Perseus Karlström

Perseus Karlström
nation	Sweden
birthday	2nd May 1990 (age 30)
place of birth	Vaxjo , Sweden
size	184 cm
Weight	73 kg
Career
discipline	20-kilometer walk
Best performance	1:18:07 h
society	Eskilstuna FIF
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
World championships bronze Doha 2019 20-kilometer walk
last change: May 2, 2020

Perseus Karlström (born May 2, 1990 in Växjö ) is a Swedish walker . In 2019 he won the bronze medal over 20 km at the World Championships in Doha.

Athletic career

Perseus Karlström first competed in 2007, at the age of 17, with the U18 World Championships in Ostrava at international championships over the 10 km distance. In 48: 13.05 min he finished 24th. A year later he entered the senior class at the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz. Compared to the previous year, he improved his time by about a minute, taking 30th place. At the U20 European Championships in Novi Sad in 2009, he improved again by three minutes and finished ninth.

Karlström has been competing in the 20 km distance since 2010. At the U23 European Championships in 2011 in Ostrava, he could not finish the race. The following year, he then only competed in adults. In 2013 he needed 1:28:20 h at the World Championships in Moscow and ended up in 38th place. Before that, he was 20th in the 2013 Universiade in Kazan. At the European Championships in Zurich he was 17th in 1:24:41 h. A year later, he could not finish the competition at the World Championships in Beijing.

In 2016 he took part in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. At the 2017 World Championships in London, he finished 37th. In 2018, he also took part in the European Championships in Berlin. There he was twentieth. 2019 is his most successful sporting year so far. In March he set a new Swedish record over 20 km in 1:18:07 h in Spain. At the World Championships in Doha in October, he won the bronze medal in a race under extreme climatic conditions in 1:27:00 h.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	time
Starts for Sweden
2007	U18 world championships	Ostrava	24.	10 km walk	48: 13.05 min.
2008	U20 world championships	Bydgoszcz	30th	10 km walk	47: 19.88 min
2009	U20 European Championships	Novi Sad	9.	10 km walk	44: 21.69 min
2011	U23 European Championships	Ostrava		20 km walk	DNF
2013	Universiade	Kazan	20th	20 km walk	1:30:19 h
	World championships	Moscow	38.	20 km walk	1:28:20 h
2014	European championships	Zurich	17th	20 km walk	1:24:41 h
2015	World championships	Beijing		20 km walk	DNF
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro		20 km walk	DNF
2017	World championships	London	37.	20 km walk	1:23:36 h
2018	European championships	Berlin	20th	20 km walk	1:25:16 h
2019	World championships	Doha	3.	20 km walk	1:27:00 h

Personal best

• 5 km walk: 18:32.56 min, March 8, 2019, Melbourne
• 10 km lane walking: 40:23 min, April 25, 2015, Birštonas
• 10 km walk: 38: 03.95 min, August 24, 2019, Stockholm
• 20 km walking: 1:18:07 h, June 8, 2019, La Coruña , (Swedish record)
• 50 km walk: 3:44:35 h, December 17, 2017, Melbourne

Others

Karlstöm's brother, Ato Ibáñez , is also a walker. He is trained by his mother.

Web links

Commons : Perseus Karlström  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Perseus Karlström in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Perseus Karlström in the database of European Athletics (English)
• Perseus Karlström in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Anna Hansson: Siv Karlström, 60, tvingas ta ut sig själv till gånglandskampen: "Tragiskt" ( Swedish ) September 2, 2017. Accessed October 15, 2019.