Wictor Petersson

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Wictor Petersson
Personal information
Born (1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 23)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put
ClubHässleholms AIS (−2013)
Malmö AI (2014−)

Wictor Petersson (born 1 May 1998) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the shot put.[1] He represented his country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final. Earlier that year he won a bronze medal at the European U23 Championships.[2]

His personal bests in the event are 20.70 metres outdoors (Azusa 2019) and 19.78 metres indoors (Malmö 2019).

International competitions[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Sweden
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 3rd Shot put (5 kg) 21.56
11th Discus throw (1.5 kg) 53.02 m
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd Shot put (6 kg) 20.65 m
4th Discus throw (1.75 kg) 61.23 m
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 6th Shot put (6 kg) 19.80 m
8th Discus throw (1.75 kg) 54.90 m
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 3rd Shot put 19.53 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 19th (q) Shot put 20.31 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 5th Shot put 20.75 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 28th (q) Shot put 19.73 m

References[]

  1. ^ Wictor Petersson at World Athletics
  2. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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