SWEDISH TEAM

SWEDISH TEAM – MEDIA GUIDE. European Championships in Athletics – Barcelona 2010.
Kerstin ULRIKA JOHANSSON
Pronounciation Uhll-REE-kah YU-hunn-sonn
Born
9 February 1975 (Alunda)
Residence Stockholm
Occupation Postman (full-time)
Height/Weight 175 cm / 60 kg
Club
Alunda SK (-´96), Rånäs 4H ('97-)
Coach/Advisor Bo Noaksson
Event
3000m Steeplechase
Personal best 9:38.88 Berlin, GER 15.8.2009
2010 best 9:53.62 Oslo, NOR 4.6.2010
Progression 1500m 800m 3000m 3000mSt
1988 2:36.6m
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995 4:39.80 2:15.24 10:33.41
1996 4:32.16 2:10.56 10:29.7m
1997 4:33.00 2:09.29
1998 4:43.49 2:09.66
1999 4:19.93 2:08.12
2000 4:26.95 2:10.57 9:39.60 10:28.45
2001 - 4:19.50i 2:09.77i 9:55.0mi
2002 4:19.23 2:11.31 9:33.57i 10:25.96
2003 4:28.22 4:19.92i 2:10.40 9:40.86i
2004 4:29.71 2:14.51
2005 4:19.16 4:17.79i 2:12.57i 9:24.01 10:29.58
2006 4:15.77 2:11.04i 9:27.34 10:16.34
2007 4:16.99 4:16.13i 2:09.62 9:36.93i 10:12.60
2008 4:16.46 2:07.48 9:26.73 9:56.48
2009 4:16.48 4:15.56i 2:08.00 9:21.72i 9:38.88
2010 4:22.98 4:11.52i 9:05.2mi 9:53.63
Major competitions 2009 European Indoor Ch heat (1500m)
World Ch heat (3000mSt)
European XC Ch 49
2010 World Indoor Ch heat (1500m)
Internat. matches Outdoors: 14
Indoors: 2
National titles Outdoors (1500m): '06, '08
(3000mSt): '08, '09
(4 km XC): '09
(8 km XC): '09
Indoors (1500m): '02, '08, '09
(3000m): '06, '07, '08, '09
PB other events 400m 59.88 Stockholm 12.8.2008
800m 2:07.48 Stockholm 22.7.2008
1500m 4:15.77 Heusden-Zolder, BEL 22.7.2006
i 4:11.52 Stockholm 10.2.2010
3000m 9:22.03 Oslo, NOR 19.5.2010
i 9:05.2m Birmingham, GBR 20.2.2010
2 miles i 9:48.85 Birmingham, GBR 20.2.2010
5000m 16:17.49 Malmö 3.8.2009
Note: Soccer player recruited to athletics at age 20 to fill out a relay team for a local club. Has remained in the sport since
then while the original members of that team left the sport within a couple of years.
Despite competing for fifteen years has set new PB's at all distances in last two years.
Winter of '10 ran four races (3 x 3000m, 1 x 1500m) pre-Doha setting PB's on all four occasions.
University degree in archaeology.
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