Frida Svensson (athlete)

Frida Svensson

Personal information
Born	(1970-01-05) 5 January 1970 (age 55)
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	track and field

Frida Svensson (born Johansson on 5 January 1970) is a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented Sweden at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics on three occasions, qualifying for the semifinals in both Tokyo 1991 and Stuttgart 1993. She also reached the semifinals of the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. ^[1]

She later married Swedish tennis player Jonas Svensson. ^[2]

Singing

Together with Erica Johansson and Maria Akraka, she sang back up for Nick Borgen when he competed in Melodifestivalen 1993 performing the song "We Are All the Winners". The song placed second.

International competitions

All results regarding 400 metres hurdles

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing   Sweden
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	4th	58.71
1989	European Junior Championships	Varaždin, Yugoslavia	semis	58.81
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	10th (sf)	55.36
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	14th (sf)	55.85
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	21st (sf)	56.48
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	15th (sf)	57.54
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	20th (h)	55.59
(#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf)

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frida Johansson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
2. Thomas Kingdahl (18 July 2020). "Var inte beredd på uppmärksamheten" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

External links

• Frida Svensson at World Athletics