Jessica Samuelsson (athlete)

Jessica Samuelsson
Jessica Samuelsson in Barcelona 2010
Full name	Jessica Eva Katarina Samuelsson
nation	Sweden
birthday	14th March 1985 (age 35)
place of birth	Nacka , Sweden
size	176 cm
Weight	67 kg
Career
discipline	Heptathlon , pentathlon , long jump
Best performance	6300 points 4497 points 6.32 m
society	Hässelby SK
Trainer	Stefan Olsson
status	resigned
End of career	26th September 2016
Medal table
Universiade 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Universiade gold Belgrade 2009 6004 points
last change: May 12, 2017

Jessica Eva Katarina Samuelsson (born March 14, 1985 in Nacka ) is a former Swedish heptathlete .

Athletic career

In 2005 Jessica Samuelsson took part in the U23 European Championships in Erfurt and finished eighth there. At the U23 European Championships two years later, she finished 13th. At the 2007 World Championships , she was 29th. At the Hypo-Meeting 2008, she was 15th. In 2009, she was thirteenth at the Hypo-Meeting, first at the Summer Universiade and at the World Championships seventeenth. In 2010 she finished tenth at the European Championships in Barcelona .

In 2011, she set her best performance of 4497 ​​points at the European Indoor Championships and was fifth. She finished the world championships in Daegu in 16th place. In 2012 she reached sixth place at the European Championships in Helsinki . At the Summer Olympics in London, she achieved the highest number of points of her career and finished in 14th place. Her last major international event was the European Championships in Zurich , which she did not finish. At the end of 2016, she announced that she was ending her professional career.

In her career she won over 30 medals in 10 different sports at Swedish championships.

In 2010 she was awarded the 'Stor Grabb' (in German: Big Boy) for her sporting success. Furthermore, Samuelsson is in a relationship with the Swedish sprinter Johan Wissman .

Personal best

• 100 meters: 12.27 s, 23 August 2008 in Sävedalen
  • 60 meters (hall): 7.64 s, February 6, 2010 in Stockholm
• 200 meters: 23.86 s, May 26, 2012 in Götzis
• 400 meters: 54.50 s, July 15, 2006 in Sollentuna
• 400 meter hurdles: 58.67 s, August 3, 2003 in Norrtälje

Heptathlon

• 6300 points, 4th August 2012, London

discipline	Result	Points
100 m hurdles	13.58 s	1039
high jump	1.77 m	941
Shot put	14.18 m	806
200 m	24.25 s	957
Long jump	6.18 m	905
Javelin throw	42.02 m	706
800 m	2: 11.31 min	946

Pentathlon

• 4497 points, March 4th 2011 in Paris

discipline	Result	Points
60 m hurdles	8.63 s	989
high jump	1.74 m	903
Shot put	14.32 m	815
Long jump	6.04 m	862
800 m	2: 12.55 min	928

Web links

Commons : Jessica Samuelsson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jessica Samuelsson in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Jessica Samuelsson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.friidrott.se/nyheter.aspx?id=20137
2. ↑ http://www.friidrott.se/historik/storagrabbar.aspx