Engla Nilsson

Engla Nilsson

Personal information
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(2005-05-20) 20 May 2005 (age 19)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Sweden European Indoor Championships 2025 Apeldoorn High jump

Engla Nilsson (born 20 May 2005) is a Swedish high jumper. She became Swedish national indoor champion and was a bronze medalist at the European Indoor Championships in 2025. ^[1]

Career

A member of Örgryte IS athletics, she made her debut in a Swedish national vest with a 1.70 metres personal best to win the Finnkampen U18 in Helsinki in September 2022. ^[2]

She jumped 1.83 metres to finish third at the Swedish Athletics Championships in July 2023. ^[3] She then set a new personal best of 1.86 metres to finish fifth in the high jump at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem. It was the third time in the year she improved her personal best. ^{[4] [5]} She won the Kungälvs-Posten award for Sports Profile of the Year 2023. ^[6]

She won her first national championships in winning the Swedish national indoor title in February 2025, with a personal best height of 1.88 metres. ^[7] Making her senior championship debut at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships she set a new personal best of 1.89 metres. ^[8] In the final, she cleared 1.92 metres to win the bronze medal in the competition. ^[9]

References

1. "Engla Nilsson". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
2. "Engla Nilsson stora skrällen på Finnkampen". Kungälvs-Posten. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
3. "SM-brons och nytt personbästa för Engla Nilsson". Kungälvs-Posten. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
4. "Engla Nilsson övertygade i höjdhoppet under U20-EM" [Engla Nilsson convinced in the high jump during the U20 European Championships]. Swedish Athletics Association. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
5. "Engla Nilsson femma på Junior-EM" [Engla Nilsson fifth at the Junior European Championships]. Kungälvs-Posten. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
6. "Höjdhopparen Engla Nilsson är Årets idrottsprofil 2023" [High jumper Engla Nilsson is Sports Personality of the Year 2023]. Kungälvs-Posten. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
7. "SM-guld till Engla Nilsson – första seniortiteln" [Swedish Championship gold for Engla Nilsson – first senior title]. Kungälvs-Posten. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
8. "Engla Nilsson överträffade sig själv i EM-debuten" [Engla Nilsson surpassed herself in her European Championship debut]. Aftonbladet. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
9. "GB win three silvers on final day of European Indoors". BBC Sport. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.