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| Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 January 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Long distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 3:43.55 (2024) 3000m: 7:58.05 (2024) 5000m: 13:57.13 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karl Ottfalk (born 3 January 2006) is a Swedish long distance and cross country runner. In 2024, he became national senior champion over 5000 metres. [1]
He won gold in the 3000 metres at the 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Slovakia. [2]
In 2023, he won the men's junior race at the Nordic Cross Country Championships. [3] He finished fourth in the men's U20 race at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels at the age of 17 years-old. [4]
In June 2024, he became Swedish senior national champion over 5000 metres. [5] In August 2024, he finished sixth at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, in the Men's 3000 metres. [6] He finished ninth in the 5000 metres at the same Championships. [7] [8]
Ottfalk placed fifth in the U20 race at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Antalya, Turkey in December 2024. [9] [10]
At the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, he won the silver medal over 5000 metres in August 2025. [11] He later also won a second medal at the same championships, winning the bronze medal in the 3000 metres in a time of 8:46.43. [12]
Ottfalk won the men's U20 race at the Nordic Cross Country Championships in Kastrup, Denmark, on 9 November 2025, also winning the team title with Sweden. [13] He was selected to represent Sweden at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Portugal. [14]
