Patrik Bodén
Patrik Bodén (born June 30, 1967 in Fryksände ) is a Swedish athlete who was active as a javelin thrower in the 1990s . Starting for IF Göta , he won seven national championships:
year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
Width (m) | 80.24 | 81.84 | 86.24 | 77.58 | 84.66 | 77.75 | 79.97 |
With 89.10 m he set a world record in Austin on March 24, 1990 , which he lost ten months later to the British Steve Backley , the first 90 m thrower with the new javelin. However, Boden holds the Swedish record to this day (2006).
He took part in a total of ten European championships, world championships and Olympic Games, but was only able to win one medal:
Services
Event | placement | winner |
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European Championships 1990 Split | BRONZE with 82.66 m | 87.30 m Steve Backley |
World Championships 1991 Tokyo | Eight with 78.58 m | 90.82 m Kimmo Kinnunen |
XV. 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics | 16th with 77.70 m | 89.66 m Jan Železný |
World Championships 1993 Stuttgart | Eight with 78.00 m | 85.98 m Jan Železný |
European Championships 1994 Helsinki | Fourth with 81.34 m | 85.20 m Steve Backley |
World Championships 1995 Gothenburg | 15th with 77.62 m | 89.58 m Jan Železný |
World Championships 1997 Athens | 12th with 80.66 m | 88.40 Marius Corbett |
European Championships 1998 Budapest | 12th with 79.73 m | 89.72 m Steve Backley |
World Championships 1999 Seville | 24th with 75.66 m | 89.52 m Aki Parviainen |
XVII. 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney | 23rd with 78.06 m | 90.17 m Jan Železný |
The following list of his annual bests shows that he was apparently unable to call up his performance potential at the right moment. In his last appearance in Sydney, for example, he was more than seven meters below his possibilities:
year | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
Width (m) | 82.28 | 89.10 | 85.58 | 84.20 | 88.26 | 86.24 | 82.40 | 83.52 | 86.98 | 85.15 | 84.52 | 85.16 |
Web links
- Patrik Bodén in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Athlete portrait at worldathletics.org
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bodén, Patrik |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish athlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1967 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Fryksands |