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MEDIA GUIDE SWEDISH TEAM European Athletics Championships, Helsinki 2012 SWEDISH TEAM – MEDIA GUIDE. European Athletics Championships, Helsinki 2012 Index KIM AMB, Javelin Throw. 3 JOHAN ROGESTEDT, 800 m . 29 TRACEY ANDERSSON, Hammer Throw . 4 JESSICA SAMUELSSON, Heptathlon . 30 LEIF ARRHENIUS, Shot Put & Discus Throw . 5 JOHAN SVENSSON, 800 m . 31 NIKLAS ARRHENIUS, Discus Throw . 6 VIKTORIA TEGENFELDT, 800 m & 1500 m. 32 BJÖRN BARREFORS, Decathlon . 7 MICHEL TORNÉUS, Long Jump . 33 ANGELICA BENGTSSON, Pole Vault . 8 STEFAN TÄRNHUVUD, 100 m & 4x100 m. 34 ADIL BOUAFIF, 5000 m & 10000 m . 9 GABRIEL WALLIN, Javelin Throw . 35 MALIN DAHLSTRÖM, Pole Vault . 10 JOHAN WISSMAN, 400 m . 36-37 NIL DE OLIVEIRA, 200 m & 4x100 m . 11 SWEDISH RELAY TEAMS: HELENA ENGMAN, Shot Put . 12 MEN 4x100 m . 37-38 EMMA GREEN TREGARO, High Jump. 13-14 Nil de Oliviera Tom Kling-Baptiste MOA HJELMER, 400 m . 15 Benjamin Olsson ALHAJI JENG, Pole Vault . 16 David Sennung MATTIAS JONS, Hammer Throw . 17 Oskar Åberg Stefan Tärnhuvud EBBA JUNGMARK, High Jump . 18 WOMEN 4x100 m . 38-39 CAROLINA KLÜFT, Long Jump. 19-20 Lena Berntsson JOSEFIN MAGNUSSON, 400 m. 21 Erica Jarder MUSTAFA MOHAMED, 10000 m . 22-23 Freja Jernstig Pernilla Nilsson MARCUS NILSSON, Decathlon . 24 Caroline Sandsjoe PHILIP NOSSMY, 110 m Hurdles . 25 Julia Skugge PETTER OLSON, Decathlon . 26 Swedish Team Officials. 40 ANDREAS OTTERLING, Long Jump . 27 Press Conferences Swedish Team . 40 FRIDA PERSSON, 400 m Hurdles . 28 Compiled by: © A. Lennart Julin (ATFS) in co-operation with Jonas Hedman (ATFS). (Valuable sources of information compiled by Bo Nordin, Bengt Holmberg and Owe Fröberg.) Note: The purpose of this guide is to be a source of background information for the media covering the 2012 European Championships. Thus individual pieces of infor- mation are of course free to use in articles and reports. However, the actual profiles Swedish Athletic Association must not be – wholly or partially – reprinted, published on Internet or entered into Heliosgatan 3 databases or similar electronic information systems. SE-120 30 Stockholm, Sweden Production: Text & Bildproduktion AB Phone: +46-10-476 53 30 Fax: +46-8-724 68 61 Photo: Ryno Quantz, Hasse Sjögren E-mail: [email protected] 2 SWEDISH TEAM – MEDIA GUIDE. European Athletics Championships, Helsinki 2012 KIM Oscar AMB Pronounciation KIM AH-MMB Born 31 July 1990 (Solna) Residence Bålsta Height/Weight 180 cm / 85 kg Clubs F Bålsta IK Coach Björn Amb Event Javelin Throw Personal best 81.84 Växjö 25.5.2012 Progression 800 g 700 g 600 g 2004 40.84 2005 46.52 2006 49.57 2007 55.01 64.38 2008 69.34 2009 66.06 2010 77.81 2011 80.09 2012 81.84 Major competitions 2008 World Junior Ch qual 2011 European U23 Ch 4 Internat. matches Outdoors: 3 National titles Outdoors: ‘11 PB other event PV 3.45 Göteborg 8.7.2006 Athletics in family Father Björn (b ‘61): JT: 62.60 ’79 (old implement) Sister Emilia (b ‘92): JT: 44.49 ’12 Note: In ’10 set PB at NCh and in prestigeous match vFIN, in ’11 at European U23 Ch and at NCh. 3 SWEDISH TEAM – MEDIA GUIDE. European Athletics Championships, Helsinki 2012 TRACEY Anna ANDERSSON Pronounciation TRAY-see UNN-deh-shonn Born 5 December 1984 (Trelleborg) Residence Göteborg Occupation Office clerk (part time) Height/Weight 167 cm / 80 kg Club IFK Trelleborg (-‘03), Heleneholms IF (‘04-‘05), IFK Trelleborg (‘06-’10), Ullevi FK (’11-) Coach Håkan Kyöttilä Event Hammer Throw Personal best 70.33 Jablonec, CZE 15.4.2012 ** NR ** Progression 1999 34.75 2000 35.96 2001 45.83 2002 51.80 2003 57.10 2004 60.48 2005 64.85 2006 65.48 2007 63.90 2008 65.24 2009 67.99 2010 69.28 2011 68.61 2012 70.33 Major competitions 2003 European Junior Ch qual 2005 European U23 Ch 10 2006 European Ch qual 2010 European Ch 11 2011 European Team Ch/Super L 11 Internat. matches Outdoors: 11 National titles Outdoors: ’05, ’08. ‘11 Indoors (WT): ’07, ’08, ’10, ‘11 PB other events PV 3.10 Vellinge 27.5.2000 SP 12.63 Trelleborg 16.8.2008 DT 39.17 Eslöv 12.5.2002 WT (20 lb)i 20.15 Göteborg 5.2.2011 Note: With her 69.28 on 20 May 2010 ended Cecilia Nilsson’s almost 12 years long grip on the Swedish national record. On 15 April 2012 in Jablonec (CZE) brought the NR beyond the 70m-barrier. 4 SWEDISH TEAM – MEDIA GUIDE. European Athletics Championships, Helsinki 2012 LEIF Hilding ARRHENIUS Pronounciation LAY-f Ah-REHN-yuhss Born 15 July 1986 (Provo, UT, USA) Residence Provo, UT Occupation Student Height/Weight 192 cm / 120 kg Club Spårvägens FK US university Brigham Young University (‘05, ‘08-‘11) Coach Vesteinn Hafsteinsson Event Shot Put & Discus Throw Personal bests 19.62 Bottnaryd 16.6.2012 19.92i College Station, TX 11.3.2011 64.46 Växjö 3.8.2011 2012 best 62.64 Bottnaryd 16.6.2012 Progression DT SP HT 2001 40.36 12.59 38.91 2002 47.90 14.77 48.02 2003 53.87 16.07 53.75 2004 41.17 16.54 52.92 2005 56.10 15.95/16.88i 60.23 2006 on mission (in Taiwan) 2007 55.80 14.52 55.13 2008 63.12 17.56 60.40 2009 57.61 16.61/18.35i 54.52 2010 61.92 18.86/18.98i 62.77 2011 64.46 19.37/19.92i 61.07 2012 62.64 19.62 Major competitions 2011 World Ch qual Internat. matches Outdoors: 1 Indoors: 1 National titles Outdoors: ’08 PB other events HT 62.77 Albuquerque, NM 14.5.2010 JT 49.73 Provo, UT 17.5.2003 WT (36 lb) i21.56 Fayetteville, AR 13.3.2010 Athletics in family Father Anders (b ‘47): SP/DT: 19.92 ‘78/52.71 ‘73 Brother Daniel (b ‘78): SP/DT: 17.99/56.32 ‘03 Sister Annika (b ‘80): DT: 39.40 ‘00 Brother Niklas (b ‘82): SP/DT: 19.79 ‘11/19.91i ‘04/66.22 ‘11 Note: Permanent resident of Utah since birth, but has retained the Swedish citizenship of his father, who was on Swedish national team as a shot putter in 1970’s (four times national champion). Improved Shot Put PB by 94 cm to 19.92 to win the ’11 NCAA Indoor title. Concluded collegiate career in ’11 with 2nd places in both SP & DT at the NCAA Championships. 5 SWEDISH TEAM – MEDIA GUIDE. European Athletics Championships, Helsinki 2012 NIKLAS Bo ARRHENIUS Pronounciation NICK-luss Ah-REHN-yuhss Born 10 September 1982 (Provo, UT, USA) Residence Provo, UT Occupation Coach Height/Weight 192 cm / 125 kg Club Spårvägens FK US university Brigham Young University (‘04-‘07) Coach Vesteinn Hafsteinsson Event Discus Throw Personal best 66.22 Helsingborg 8.8.2011 2012 best 64.69 Helsingborg 17.6.2012 Progression DT SP HT 1999 51.03 14.55 41.39 2000 59.19 - - 2001 59.13 17.01 45.50 2002 on mission 2003 59.82 17.60 53.63 2004 63.62 18.88/19.91i 52.74 2005 60.33 17.18/18.58i - 2006 63.47 18.07 52.92 2007 65.77 17.35/19.22i 50.30 2008 63.74 17.98 - 2009 65.42 17.87/17.90i - 2010 63.87 19.75 53.62 2011 66.22 19.79 52.25 2012 64.69 19.01 Major competitions 2000 World Junior Ch 2 2001 European Junior Ch 4 2006 European Ch qual 2007 World Ch qual 2008 Olympic G qual 2010 European Ch qual qual (SP) 2011 European Indoor Ch qual (SP) European Team Ch/Super L 7 10 (SP) World Ch qual Internat. matches Outdoors: 10 National titles: Outdoors (SP): ‘09, ‘10, ‘11 (DT): ‘04, ‘06, ‘07, ‘10, ‘11 Indoors (SP): ‘10, ‘11, ‘12 PB other events SP 19.79 Göteborg 11.6.2011 i 19.91 Air Force Academy, CO 28.2.2004 HT 53.63 Orem, UT 4.10.2003 JT 51.81 Orem, UT 4.10.2003 WT (36 lb)i 18.73 Provo, UT 16.1.2004 Athletics in family Father Anders (b ‘47) SP/DT: 19.92 ‘78/52.71 ‘73 Brother Daniel (b ‘78): SP/DT: 17.99/56.32 ‘03 Sister Annika (b ‘80): DT: 39.40 ‘00 Brother Leif (b ‘86): SP/DT/HT: 19.62 ‘12/19.92i ‘11/64.46 ‘11 Wife Tiffany (Rasmussen, b’ 84): JT: 48.88 ‘06 Note: Permanent resident of Utah since birth, but has retained the Swedish citizenship of his father, who was on Swedish national team as a shot putter in 1970’s (four times national champion). On 14 April ‘01 at the Arcadia Invitational improved the US High School record with the 1.61 kg implement by almost three meters throwing 71.40. (The record was surpassed in ‘09 by 68 cm.) Concluded collegiate career in ‘07 by becoming the NCAA champion. 6 SWEDISH TEAM – MEDIA GUIDE. European Athletics Championships, Helsinki 2012 BJÖRN Peter BARREFORS Pronounciation B-YURN BAHRR-eh-FOSH Born 27 October 1987 (Vallentuna) Residence Lincoln, NE & Stockholm Occupation Student (Computer science) Height / Weight 183 cm / 82 kg Club Falköpings AIK (-‘05), Hammarby IF (‘06-) US University University of Nebraska Coach Kris Grimes Event Decathlon Personal best 7.897 Madison, WI 11-12.5.2012 (11.04w 7.57 13.49 2.02 50.22 14.46 46.27 5.06 46.29 4:53.41) Progression Dec Hep i 110mH HJ PV LJ SP DT 2001 1.65 2002 1.75 2.91 2003 1.83 3.57 2004 1.91 4.40 6.80 2005 1.88/1.90i 4.45 6.91 36.20 2006 7.012 14.79/14.77w 2.00 4.71 7.14 12.19 36.74 2007 7.174 5.173 14.67/14.47w 1.98 4.43/4.53i 7.16 12.00 36.03 2008 7.405 5.577 14.37/14.31w 2.04 4.80 7.37/7.40w 12.86/13.34i 38.43 2009 7.689 5.795 14.46 1.96 4.90/4.93i 7.32/7.40w 14.18/14.27i 40.92 2010 - 5.710j - 2.00i 4.61i 7.22i 13.74/14.11i 40.23 2011 7.417 5.816 14.57 2.02/2.06i 4.83/4.92i 7.45 14.19/14.30i 41.55 2012 7.897 5.894 14.46 2.02 5.06/5.10i 7.57 13.68/14.70i 46.27 Major competitions 2006 World Junior Ch 11 2009 European Cup/Super L 20 Internat.