SWEDISH TEAM

SWEDISH TEAM – MEDIA GUIDE. European Championships in Athletics – Barcelona 2010.
JESSICA Eva Katarina SAMUELSSON
Pronounciation YESS-ee-cah SAH-muh-el-sonn
Born
14 March 1985 (Saltsjö-Boo)
Residence Nacka
Occupation Law student (part time)
Height/Weight 176 cm / 65 kg
Club
Boo IF (-'01), Hässelby SK ('02-)
Coach
Dejan Mirkovic
Event
Heptathlon
Personal best 6.111 Götzis, AUT 31.5-1.6.2008
2010 best -
Progression Hep Pen i 400m 200m 100mH LJ 800m 400mH
1999 26.15
2000 25.33
2001 25.44/25.37w
2002 56.07 24.64 61.78
2003 5.017 3.678 54.53 24.81 14.71 5.85 2:21.21 58.67
2004 - - 56.23i 24.75i 5.66i
2005 5.633 3.961 24.73 14.22 6.12 2:14.07
2006 5.967 4.264 54.40 24.10 14.06/13.99w 6.09 2:09.49
2007 5.761 - - 24.67 14.17/14.11w 6.01w 2:12.25
2008 6.111 4.428 55.21i 24.08 13.89 6.32 2:07.48
2009 6.004 4.453 - 24.20 13.90/13.84w 6.31 2:07.03
2010 - 4.476 - - 14.52 5.89/6.23i 2:14.04i
Major competitions 2003 European Junior Ch heat (400mH)
5 (4x400m)
2005 European U23 Ch 8 (Hep)
2006 European Cup/Super L 9 (Hep)
2007 European U23 Ch 13 (Hep)
World Ch 29 (Hep)
2009 World University G 1 (Hep)
World Ch 17 (Hep)
Internat. matches Outdoors: 6
National titles Outdoors (Hep): '03, '05, '08
(LJ): '09
Indoors (Pen): '05, '06, '08, '09, '10
PB other events 60m i 7.64 Sätra 6.2.2010
100m 12.27 Sävedalen 23.8.2008
200m 24.08 Värnamo 19.7.2008
300m 39.92 Enskede 19.5.2005
400m 54.40 Sollentuna 15.7.2006
800m 2:07.03 Beogard, SRB 11.7.2009
60mH i 8.50 Bollnäs 1.3.2009
100mH 13.89 Karlstad 28.7.2009
w 13.84 Malmö 3.8.2009
300mH 42.85 Västerås 27.7.2002
400mH 58.67 Norrtälje 3.8.2003
HJ 1.76 Beograd, SRB 10.7.2009
LJ 6.32 Västerås 1.8.2008
SP 14.37 Sollentuna 6.6.2008
i 14.90 Sätra 24.1.2009
JT 37.72 Helsingborg 10.7.2010
Pen i 4.476 Sätra 7.3.2010
Note: Sprinter/hurdler until '03, when focus began shifting towards combined events.
In '08 surpassed the IAAF A-standard on three occasions but was still not selected for Beijing by the Swedish OC.
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