Sara Wedlund
Sara Wedlund ( Sara Christina Wedlund ; born December 27, 1975 in Hässelby-Vällingby ) is a former Swedish long-distance runner .
In 1995 she set three national records over 5000 m , most recently ninth at the World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg with 15: 08.36 min, and won silver at the European Cross Country Championships in Alnwick .
The following year she became national indoor champion over 1500 m and 3000 m and won silver over 3000 m at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Stockholm with her third national record of 8: 50.32 min. Then she became Swedish champion in cross-country and over 5000 m. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta she was eleventh over 5000 m, and at the European Cross Country Championships in Charleroi , she won gold after the first-placed Romanian Iulia Negură was disqualified for doping .
A series of injuries and the effects of an anorexia that had not been completely overcome , for which she had already been hospitalized as a teenager, subsequently prevented her from returning permanently to competition.
Personal bests
- 1500 m: 4: 15.48 min, July 23, 1995, Sollentuna
- Hall: 4: 22.2 min, March 9, 1996, Stockholm
- 2000 m : 5: 52.22 min, September 2, 1995, Stockholm (current Swedish record)
- 3000 m: 8: 48.87 min, June 29, 1996, Bergen (current Swedish record)
- Hall: 8: 50.32 min, March 9, 1996, Stockholm (current Swedish record)
- 5000 m: 15: 06.90 min, July 8, 1996, Stockholm (current Swedish record)
- Hall: 15: 06.49 min, February 25, 1996, Stockholm (current Swedish record)
Web links
- Sara Wedlund in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Sara Wedlund in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ gbrathletics: Swedish Indoor championships
- ↑ gbrathletics: Swedish Championships
- ↑ Aftonbladet : "Jag är inte frisk från anorexin" . July 15, 2003
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SURNAME | Wedlund, Sara |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wedlund, Sara Christina |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish long distance runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hässelby-Vällingby |