Wictor Petersson

Wictor Petersson

Personal information
Born	(1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 26)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	Hässleholms AIS (−2013) Malmö AI (2014−)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   Sweden European Indoor Championships 2025 Apeldoorn Shot put

Wictor Petersson (born 1 May 1998) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the shot put. ^[1] He represented his country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final. Earlier that year he won a bronze medal at the European U23 Championships. ^[2]

His personal bests in the event are 20.70 metres outdoors (Azusa 2019) and 19.78 metres indoors (Malmö 2019).

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Sweden
2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	3rd	Shot put (5 kg)	21.56
			11th	Discus throw (1.5 kg)	53.02 m
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2nd	Shot put (6 kg)	20.65 m
			4th	Discus throw (1.75 kg)	61.23 m
2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	6th	Shot put (6 kg)	19.80 m
			8th	Discus throw (1.75 kg)	54.90 m
2019	European U23 Championships	Gävle, Sweden	3rd	Shot put	19.53 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	19th (q)	Shot put	20.31 m
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	5th	Shot put	20.75 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	28th (q)	Shot put	19.73 m
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	12th	Shot put	20.33 m
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	12th	Shot put	19.45 m
2025	European Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	2nd	Shot put	21.04 m
	World Indoor Championships	Nanjing, China	6th	Shot put	20.87 m

References

1. Wictor Petersson at World Athletics
2. "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.