Mattias Sunneborn
Mattias Sunneborn (born 27 September 1970 in Bunge, Gotland) is a Swedish long jumper. He was an Olympic finalist in 1996. He was the 1996 European Indoor Champion and 1995 World Indoor silver medalist.
His personal best jump is 8.21 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Malmö.[1]
As of 2018, he is still an active masters athlete. He won the M40 400 metres at the 2015 World Masters Athletics Championships just weeks before his 45th birthday.
Sunneborn was in his youth engaged to Sweden's future Minister of Culture and Democracy, Alice Bah Kuhnke.[2]
Competition record[]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Sweden
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| 1989 | European Junior Championships | Varaždin, Yugoslavia | 8th | Long jump | 7.49 m[3] |
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 32nd (q) | Long jump | 7.61 m |
| 1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 11th | Long jump | 7.70 m |
| 1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 18th (q) | Long jump | 7.61 m |
| World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 8th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.22 s | |
| 31st (q) | Long jump | 7.78 m | |||
| 1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 7th | Long jump | 7.96 m |
| European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th | Long jump | 7.85 m | |
| 1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | Long jump | 8.20 m |
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 25th (q) | Long jump | 7.67 m | |
| 1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 1st | Long jump | 8.06 m |
| Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 8th | Long jump | 8.06 m | |
| 1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 15th (q) | Long jump | 7.81 m |
| World Championships | Athens, Greece | 21st (q) | Long jump | 7.72 m | |
| 1998 | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 9th | Long jump | 7.68 m |
| European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 5th | Long jump | 8.01 m | |
| 2000 | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 18th (q) | Long jump | 7.54 m |
| Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 29th (q) | Long jump | 7.63 m | |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 20th (q) | Long jump | 7.63 m |
References[]
- ^ Swedish athletics records Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sunneborns okända förlovning – med Alice Bah Kuhnke". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-06-03.
- ^ [1]
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