Caisa-Marie Lindfors

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Caisa-Marie Lindfors
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Sweden.svg   Sweden
Born (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 24) [1]
Home town Uppsala, Sweden
Education
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Discus throw
Shot put
College team
Club Upsala IF
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal best(s) Discus throw :
60.90m (2023)

Shot put :
16.51m (2023)
Updated on 15 January 2024

Caisa-Marie Lindfors (born 5 August 2000) is a Swedish discus thrower. She is a multiple-time Swedish Athletics Championships winner and has represented Sweden at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

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Career

Lindfors started competing in throws as early as 2014, and she finished 4th at the 2015 Swedish U16 Championships in the discus. [4] After improving that to 2nd at the 2016 U17 Championships, she achieved her first national win at the U18 Team Championships with a 37.85 m throw representing Upsala IF. [5]

Lindfors' first international win came at the 2017 U18 Finnkampen, throwing a 47.32 m personal best for the victory. [6] The following year she improved that best to 51.26 m at the Bottnarydskastet, qualifying her for the 2018 World U20 Championships. In the qualification, Lindfors placed 18th overall and did not advance to the finals. [7] She nonetheless returned to win Swedish U20 championships and the U20 Nordic Athletics Championships later that year. [8]

Lindford competed at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in both the shot put and discus throw, though she only made the finals in the discus where she placed 4th overall. [9] She first set the Swedish U20 record in the discus at the 2019 Nordic Match, and she improved that record again to 55.98 m finishing second at the 2019 Swedish Athletics Championships. [10] [11] [12]

From 2021 to 2023, Lindfors moved to the United States and competed on the Florida State Seminoles track and field team in the NCAA. [13] She quickly qualified for the 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, placing 18th overall. [14] After her freshman outdoor season, she finished 4th at the European U23 Championships in the discus throw, again just missing out on a medal. [15]

In 2023, Lindfors finished 4th at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the best finish of her collegiate career. [16] She won the Swedish Athletics Championships national discus title in a 60.90 m personal best, qualifying her for the 2023 World Athletics Championships. At the championships, she finished 32nd in qualification and did not make the finals. [17] Beginning in 2024, Lindfords transferred to the California Golden Bears track and field program. [18]

Personal life

Lindfors is from Uppsala, Sweden where she attended Celsiusskolan  [ sv ] high school. [2] She is a member of the Upsala IF athletics club. [5]

Statistics

Personal best progression

Discus Throw progression
#MarkPl.CompetitionVenueDateRef.
135.60 m4thLag-SM Kval Grupp A Eskilstuna, Sweden 22 May 2015 [19]
240.97 m6thVästerås Västerås, Sweden 29 Jul 2016 [20]
343.14 mBronze medal icon.svgUppsala Kastet 1 Uppsala, Sweden 29 Apr 2017 [21]
443.46 mGold medal icon.svgHellaskastet Sätra, Sweden 5 May 2017 [22]
546.74 m4thKringelspelen Södertälje, Sweden 5 Jun 2017 [23]
647.32 mGold medal icon.svg Finnkampen Stockholm, Sweden 1 Sep 2017 [24]
749.68 mGold medal icon.svg Enköping, Sweden 9 May 2018 [25]
849.88 mGold medal icon.svgSpikkestad Open Spikkestad, Norway 19 May 2018 [26]
950.29 m4thHallesche Werfertage, Sportzentrum Brandberge Halle, Germany 25 May 2018 [27]
1051.26 m4thBottnarydskastet Bottnaryd, Sweden 15 Jun 2018 [28]
1152.68 mBronze medal icon.svgPURE Athletics/NTC Spring Invitational Clermont, FL 19 Apr 2019 [29]
1252.85 mGold medal icon.svgKasttävling fredag Växjö, Sweden 9 May 2019 [30]
1353.86 m5thBottnarydskastet Bottnaryd, Sweden 28 Jun 2019 [31]
1455.46 mGold medal icon.svgNordic Match U20 Kristiansand, Norway 16 Aug 2019 [32]
1555.98 mSilver medal icon.svg Swedish Athletics Championships Karlstad, Sweden 30 Aug 2019 [33]
1658.66 mSilver medal icon.svg(Qualification)NCAA Preliminary East Round Jacksonville, FL 28 May 2021 [34]
1758.80 mGold medal icon.svgKvällstävling Uppsala, Sweden 23 Aug 2021 [35]
1859.81 mGold medal icon.svgUF Tom Jones Memorial Gainesville, FL 14 Apr 2023 [36]
1960.80 mGold medal icon.svgACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships Raleigh, NC 12 May 2023 [37]
2060.90 mGold medal icon.svg Swedish Athletics Championships Söderhamn, Sweden 29 Jul 2023 [38]
Shot Put progression
#MarkPl.CompetitionVenueDateRef.
110.21 mBronze medal icon.svg(Castorama)Uppsala Uppsala, Sweden 18 Sep 2015 [39]
211.21 mSilver medal icon.svg Uppsala, Sweden 8 Jul 2016 [40]
311.77 mGold medal icon.svg(Castorama)Uppsala Uppsala, Sweden 15 Sep 2017 [41]
413.04 mBronze medal icon.svgJSM-USM17 Huddinge, Sweden 4 Aug 2018 [42]
514.61 mGold medal icon.svgMondo Indoor Games Uppsala, Sweden 6 Feb 2020 [43]
615.46 mBronze medal icon.svgKringelkastet Södertälje, Sweden 13 Jun 2020 [44]
716.41 mBronze medal icon.svgACC Indoor Track & Field Championships Clemson, SC 26 Feb 2021 [45]
816.51 m6thDon Kirby Elite Invitational Albuquerque, NM 10 Feb 2023 [46]

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