Arne Holm (athlete)

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Arne Holm
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Born(1961-12-22)22 December 1961
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Sport Athletics
Event Triple jump

Arne Holm (born 22 December 1961) is a retired Swedish athlete who specialised in the triple jump. [1] He represented his country at two outdoor and two indoor World Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 17.05 metres outdoors (Gothenburg 1987) and 16.97 metres indoors (Borlänge 1996).

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1984 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 14th 15.58 m
1985 European Indoor Championships Piraeus, Greece 11th 15.78 m
1986 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 5th 16.87 m
European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 11th 16.37 m
1987 European Indoor Championships Liévin, France 6th 16.76 m
World Indoor Championships Indianapolis, United States 13th (q) 16.07 m
World Championships Rome, Italy 24th (q) 15.76 m
1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 15th 15.73 m
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 15th (q) 16.21 m
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th 16.81 m
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 25th (q) 15.94 m
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 5th 16.60 m

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