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| Nationality |  Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 June 2002 (22 years, 153 days old) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Bollstanäs, Upplands Väsby, Sweden [2] [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400 metres 200 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Turebergs FK [1] [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emil Johansson (born 10 June 2002) is a Swedish sprinter. He was the 2020 Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships winner in the 400 metres.
After achieving the fastest mark at the trials, [5] Johannson earned his first international medals at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival. He won a gold in the individual 400 metres, and a silver medal running the 300 metres leg of the Swedish medley relay. [6] [7]
In 2020, Johansson achieved his first national title by winning the 2020 Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships. Outdoors, he won the Finnkampen in a personal best of 46.95 seconds. [3]
In 2023, Johansson was a member of the Swedish record-breaking team in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay. The following week, he won the Swedish BAUHAUS-galan trials in the 400 metres. The time was a personal best of 46.69 seconds, his first time improvement in three years. [3]
Johannson is from Bollstanäs, Upplands Väsby and he competes for the Turebergs FK athletics club. [2]
| Event | Mark | Place | Competition | Venue | Date |
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| 400 metres | 46.43 |  | Swedish Athletics Championships | Söderhamn, Sweden | 29 July 2023 |
| 200 metres | 21.13 (-0.9 m/s) |  | Swedish Athletics Team Championships | Fredrikstad, Norway | 8 July 2023 |
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