SWEDISH TEAM

SWEDISH TEAM – MEDIA GUIDE. European Championships in Athletics – Barcelona 2010.
HELENA Sofia ENGMAN
Pronounciation Heh-LEH-nah ENG-munn
Born
16 June 1976 (Piteå)
Residence Piteå
Occupation Physical education teacher (part time)
Height
171 cm / 94 kg
Club
Riviera FI
US university Utah Valley State College ('99)
Coach
Kurt Engman
Event
Shot Put
Personal bests 18.13i Nordhausen, GER 18.1.2008 **NIR**
18.12 Sävedalen 6.6.2010 **NR**
Progression 1990 10.37 2002 16.45
1991 10.44 2003 16.41
1992 10.69 2004 16.34
1993 11.63 2005 15.97 16.40i
1994 12.69 2006 17.51
1995 13.47 2007 17.72
1996 13.85 14.07i 2008 17.59 18.13i
1997 14.34 14.43i 2009 17.36
1998 14.82 14.85i 2010 18.12
1999 16.46
2000 16.75
2001 16.49
Major competitions 1999 World University G 12
qual (HT)
2003 World University G 6
2006 European Cup/Super L 9
European Ch
qual
2007 European Indoor Ch 8
World Ch
qual
2008 World Indoor Ch qual
2009 European Indoor Ch qual
World Ch
qual
Internat. matches Outdoors: 16
Indoors: 2
National titles Outdoors: '03, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09
Indoors: '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10
PB other events TJ 11.05 Trollbäcken 3.7.1993
DT 48.99 Sundsvall 25.9.1999
HT 56.53 Växjö 29.8.2000
JT 39.46 Piteå 17.7.1999
WT (20 lb) i 15.74 Logan, UT 30.1.1999
Athletics in family Father Kurt (b '41) TJ: 14.06 '73.
Mother Barbro (Hartzell, b '42): 800m/1500m/3000m: 2:17.0m/4:39.1m/10:16.6m '72
First cousin Joakim Eriksson (b '61): 1500m: 3:51.65 '82
Note: At the '06 match vs Finland suddenly added 76 cm to her 6 years old PB missing the NR by just 1 cm.
In '07 confirmed improvement by raising Swedish record indoors by 45 cm to 17.46 and outdoors record by 20 cm to 17.72.
Winter of '08 surpassed 18 m in three indoor meets and this summer brought also the outdoor record to 18+.
Uses the rotational technique which despite now being dominant among the men is quite rare in the women's elite.
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