Angelica Bengtsson

Angelica Bengtsson
Angelica Bengtsson 2015
Full name	Angelica Therese Bengtsson
nation	Sweden
birthday	8th July 1993 (age 27)
place of birth	Väckelsång , Sweden
size	163 cm
Weight	51 kg
Career
discipline	Pole vault
Best performance	4.81 m
society	Hässelby SK
status	active
Medal table
European championships 0 × 0 × 1 × European Indoor Championships 0 × 0 × 2 × U23 European Championships 1 × 0 × 1 × Junior World Championships 2 × 0 × 0 × Junior European Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Youth Olympic Games 1 × 0 × 0 × Youth World Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
European championships bronze Amsterdam 2016 4.65 m  European Indoor Championships bronze Prague 2015 4.70 m bronze Belgrade 2017 4.55 m  U23 European Championships bronze Tampere 2013 4.55 m gold Tallinn 2015 4.55 m  Junior World Championships gold Moncton 2010 4.25 m gold Barcelona 2012 4.50 m  Junior European Championships gold Tallinn 2011 4.57 m  Youth Olympic Games gold Singapore 2010 4.30 m  Youth World Championships gold Brixen 2009 4.32 m
last change: October 7, 2019

Angelica Therese Bengtsson (born July 8, 1993 in Väckelsång ) is a Swedish pole vaulter .

Career

Already in her early childhood, Bengtsson practiced artistic gymnastics and athletics . At first she planned, like her father, to specialize in javelin throwing. However, she then turned to the pole vault, as she had already created good conditions for the practice of this discipline through her gymnastics training.

Three days after her 16th birthday, Bengtsson won the gold medal in a superior manner at the 2009 Youth World Championships in Brixen . With a jump of 4.32 m, she exceeded her second-placed compatriot Michaela Meijer by 22 centimeters.

At the beginning of 2010 she already proved her competitiveness in the adult sector when she won the Swedish Indoor Championships. In May she also achieved a youth world record with 4.47 m. Nevertheless, she decided not to start at the European Championships in Barcelona to instead prepare for the Junior World Championships in Moncton . There she won with a height of 4.25 m. The following month she won the gold medal at the Singapore Youth Olympic Games . The World Athletics Federation IAAF honored her as Young Athlete of the Year 2010.

On February 20, 2011 Bengtsson won the Swedish Indoor Junior Championships. With a jumped height of 4.52 m, she improved the almost six-year-old junior world record of the German Silke Spiegelburg by four centimeters. At the same time, it surpassed both the Swedish indoor record and the Swedish outdoor record. Only two days later she set three more junior world records at the XL Galan in Stockholm when she increased her personal indoor best to 4.53 m, then to 4.58 m and finally to 4.63 m. When she won the European Junior Championships in Tallinn , she jumped a new championship record with 4.57 m.

In 2012, Bengtsson finished tenth at the European Championships in Helsinki and won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in Barcelona . At the Olympic Games in London she was eliminated in qualification. Even at the World Championships in Moscow in 2013 , she could not qualify for the final.

At the 2014 European Championships in Zurich , Bengtsson finished fifth with a skipped 4.45 m. In January 2015, she increased her indoor performance in Mouilleron-le-Captif to 4.68 m. At the European Indoor Championships in Prague , she won the bronze medal with another best performance of 4.70 m and thus achieved her first podium at an international championship in the adult area. She also managed 4.70 m at the World Championships in Beijing . There, however, this height was only enough for a shared fourth place.

At the European Championships in Amsterdam in 2016 , she won the bronze medal with 4.65 m. On the other hand, she failed at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with 4.55 m in the qualification.

In 2017 she won the bronze medal in the final at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade with a jump of 4.55 m. At the World Championships in London she reached tenth place with 4.55 m in the final .

Personal best

• Pole vault: 4.80 m, September 29, 2019 in Doha ( Swedish record )
  • Hall: 4.81 m, February 24, 2019 in Clermont-Ferrand ( Swedish record )

Web links

Commons : Angelica Bengtsson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Angelica Bengtsson in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} IAAF: Angelica Bengtsson practices to vault with the seniors ( Memento from July 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) , July 19, 2010
2. ^ IAAF: Double gold medal celebration for Sweden and Great Britain in Bressanone - Day Four - Evening report ( Memento of July 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) , July 11, 2009
3. ^ IAAF: Rudisha and Vlasic are World Athletes of the Year - 2010 World Athletics Gala ( Memento from November 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) , November 21, 2010
4. ↑ IAAF: Bengtsson scales 4.52m World junior record in Stockholm ( Memento of 25 February 2011 at the Internet Archive ) February 21, 2011
5. ^ IAAF: With three more World junior records, Bengtsson steals the spotlight in Stockholm ( Memento of February 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) , February 23, 2011
6. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.