SWEDISH TEAM

SWEDISH TEAM – MEDIA GUIDE. European Championships in Athletics – Barcelona 2010.
MATTIAS David CLAESSON
Pronounciation Mah-TEE-uss KLAH-sonn
Born
26 July 1986 (Nykyrka)
Residence Sundbyberg
Occupation Athlete
Height/Weight 184 cm / 70 kg
Club
Mullsjö SOK (-'03), Hässelby SK ('04-)
Coach/Advisor Self-coached
Event
800m
Personal bests 1:46.36 Oslo, NOR 3.7.2009
2010 best 1:47.36 Sollentuna 1.7.2010
Progression 800m 400m 400m i
2000 2:21.95i
2001 -
2002 - 52.10 51.54i
2003 1:51.07 49.07 49.79i
2004 1:47.07 47.50 47.61i
2005 1:48.38 46.53 47.79i
2006 1:46.46 47.36 47.31i
2007 1:46.43 - 47.61i
2008 1:47.61 48.02
2009 1:46.36 47.81i
2010 1:47.36
Major competitions 2003 European Youth Olympics 3 (800m)
2005 European Indoor Ch heat (800m)
European Junior Ch 1 (800m)
World Ch heat (4x400m)
2006 World Indoor Ch 4 (4x400m)
European Ch semi (800m)
2007 European Indoor Ch 5 (800m)
World Ch heat (800m)
2008 World Indoor Ch semi (800m)
2009 European Indoor Ch 3 (800m)
World Ch heat (800m)
2010 World Indoor Ch heat (800m)
Internat. matches Outdoors: 10
Indoors: 1
National titles Outdoors: '05, '06, '07, '09
Indoors: '07, '08, '09
PB other events 60m i 7.20 Västerås 4.3.2006
100m 11.39 Norrtälje 12.5.2004
200m 21.58 Sollentuna 29.5.2005
400m 46.53 Sollentuna 27.5.2005
1000m 2:21.00 Karlstad 23.7.2009
1500m 4:03.97 Stockholm 12.9.2003
i 3:51.54 Sätra 2.2.2008
3000m 9:18.23 Stockholm 15.9.2002
Kula 8.78 Kungsängen 1.10.2005
Diskus 19.71 Kungsängen 1.10.2005
Slägga 18.65 Kungsängen 1.10.2005
Spjut 29.10 Kungsängen 9.10.2004
Note: With background in cross-country running, american football and judo decided at age 16 to become a runner and
“immediately” ran credible times of 4:10/9:18 for 1500m/3000m. However, had mind set on shorter distances with the long
time focus on 800m to which end competed mainly at 400m until '06.
Big national breakthrough summer of '04 by at age 18 running three truly remarkable negatively-split 800m races: Winning
the national race at DN Galan in 1:48.15 (54.7/53.5!), placing 2nd at the Swedish Championships in 1:47.07 (c54.5/52.6!)
and winning the match vs Finland in 1:50.66 (59.3/51.4). In latter race had 23.7 between 500m and 700m!
Stunned onlookers - and left the opposition standing - by employing the same kind of "lightning strikes" tactics at the '05
European Junior Championships. Despite being last with 300m to go in the slow paced final - and despite not hitting the
front until coming off the last bend - won by 1.21 seconds!
Nine fastest races: 1:46.36 – 1:46.43 – 1:46.43 – 1:46.46 – 1:46.57 – 1:46.60 - 1:46.70 – 1:46.77 – 1:46.95.
Website: http://mattiasclaesson.se/
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