Nora Lindahl

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Nora Lindahl
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (2004-09-10) 10 September 2004 (age 19)
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 11.69 (Diekirch, 2023)
200m: 22.89 (Rome, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
European U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Jerusalem 200m

Nora Lindahl (born 10 September 2004) is a Swedish sprinter.

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Career

In July 2023, she was runner-up to Julia Henriksson at the Swedish Athletics Championships 200m race in Söderhamn. [1] She won 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem in a personal best 23.26 seconds. [2] [3]

In January 2024, she ran 23.71 for the 200 meters last weekend to set a new indoors personal best and move into tenth place on the Swedish all-time list. [4] The following month she lowered her 200m best to 23.46 running indoors in Metz. [5] That month, she was runner-up to Julia Henriksson at the Swedish Athletics Indoor Championships 200m race in Karlstad. [6]

In May 2024 she lowered her personal best over 200 metres to 23.13 whilst racing in Kalamata, Greece, to move to fifth place in the Swedish all-time list. [7]

She ran a personal best 22.97 at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome over 200 metres to qualify for the semi-finals. [8]

Personal life

She has dual Swedish and Finnish nationality. Her father Markus Lindahl  [ fi ] is a Finnish former sprinter. She is coached by Swedish mother Frida Lindahl. Her aunt Åsa Hedström competed as a middle-distance runner. [9] [10] [11]

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References

  1. "Swedish Championships". World Athletics. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. "The Swedish EC success in athletics - two golds in a quarter of an hour: "Absolutely unimaginable"". dn.se. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. "Snesatuinal JEM gold for Nora Lindahl". aftonbladet. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. "Nora pushed in the first race of the year - "There are absolutely more"". Friidrott.se. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  5. "Faster and faster for Nora – new fourth all-time". Friidrott. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  6. "Swedish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  7. "Nora Lindahl struck with 23.13 in the premiere – fifth all-time". Friidrott.se. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  8. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  9. "HIFK:s svenska löparlöfte Nora Lindahl blev överrumplad av pappa precis före start – fick reda på att hon var snabbast i Finland: "Lite förvånande"" [HIFK's Swedish running promise Nora Lindahl was surprised by her father just before the start - found out that she was the fastest in Finland: "A little surprising"]. Svenska.yle. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  10. "Nora Lindahls huvudbry inför Sverigekampen: Ska jag tävla för Finland eller Sverige? "Var väldigt tufft att välja bort ett hemland"" [Nora Lindahl's main concern before the Swedish competition: Should I compete for Finland or Sweden? "It was very tough to choose a home country"]. Svenska.yle. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  11. Landén, Petter (2 September 2023). "Nora Lindahl valde bort Finland för Sverige". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 June 2024.