Henrik Larsson (sprinter)

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Henrik Larsson
Henrik Larsson 2019 (cropped).jpg
Henrik Larsson in 2019
Personal information
Born (1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 (age 24)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 60 m, 100 m, 200 m
ClubIF Göta Karlstad [1]
Coached byRoger Larsson
Maria Larsson
Stefan Appel
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Istanbul 60 m

Henrik Roger Larsson (born 30 September 1999) is a Swedish sprinter. [2] He won a gold medal in the 100 metres at the 2019 European U23 Championships. [3] Earlier that year he narrowly missed the final at the 2019 European Indoor Championships.

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International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2015 European Youth Olympic Festival Tbilisi, Georgia 1st100 m10.72
2016 European Youth Championships Tbilisi, Georgia 2nd100 m10.57
4th200 m21.30
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 6th100 m10.98
8th (sf)200 m21.44
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 6th100 m 10.28
5th (sf)200 m 20.85 1
European Championships Berlin, Germany 35th (h)100 m 10.62
2019 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 9th (sf)60 m 6.69
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 1st100 m 10.23 (w)
19th (h)200 m 21.28 2
2021 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 2nd100 m 10.36
2022 European Championships Munich, Germany 18th (sf)100 m 10.28
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 3rd60 m 6.53 NR
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 21st (sf)100 m 10.20
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 5th60 m 6.56

1Did not start in the final
2Did not start in the semifinals

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

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References

  1. "Club bio" . Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  2. Henrik Larsson at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. "Henrik LARSSON | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-08-20.