/1.87i 5.972008 1.915.76i2009 1.885.82/5.95i2010 --12.13i 2011 1.84-12.42/12.50w 2012 -- not competed at all -- 2013 1.75-2014 1.885.82/5.87i12.79/12.99w 2015 1.976.28/6.46w13.11 Major competitions 2005 World Youth Ch 5 2006 World Junior Ch8 2007 European Junior Ch1 2009 European U23 Ch8 2015 European Team Ch/Super L 4 Internat. matches Outdoors:5 National titles Indoors:’09 PB other events 200m 26.722005 w 26.70 Dallas, TX24.5.2014 800m i 2:27.71 Crete, NE13.12.2014 300mH 45.33 Krokom6.8.2005 LJ 6.28 Allendale, MI 21.5.2015 w 6.46 Allendale, MI 21.5.2015 TJ 13.11 St. Charles, MO 3.5.2015 SP 9.50 Dallas, TX24.5.2014 i 9.79 Västerås15.3.2009 DT 24.16 Göteborg2.9.2009 HT 23.83 Göteborg2.9.2009 JT 29.38 Dallas, TX25.5.2014 Pen i 3.935 Västerås 15.3.2009 Hep 4.321 Dallas, TX (dns 800m) 25.5.2014 20 Athletics in familyHusband Daniel (b '86): Dec: 7.563 ‘09 Note At age 16 improved by 21 cm in one year, at Swedish Youth Ch raised PB from 1.80 to 1.86 ... That PB stood for three years until ‘07 when improved by 1 cm ... In ‘07 also a surprise winner of the European Junior title ... However, gradually started to loose motivation and left the sport to pursue other interest (e.g. played icehockey for a couple of years) ... Except for a minor comeback in summer of ’11 basically took four years off from athletics ... But then in ’13 interest was rekindled ... Begun second athletic career at University of Central Missouri ... Already in February ’14 by clearing 1.88 (just 3 cm off PB) proved jumping talent had not gone missing ... This year leading the UCM team to their first ever overall NCAA division 2 titles indoors as well as outdoors by scoring in HJ, LJ and TJ (1st, 4th and 1st indoors, 1st, 4th and 2nd outdoors) ... This summer immediately established herself on the international scene by 4th place at European Team Champs (1.97!) and 3rd place at Lausanne DL ... Not the first international class athlete out of Nälden:’58 European Champs 400mH silver medalist Per-Owe Trollsås also came from that small community (population c 900) in mid-eastern Sweden. 21 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 ELISE Inez MALMBERG Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach Event Personal bests Eh-LEES MAHLM-bairj 13 July 1995 (Broby) Broby / Växjö Student (mathematics & physics) 170 cm / 61 kg Hässleholms AIS Ingela Nilsson & Håkan Widlund 400m Hurdles 55.88 Tallinn, EST 12.7.2015 Progression 400mH 400m LJ 2008 5.42i/5.27z 2009 5.63 2010 63.32 6.00 2011 57.61 6.12 2012 62.29 56.77/56.72i 6.15 2013 - 56.77/56.41i 6.28/6.32w 2014 58.42 54.26 6.13/6.24i 2015 55.88 53.88i 6.12i Major competitions 2011 World Youth Ch 5 (Heptathlon) 2012 World Junior Ch qual (LJ) 2013 European Junior Ch 6 (LJ) semi (100mH) 2014 World Junior Ch 8 (LJ) heat (100mH) 2015 European Indoor Ch heat (400m) European Team Ch/Super L 5 (400mH) Internat. matches Outdoors: 4 Indoors: 2 National titles Outdoors (400mH): ‘15 Indoors (400m): ‘15 (LJ): ‘14 PB other events 60m i 7.54 Uddevalla 23.2.2013 100m 11.90 Halmstad 27.6.2015 w 11.73 Västerås 9.8.2013 200m 24.13 Vellinge 14.6.2015 400m 54.26 Helsinki, FIN 31.8.2014 i 53.81 Praha, CZE 6.3.2015 800m 2:20.61 Sandnes, NOR 17.6.2012 60mH i 8.48 Sätra 15.2.2014 100mH 13.82 Västerås 11.8.2013 w 13.69 Hässleholm 30.5.2015 300mH 41.63 Västerås 11.8.2013 HJ 1.69 Villeneuve d’Ascq,FRA 8.7.2011 i 1.70 Växjö 12.2.2012 i 1.70 Växjö 10.2.2013 22 100mH 14.95/14.77w 14.36 13.82 13.84 13.69w Hep 5.189 5.442 dnf SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 LJ 6.28 Stockholm 8.9.2013 w 6.32 Borås 1.9.2013 TJ 11.84 Hässleholm 30.7.2011 SP 11.34 Hässleholm 26.7.2015 i 11.49 Växjö 18.1.2014 DT 30.49 Växjö 22.9.2012 JT 33.89 Växjö 23.5.2012 Pen i 4.151 Växjö 10.2.2013 Hep 5.442 Huddinge 9.6.2013 Notes First priority the multievents, e.g. 5th aged 16 at the ’11 WYCh ... However, a persistent elbow injury hampering in the JT forced moving focus away from the Heptathlon ... Thus pursued the combo LJ/100mH for a couple of years ... In late summer of ’14 (after WJCh) decided to try the one lap events “just for fun” – and found her niche ... Inexperience at these events showed off in the match vs Finland: Starting out quite conservatively in the 400mH to finish with a “turbo burst” from the last hurdle to move from 5th to 1st ... That extraordinary push of the finishing straight has become something of a trademark as it this year has brought totally unsuspected wins in the B-race of the European Team Ch as well as in the European U23’s ... In the process the PB has been lowered by a total of over 2½ seconds ... Her 55.88 is the fastest time by a Swedish runner since ’99 (i.e. in 16 years). 23 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 Sara MICHAELA MEIJER Pronounciation Mick-ah-EH-lah MAY-ehrr Born 30 July 1993 (Göteborg) Residence Göteborg Occupation Pre-school teacher Height/Weight 172 cm / 63 kg Club Mölndals AIK (-‘07), Örgryte IS (‘08-) Coach Gustaf Hultgren & Thomas Kyöttilä Event Pole Vault Personal bests 4.50 Tallinn, EST 10.7.2015 4.52& Hof, GER 20.6.2015 4.55i Praha, CZE 6.3.2015 Progression 2005 2.03 2006 2.59 2.81i 2007 3.60 2008 3.91 2009 4.15/4.18& 2010 4.20 4.25i 2011 4.26 2012 3.96 4.14i 2013 2014 4.28 2015 4.50/4.52& 4.55i Major competitions 2009 World Youth Ch 2 2010 World Junior Ch final (nh) 2011 European Junior Ch qual 2014 European Team Ch/Super L 6 2015 European Indoor Ch qual European U23 Ch 2 Internat. matches Outdoors: 4 Indoors: 1 National titles Outdoors: ‘09 PB other events 200m 26.81 Eskilstuna 5.9.2009 60mH i 8.92 Norrköping 13.2.2011 100mH 14.81 Vellinge 28.8.2011 300mH 47.93 Mölndal 29.8.2010 HJ 1.61 Eskilstuna 5.9.2009 LJ 5.54 Västerås 11.9.2010 i 5.73 Sätra 20.2.2011 SP 10.22 Göteborg 10.9.2014 DT 29.29 Göteborg 29.9.2013 HT 29.96 Göteborg 10.9.2014 JT 29.63 Eskilstuna 6.9.2009 Pen i 3.350 Norrköping 13.2.2011 Notes Shadowed compatriot Angelica Bengtsson through youth years and at age 16 contributed to a Swedish 1-2 at the ’09 WYCh ... Due to a knee injury didn’t vault for almost two full years from summer of ’12 to summer of ’14 ... This winter finally could return to regular training and immediately raised her PB by 27 cm ... At ’15 European Indoors qualification set PB 4.55 only to miss the final (top-8) due to an earlier miss at 4.30 ... Together with compatriot Angelica Bengtsson made the ’15 European U23’s a re-run of the ’09 WYCh, i.e. they finished 1-2. 24 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 DAVID Nils Oscar NILSSON Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Clubs US university Coach/Advisor Event Personal best DAH-vidd NILL-sonn 16 April 1987 (Kalmar) Kalmar / Stockholm Student 179 cm / 67 kg Högby IF Jacksonville State University (‘09) Carl-Gustaf Nilsson Marathon 2:17:19 Rotterdam, NED 12.4.2015 Progression Marathon Halfmar 10000m 5000m 2005 15:08.08 2006 15:11.31 2007 14:49.20 2008 15:57.52 2009 1:10:26 14:35.52 2010 1:09:41 30:27.71 14:56.11 2011 2:21:25 1:05:56 31:27.41 15:00.01 2012 2:21:04 1:08:11 - 15:07.92 2013 2:25:45 1:06:56 30:18.49 15:04.2m+ 2014 2:27:00 1:07:17 29:50.22 14:24.33 2015 2:17:19 1:04:11 29:06.79 13:57.50 Major competitions 2006 European Junior XC Ch 80 2014 European Ch dnf (Marathon) Internat. matches Indoors: 1 National titles: PB other events 800m 1:59.45 Sävedalen 29.6.2006 1000m 2:31.62 Karlstad 23.7.2009 1500m 3:54.43 Sävedalen 24.7.2007 3000m 8:21.12 Sollentuna 27.6.2007 i 8:11.52 Baerum, NOR 14.2.2015 5000m 13:57.50 Oordegem, BEL 23.5.2015 10000m 29:06.79 London, GBR 16.5.2015 10 km road 29:39 Berlin, GER 13.10.2013 Halfmar 1:04:11 Venlo, NED 22.3.2015 2000mSt 6:02.54 Karlskrona 16.8.2009 3000mSt 9:22.72 Sävedalen 7.7.2007 Athletics in family Sister Ida (b ’81): 1500m/3000m/5000m/3000mSt: 4:18.54 ‘06/9:01.01 ‘06/15:33.18 ‘04/ 9:39.24 ’06, US Collegiate (NCAA) champion 3000mSt ’04 & 5000m indoors ’05 ... Sister Johanna (b ’83): 800m/1500m/3000m 2:05.11 ‘03/4:10.72 ‘03/9:06.61i ’06, US Collegiate (NCAA) champion 1 mile indoors ‘03/’06, 3000m indoors ’06 and cross-country ‘05) ... Brother Marcus (b ’91): Decathon: 8.104 ’13 ... Father Carl-Gustaf (b ’52): 3000m/5000m/3000mSt 8:16.34/14:15.03/8:50.58 ’84 ... Mother Katarina (Tornegård, b ’56): /3000m/5000m: 4:30.23 ’79/9:35.13 ‘84/16:57.91 ’84 ... Maternal aunt Anne-Marie (Tornegård, b ’57) SP: 14.57 ’85 ... Maternal aunt Siv (Tornegård, b ’60): HJ/SP 1.81 ’79/15.15 ’86. Notes Most PB’s have got a major lowering this year: 3000m by almost 10 seconds, 5000m by almost 17 seconds, 10000m by almost three quarters of a minute, halfmarathon by over 1½ minute and marathon by over 3½ minute. 25 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 KHADDIJATOU (“Khaddi”) Victoria SAGNIA Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach Event Personal bests CUDD-y Sahgg-NEE-ah 20 April 1994 (Helsingborg) Göteborg Athlete 173 cm / 63 kg Ullevi FK Katrin Klaup Long Jump 6.78 Söderhamn 9.8.2015 Progression LJ TJ 2007 5.18i/5.51z 10.74i/10.82z 2008 5.56 11.51 2009 5.89/6.00w/6.03i 12.76/12.93w/13.06i 2010 6.26 13.56 2011 6.32 13.65/13.86w 2012 - 13.57i 2013 - - 2014 6.55 - 2015 6.78 - Major competitions 2010 Youth Olympic G 1 (TJ) 2011 World Youth Ch 9 (TJ) 11 (LJ) 2015 European Indoor Ch qual (LJ) European U23 Ch 4 (LJ) Internat. matches Outdoors: 3 Indoors: 3 National titles Outdoors (LJ): ´15 (TJ): ‘11 Indoors (LJ): ‘11 (TJ): ‘11 PB other events 60m i 7.40 Sätra 21.2.2015 100m 12.65 Uddevalla 25.7.2009 w 12.05 Göteborg 13.6.2014 200m 25.14 Falun 6.8.2011 60mH i 8.60 Malmö 29.1.2012 100mH 13.93 Sundsvall 1.7.2015 w 13.62 Umeå 2.8.2014 HJ 1.78 Falun 6.8.2011 TJ 13.65 Vellinge 26.8.2011 **NJR** w 13.86 Karlstad 2.8.2011 SP 11.18 Göteborg 10.9.2014 i 11.35 Göteborg 4.12.2011 DT 28.62 Göteborg 26.9.2014 HT 32.52 Göteborg 20.9.2014 JT 41.47 Göteborg 10.9.2014 Hep 5.287 Falun 6-7.8.2011 26 60m 8.15i 7.90i 7.78i 7.65i 7.74i 7.55i 7.52i 7.40i 100m 12.65 12.05w SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 Notes At age 16 became the inaugural Youth Olympic champion in TJ ... In early ’12 suffered major knee injury(cruciate ligament) in training, had operation in ’13 and returned to competition in winter of ’14 ... After return focussing on Long Jump but as Triple Jump still is favourite event probably will return to that sometime in the future ... Improved consistency in winter of ’15 as illustrated by three legal jumps at 6.55-6.62 when finishing 2nd at the XL-galan ... Finished 9th in the qualification of the ’15 Europeans, missing a place in the final by a mere 1 cm ... Five outdoor meets this summer: 6.68 – 6.72 – 6.71 – 6.64 (6.52 Q) – 6.78 (6.71 Q). 27 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 SOFIE Natalie SKOOG Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach Event Personal bests Soh-FEE SKOOG 7 June 1990 (Mora) Karlstad Economy student 181 cm / 65 kg Ekshärads FI (-’09), IF Göta Karlstad (’10-) Stefan Holm High Jump 1.92 Söderhamn 9.8.2015 Progression 2004 1.55 2005 1.61 2006 1.64 2007 1.70 2008 1.71 2009 1.72 2010 1.78 2011 1.71 1.75i 2012 1.80 2013 1.90 2014 1.87 1.88i 2015 1.92 Major competitions 2013 Universiade 9 Internat. matches Outdoors: 3 Indoors: 2 National titles Outdoors: ‘15 Indoors: ’15 PB other events TJ 11.05 Göteborg 20.6.2012 w 11.29 Göteborg 20.6.2012 Athletics in family Brother Kim (b ’87): HJ: 2.00i ‘05 Note Seemed to be stuck in the 1.70’s when finally at age 22 making 1.80 in her debut on the national team in the prestigeous match vs Finland ... Big breakthrough in ‘13 raising her PB by a full decimetre to 1.90 ... Added another 2 cm this summer when winning national outdoor title ... Since autumn ’14 coached by ’04 Olympic champion Stefan Holm. Blog http://sofieskoog.blogspot.se/ 28 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 DANIEL Arvid Paavali STÅHL Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Clubs Coach Event Personal best 2015 best DAH-nee-ell STAULL 27 August 1992 Växjö / Stockholm Athlete 200 cm / 145 kg Spårvägens FK Vesteinn Hafsteinsson Discus Throw 66.89 Irvine, CA 63.38 Sundsvall 3.5.2014 1.7.2015 Progression 2.0 kg 1.75 kg 1.5 kg 1.0 kg SP 2006 26.85 47.68 9.39 2007 24.52 56.43 10.56 2008 40.36 49.01 11.40 2009 44.34 46.66 58.16 14.79 2010 50.32 53.43 16.09 2011 55.60 60.85 16.89/17.10i 2012 62.16 18.76 2013 61.29 18.78 2014 66.89 19.17 2015 63.38 18.70 Major competitions 2009 World Youth Ch qual (SP) qual (DT) 2010 World Junior Ch qual (SP) 2011 European Junior Ch qual (SP) qual (DT) 2013 European U23 Ch 4 (DT) 2014 European Team Ch/Super L 11 (DT) European Ch qual (DT) 2015 European Team Ch/Super L X (DT) Internat. matches Outdoors: 5 Indoors: 4 National titles Outdoors (DT): ‘14 (SP): ‘15 PB other event SP 19.17 Umeå 1.8.2014 HT 45.50 Växjö 2.9.2014 JT 43.78 Sätra 22.9.2013 WT (35 lb)i 17.31 Bollnäs 25.2.2012 Athletics in family Father Jan (b ’48): SP/HT: 16.80/59.14 ’80 ... Mother Taina (Laakso, b ’60): SP/DT: 14.11/51.90 ‘82/’88 ... Sister Anneli (b ’90): HT: 59.74 ’13 Notes Started out as an icehockey player but switched focus to athletics at age 17 ... Topped the ’14 World List for one week in spring of ’14 with his 66.89 ... 8-5-7 in his three Diamond League starts summer of ‘14 ... Current No of 60+ meets is 36 (3 in ’12, 3 in ’13, 18 in ‘14 and so far 12 in ’15) ... Current number of 63+ meets is 11 (8 in ’14 and so far 3 in ’15). 29 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 MICHEL Tresor Komesha TORNÉUS Pronounciation Mi-SHELL Tohr-NEH-uhss Born 26 may 1986 (Botkyrka) Residence Huddinge Occupation Athlete Height/Weight 184 cm / 70 kg Club Tullinge-Tumba FF (-’95), IFK Tumba (‘96-’10), Hammarby IF (’11-) Coach Oscar Gidewall Event Long Jump Personal bests 8.22 Kuortane, FIN 21.7.2012**NR** 8.30i Praha, CZE 6.3.2015**NIR** 2015 bests 7.83 Stockholm 30.7.2015 8.07w Söderhamn 8.8.2015 Progression 1996 4.28z 4.40zw (z = measured from take-off point) 1997 4.73z 1998 4.68z 4.79zw 1999 2000 2001 6.48 2002 6.74 6.86w 2003 7.07 2004 7.41 2005 7.94 2006 7.68 2007 7.85 2008 7.86 2009 8.11 2010 8.12 8.21w 2011 8.19 2012 8.22 2013 8.00 8.12w 8.29i 2014 8.09 8.10w 8.21i 2015 7.83 8.07w 8.30i Major competitions 2003 European Youth Olympics 6 2 (4x100m) 2005 European Junior Ch 4 2007 European U23 Ch 10 2009 European Indoor Ch qual European Team Ch/Super L 9 World Ch qual 2010 World Indoor Ch qual European Ch 9 2011 European Indoor Ch 7 European Team Ch/Super L 2 World Ch qual 30 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 2012 World Indoor Ch qual European Ch 3 Olympic G 4 2013 European Indoor Ch 2 World Ch qual 2014 World Indoor Ch 3 European Team Ch/Super L 5 European Ch 5 2014 European indoor CH 1 Internat. matches Outdoors: 15 Indoors: 3 National titles Outdoors (LJ) : ‘05, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ’10, ’12, ’13, ’14, ‘15 (TJ): ‘12 Indoors (LJ): ‘08, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14, ‘15 PB other events 60m i 6.93 Göteborg 4.3.2012 100m 10.71 Göteborg 9.7.2011 w 10.63 Sollentuna 22.5.2011 200m 22.61 Sollentuna 28.5.2005 w 22.41 Vallentuna 12.9.2004 300m 36.13 Enskede 19.5.2005 400m 52.94 Gävle 25.9.2004 1000m i 2:50.91 Karlskrona 6.3.2005 1500m 4:52.29 Gävle 26.9.2004 110mH 15.67 Gävle 26.9.2004 300mH 37.52 Kvarnsveden 14.8.2004 400mH 55.48 Leppävaara, FIN 22.8.2004 HJ 1.92 Gävle 25.9.2004 i 1.99 Karlskrona 5.3.2005 PV 2.96 Gävle 26.9.2004 i 3.26 Karlskrona 6.3.2005 TJ 15.90 Stockholm 26.8.2012 SP 10.97 Norrköping 17.5.2007 DT 29.50 Gävle 26.9.2004 JT 44.19 Gävle 26.9.2004 Dec 6.115 Gävle 25-26.9.2004 Athletics in family First cousin Ritchie Moba (b ’90): LJ: 7.33 ’14. Notes On 27 June ‘09 became the 3rd Swedish long jumper ever to surpass 8 metres in legal wind conditions when jumping 8.11 ... On 21 July ’12 in Kuortane with 8.22 finally surpassed the NR that had stood for 16 years ... On 21 February ’13 in Stockholm tied the NIR that had stood for 18 years ... On 3 March ’13 added another 8 cm to the record to take silver at European Indoors ... For many years not the luckiest when it came to narrow international medal decisions: At ’05 European Juniors 4th with the same mark as the bronze medalist, at ’12 Europeans 3rd just 4 cm from the silver, at ’12 Olympics 4th 1 cm from the bronze and 5 cm from the silver, at ’13 European Indoors 2nd just 2 cm from the gold, at ’14 World Indoors 3rd just 2 cm from the silver and 7 cm from the gold, at ’14 Europeans 5th just 6 cm from the silver ... Somewhat made up for that by winning the ’15 European Indoors with a massive 20 cm ... Current number of 8m+ competitions is 35 (17 legal outdoors, 7 wind-aided and 11 indoors) ... So far 16 Diamond League appearances since ’10 finishing in top-6 nine times ... Daughter Leah born in May ’14 ... In ’14 went for a condensed three-meet indoor season (XL-galan, NCh and WICh) which culminated in a bronze medal in Sopot ... Followed same recipe last winter, i.e. only XL-galan (1st at 8.07) and NCh (1st at 7.88) before dominating the EICh: 8.30i NIR was top mark in the world during the indoor season and margin of victory was 20 cm ... Just three meets this summer due to groin problems but 8.07w to take 9th national title outdoors. Website http://www.michel-torneus.se/ 31 SWEDISH TEAM - MEDIA GUIDE. World Championships, Beijing, 2015 Marion Agnes LOUISE WIKER Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Clubs Coach/Advisor Event Personal best Loo-EES VEE-kehrr 1 January 1979 (Hällefors) Stockholm Lawyer 165 cm / 52 kg Hällefors LK (-’03), Hässelby SK (’04-) Anders Szalkai Marathon 2:40:43 Sevilla, ESP 22.2.2015 Progression Marathon Halfmar 10000m 5000m 2001 1:28:44 2002 1:24:39 2003 1:21:10 37:04.39 18:12.9m 2004 - - 18:17.32 2005 - - 2006 1:26:46 - 18:09.90 2007 - - 17:39.4m 2008 - - 17:25.04 2009 - 36:36.33 2010 - 36:26.43 17:02.68 2011 - 34:26.47 16:40.08 2012 - 34:21.73 16:25.46 2013 - 1:19:42 16:47.62 2014 2:46:11 1:18:21 - 17:11.47 2015 2:40:43 1:19:00 - 16:50.23 Major competitions Internat. matches Outdoors: 2 National titles: Outdoors (10000m): ‘11 PB other events 1500m 4:33.43 Stockholm 17.8.2012 3000m 9:29.63 Oslo, NOR 24.5.2012 5000m 16:25.46 Watford, GBR 9.6.2012 10000m 34:21.73 Bilbao, ESP 3.6.2012 Halfmar 1:18:21 København, DEN 29.3.2014 Notes Despite running a 1:28 halfmarathon at age 22 in ’01 didn’t try the full marathon until 13 years later. Blog http://www.marathon.se/bloggar/louise-wiker 32 Representing Svenska Gång- och Vandrarförbundet (Swedish Walking Association) ANDERS Börje HANSSON Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach/Advisor Events Personal best UNN-desh HAHN-sonn 10 March 1992 (Borås) Lund Student 177 cm / 67 kg SK Svängen Siw Karlström 50 km Walk 4:03:20 Murcia, ESP Progression Major competitions National titles: PB other events 2013 4:35:46 2014 4:06:31 2015 4:03:20 2009 World Youth Ch 18 2011 European Junior Ch dnf 2013 European Cup dnf 2014 World Cup 85 2015 European Cup 18 Outdoors (50 kmW): ‘14 Indoors (5000mW): ‘14 5000mW 20:27.8m Trollhättan 10000mW42:56.5m Göteborg 10 kmW 41:52 Tibro 20 kmW 1:28:06 Vallensbaek, DEN 17.5.2015 33 (10000mW) (10000mW) (20 kmW) (20 kmW) (50 kmW) 12.8.2014 28.7.2014 16.8.2014 2.5.2015 Representing Svenska Gång- och Vandrarförbundet (Swedish Walking Association) Andreas Enrique ANATOLE Vera IBANEZ Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach/Advisor Events Personal best 2015 best Personal best Ah-nah-TOLL Ee-BAH-ness 14 November 1985 (Öja, Eskilstuna) Eskilstuna Student 177 cm / 69 kg Råby-Rekarne (-’08), Eskilstuna FI (’09-) Siw Karlström 50 km Walk 3:48:42 Zürich, SUI 15.8.2014 2:17:19 Rotterdam, NED 12.4.2015 Progression 2002 1:52:25 2003 1:39:44 2004 1:34:26 2005 1:32:33 2006 1:29:45 2007 1:26:33 2008 1:28:07 2009 1:26:42 2010 1:23:30 2011 1:24:55 4:10:54 2012 1:22:36 4:03:20 2013 1:24:35 3:53:38 2014 1:23:43 3:48:42 2015 1:22:48 Major competitions 2004 World Junior Ch 25 (10000mW) 2006 World Cup dnf (20 kmW) 2007 European Cup 38 (20 kmW) European U23 Ch dq (20 kmW) 2008 World Cup 72 (20 kmW) 2009 European Cup dq (20 kmW) 2010 World Cup 54 (20 kmW) European Ch dq (20 kmW) 2011 European Cup 20 (50 kmW) World Ch dq (20 kmW) 2012 World Cup 41 (50 kmW) 2013 European Cup 18 (20 kmW) Universiade 11 (20 kmW) World Ch 23 (20 kmW) 22 (50 kmW) 2014 World Cup 54 (20 kmW) European Ch 10 (50 kmW) 2015 European Cup 10 (20 kmW) National titles: Outdoors (10000mW): ’06, ’09, ’10, 12, ’13, ‘14 (20kmW): ’08, ’09, ’10 Indoors (5000mW): ’07, ’08, ’10, ‘12 PB other events 5000mW 20:12.6 Canberra, AUS 30.1.2010 i 19:03.05 Wien, AUT 8.2.2014 10000mW40:50.5m Växjö 31.8.2013 25000mW1:51:14.7 Växjö 25.7.2009 30000mW2:14:03.5 Växjö 25.7.2009 10 kmW 39:54 Turku, FIN 10.62013 3000mSt 11:55.11 Enskede 34 25.5.2002 Representing Svenska Gång- och Vandrarförbundet (Swedish Walking Association) Philip Enrique PERSEUS KARLSTRÖM (formerly: Ibanez) Pronounciation Born Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach/Advisor Events Personal best 2015 best Perr-SEH-uhss KAHL-streumm 2 May 1990 (Öja, Eskilstuna) Linköping Student 184 cm / 73 kg Råby-Rekarne FI (-’08). Eskilstuna FI (’09-) Siw Karlström 20 km Walk 1:21:54 Podebrady, CZE 12.4.2014 1:22:44 Murcia, ESP 17.5.2015 Progression 20 kmW 50 kmW 2005 1:53:39 2006 2007 2008 1:35:31 2009 1:31:22 2010 1:25:32 2011 1:26:20 2012 1:23:43 2013 1:24:55 3:52:43 2014 1:21:54 2015 1:22:44 Major competitions 2007 World Youth Ch 24 (10000mW) 2008 World Junior Ch 30 (10000mW) 2009 European Junior Ch 9 (10000mW) 2010 World Cup 43 (20kmW) 2011 European Cup dnf (20 kmW) European U23 Ch dnf (20 kmW) 2012 World Cup 58 (20 kmW) 2013 European Cup dnf (20 kmW) Universiade 20 (20 kmW) World Ch 38 (20 kmW) 2014 European Ch 17 (20 kmW) 2015 European Cup 8 (20 kmW) National titles: Outdoors (20kmW): ’12, ’13, ’14, ‘15 (50 kmW): ‘13 (10000mW): ’08, ‘15 Indoors (5000mW): ’11, ’13. ‘15 PB other events 5000mW i 19:16.06 Wien, AUT 8.2.2014 10000mW 39:18.60 Helsinki, FIN 30.8.2014 10 kmW 40:51 Turku, FIN 10.6.2013 1500m (run) 4:24.42 Eskilstuna 21.12.2013 Athletics in family Father Enrique (Vera, b ’54): 50kmW 3:43:59 ’79 (silver World Ch ’76) ... 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