Erik Erlandsson

Erik Erlandsson

Personal information
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(2004-05-22) 22 May 2004 (age 21)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	200m: 20.43 (Växjo, 2025)

Erik Erlandsson (born 22 May 2004) is a Swedish sprinter. He became Swedish national indoor champion over 200 metres in 2024 and national record holder over 200 metres indoors in 2025. ^[1]

Career

A member of IFK Lund, in January 2023 he set a new Swedish indoor junior record of 21.03 seconds for the 200 metres. On 12 February 2023, at the Nordenkampen in Karlstad, Erlandsson lowered that record again to 20.99 seconds. ^[2]

Erlandsson had a difficult time in the rest of 2023, marred by injuries. However, he became Swedish indoor champion over 200 metres in Karlstad in February 2024 running 20.98 seconds for the win. ^{[3] [4]}

Erlandsson finished fourth in the 200 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in 20.57 seconds, having run 20.55 and a personal best 20.52 seconds in the qualifying rounds. ^{[5] [6] [7]} He competed in the 200m at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he reached the semi-finals. ^[8]

On 17 January 2025, he set a new Swedish indoor 200m record time of 20.43 in Växjö, breaking Johan Wissman's record from 2004. ^{[9] [10]} He equalled that time to win the 200 metres at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on 4 February 2025. ^[11] He ran 20.50 to win the 200m title at the Swedish Indoor Championships. ^[12]

Personal life

Erlandsson is from Genarp. ^[13]

References

1. "Erik Erlandsson". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
2. "Svenskt juniorrekord av Erik Erlandsson". Friidrottaren. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
3. "Revansch för Erlandsson på 200 – "Jag gick bara ut och körde"". Friidrott. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
4. "Swedish Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
5. "European Athletics Championships 2024: Felix Svensson leads fastest qualifiers from round 1 of men's 200m". Olympics.com. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
6. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
7. "Chaos: Erik Erlandsson gets back the final place after all". svt.se. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
8. "Men's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
9. "Szymanski and Canales impress in Luxembourg". World Athletics. 19 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
10. "20-year-old's success: Swedish record on 200 meters". Sweden Herald. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
11. "Hailu and Crestan impress as meeting records fall in Ostrava". World Athletics. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
12. "Doroshchuk clears 2.32m world lead in Kyiv". European Athletics. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
13. "Alone outside Malmö – Erik is Scania's entire EC hope". skd.se. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.