| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 January 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Heptathlon, Pentathlon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Heptathlon: 6146 (Rome, 2024) Pentathlon 4365 (Aubiere, 2025) |
Lovisa Karlsson (born 15 January 2000) is a Swedish multi-event athlete. She has won Swedish national titles in the heptathlon, pentathlon, 60 and 100 metres hurdles, and the long jump. She has competed at the European Championships and European Indoor Championships. [1]
She is a member of Högby IF on the island of Öland in Sweden. [2] [3] She finished seventh overall in the 2024 World Athletics Combined Events Tour. [4] Her performances included fourth place finishes at the events in Brescia and Talence. [5] [6] She qualified for the heptathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. [7] She finished in tenth place overall, achieving a personal best total of 6146 points. [8] That tally included personal bests in both the 200 and 800 meters and moved her to fourth on the Swedish all-time list. She was nominated for the Breakthrough of the Year award by Swedish Athletics in January 2025. [9]
Competing in Aubiere in January 2025, she set a pentathlon personal best with a score of 4365 points. It included personal bests in the 60m hurdles (8.12) and 800m (2:20.78). [10] In March 2025, she was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. [11]