Sara Wedlund

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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
  • 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

Footnotes

  1. ↑ gbrathletics: Swedish Indoor championships
  2. ↑ gbrathletics: Swedish Championships
  3. ↑ Aftonbladet : "Jag är inte frisk från anorexin" . July 15, 2003
personal data
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