Kajsa Bergqvist

Bergqvist at the 2006 World Finals in Stuttgart

Kajsa Bergqvist ( Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist ; born October 12, 1976 in Sollentuna ) is a former Swedish high jumper who was world champion in 2005 and won the Olympic bronze medal in 2000.

Career

Bergqvist is the daughter of the 110 m hurdle sprinter Gunnar Bergqvist , who took part in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich . She had her international breakthrough at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . She won the bronze medal. In 2001 she was first indoor world champion and in the summer at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton she won the bronze medal, as in Sydney. In 2002 she had her strongest season to date with a total of 14 wins from 17 competitions, and she became European champion and vice world champion.

In 2004 she was injured and had to forego the participation in the Olympic Games in Athens , but was then able to win the coveted title at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 2005. This was the long overdue coronation of the best high jumper in the last five years. For this achievement she was honored with the Svenska Dagbladet gold medal.

Her personal best outdoors is 2.06 m, achieved on July 26, 2003 at the international high jump meeting in Eberstadt . On February 4, 2006, she jumped 2.08 m at the 30th  high jump with music in Arnstadt . So she has replaced Heike Henkel , who received the award for her life's work at this meeting, as the indoor world record holder. She was the top favorite at the 2006 European Championships in her home city of Gothenburg that followed in the summer , was surprisingly defeated by Belgian Tia Hellebaut in a high-class final and won the bronze medal.

Kajsa Bergqvist is 1.75 m tall and weighed 59 kg at competition times. Yannick Tregaro has been her trainer since 2004 . On January 7, 2008, she announced the end of her career.

From 2007 to 2011 she was married to the Swedish actor and film director Måns Herngren .

Performance development

Berqvist at the 2006 World Finals in Stuttgart

year	High jump (in meters)
1988	1.38
1989	1.56
1990	1.56
1991	1.61
1992	1.77
1993	1.84
1994	1.90
1995	1.90
1996	1.93
1997	1.95
1998	1.93
1999	1.98
2000	2.01
2001	2.00
2002	2.05
2003	2.06
2004	-
2005	2.03
2006	2.08 (hall)

Web links

Commons : Kajsa Bergqvist  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kajsa Bergqvist in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Mission accomplished - Kajsa Bergqvist resigns , article by Christian Fuchs on Leichtathletik.de, January 7, 2008
• Kajsa Bergqvist in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Aftonbladet: Så går Kajsa vidare