Oskar Edlund

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Oskar Edlund
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Sweden.svg   Sweden
Born (2002-11-16) 16 November 2002 (age 22) [1]
Home town Stockholm, Sweden [2]
Education
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 400 metres hurdles
600 metres
College team
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal best(s) 400 m hs :
49.57 (2023)

600 m :
1:17.55 sh (2022)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Baku 400 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Baku Medley relay
European U20 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Tallinn 400 m hurdles
World U20 Championships
Disqualified 2021 Nairobi 400 m hurdles
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Espoo 400 m hurdles
Updated on 15 January 2024

Oskar Edlund (born 16 November 2002) is a Swedish hurdler specializing in the 400 metres hurdles. He was for a moment the gold medalist at the 2021 World U20 Championships, but he was later disqualified due to a protest.

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Career

Though Edlund began competing in athletics in 2015, he did not debut in the 400 metres hurdles until 2019. [1] After winning the Swedish U20 championships in the shorter 300 m hurdles, Edlund qualified to represent Sweden at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival. [1] At the festival, Edlund won the gold medal in the 400 m hurdles and a silver in the Swedish medley relay. [3] [4] Edlund finished his 2019 season by winning the Finnkampen U18 race in the 300 m hurdles. His time of 37.09 was a new championship record, despite knocking over a hurdle and leaping over the finish line in a manner described as similar to that of Charles Paddock. [5]

Edlund won his first senior national title at the 2020 Swedish Athletics Championships in the 400 m hurdles. In doing so, he ran 50.15 seconds to beat Carl Bengtström in a "dramatic race", setting the Swedish U20 record by five hundredths of a second. [3] He followed this up by winning the Finnkampen 4 × 400 m. [1]

In 2021, Edlund didn't open his season until 3 July due to injuries. [6] He competed at the European U20 Championships, and by virtue of his silver medal there he was able to represent Sweden at the 2021 World U20 Championships. [6] Edlund advanced past the heats and semi-finals as the number five seed. In the finals, Edlund crossed the finish line first, initially appearing that he had surprisingly won the gold medal in a new Swedish U20 record of 49.20 seconds. However, he was later disqualified due to pulling his trail leg outside his lane while clearing a hurdle due to a protest from the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association. [7] Sweden appealed the disqualification, claiming that the action did not impede any other runners, but they did not succeed. [8]

In the fall of 2021, Edlund moved to the United States where he competed on the Texas Tech Red Raiders track and field team. [7] As a sophomore, he qualified for the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, but did not advance beyond the semi-finals. [9] After a 7th-place finish at the 2023 BAUHAUS-galan, Edlund competed at his first European Athletics U23 Championships. In the 400 m hurdles final, he led the race at the third hurdle, but slowed down at the end. He attempted a new strategy of taking 13 steps to the 7th hurdle, which he had not ever done before. Nonetheless, he won the bronze medal, setting a new official personal best of 49.57 seconds. [10]

Personal life

Edlund is from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended Östra Real secondary school. [2]

Statistics

Personal best progression

400 m hurdles (84 cm) progression
#MarkPl.CompetitionVenueDateRef
151.49Gold medal icon.svgSAYO Sollentuna, Sweden 7 Jun 2019 [11]
251.41Gold medal icon.svg Athletics at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Baku, Azerbaijan 25 Jul 2019 [12]
400 m hurdles progression
#MarkPl.CompetitionVenueDateRef
150.90Gold medal icon.svgTäby Sommartävling Täby, Sweden 4 Aug 2020 [13]
250.15Gold medal icon.svg Swedish Athletics Championships Uppsala, Sweden 15 Aug 2020 [14]
349.94Bronze medal icon.svg Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships Norman, OK 13 May 2023 [15]
449.57Bronze medal icon.svg European Athletics U23 Championships Espoo, Finland 15 Jul 2023 [16]

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Oskar Edlund - Track and Field". Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. 1 2 "SM-guld och svenskt juniorrekord av 17-årige Oskar Edlund – Friidrottaren" (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  4. "Listunova and Chepurnyi dominate artistic gymnastics apparatus finals at EYOF". www.insidethegames.biz. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  5. "Stora TIS-framgångar på Finnkampen!". www.tabyfriidrott.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  6. 1 2 Sport, S. V. T. (18 July 2021). "Friidrott: EM-silver till Moa Granat och Oskar Edlund". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Svensken diskas – blir av med guldet efter superloppet". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 22 August 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  8. Sport, S. V. T. (22 August 2021). "Friidrott: Vändningen: Oskar Edlund diskad i VM-finalen". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  9. Nichols, Lee. "NCAA Men's 400 Hurdles — A 1–2 For Alabama". Track & Field News. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  10. Sport, S. V. T. (16 July 2023). "Friidrott: Oskar Edlund tar brons på 400 meter häck". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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