SWEDISH TEAM

SWEDISH TEAM – MEDIA GUIDE. European Championships in Athletics – Barcelona 2010.
PB other events HJ 1.95 Osaka, JPN 25.8.2007
PV 3.16 Stockholm 15.9.2001
TP 14.29 Växjö 8.6.2008 **NR**
SP 15.05 Götzis, AUT 27.5.2006
DT 33.96 Växjö 30.8.2000
JT 50.96 Götzis, AUT 28.5.2006
Pen i 4.948 Madrid, ESP 4.3.2005 **NIR**
Hep 7.032 Osaka, JPN 25-26.8.2007 **AR**
Athletics in family Mother Ingalill (Ahlm, b '56) LJ: 6.09/6.20w ’79. (Father Johnny 1st division soccer player.)
Sister Martina (b '80) LJ: 5.47i '97
Sister Sofia (b '85) HJ: 1.68 '01, LJ: 5.80/5.85w '02/'01, TJ: 12.02i '01, Hep: 5.025 '02
Sister Olivia (b '92) LJ/TJ: 5.29 '08/11.99 '09
Husband Patrik (Kristiansson, b 77) PV: 5.85 '02 (3rd WCh '03, 2nd WJCh '96).
Note: When in '02 retaining World Junior title improved a WJR that had stood since the year of her birth.
In first 17 major international championships/games struck gold 15 times and bronze twice.
At 22 the youngest ever to get the “grand-slam” of championships: OG, WCh, WICh, ECh, EICh.
In Athens '04 her 517 points advantage on 2nd place was larger than the gap between 2nd and 25th!
EAA female “European Athlete of the year" in '03 and '06.
In '07 the only athlete to defeat World Champion Tatyana Lebedeva in the LJ (at Lausanne Super Grand Prix).
In first “competitive” TJ as a senior in the match vFIN '04 did 13.87 with right foot take-off and 13.73 with left foot takeoff!
On 19 March '08 announced – giving "need for a new challenge" as reason – decision to quit the Heptathlon (after six years
as undisputed No 1!) to instead concentrate on the LJ and TJ.
Thus stopped winning streak in heptathlon at 19 (with average winning margin of 333 points)!
Had a tibia stress fracture in late '08 and in June '09 suffered severe hamstring pull that demanded operation. Returned to
competition on 19 May '10 then had a calf muscle injury on 12 June and made new comeback on 11 July.
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