Wictor Petersson

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Wictor Petersson
Personal information
Born (1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 25)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Shot put
ClubHässleholms AIS (−2013)
Malmö AI (2014−)

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 3rdShot put (5 kg)21.56
11thDiscus throw (1.5 kg)53.02 m
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2ndShot put (6 kg) 20.65 m
4thDiscus throw (1.75 kg) 61.23 m
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 6thShot put (6 kg)19.80 m
8thDiscus throw (1.75 kg)54.90 m
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 3rdShot put 19.53 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 19th (q)Shot put 20.31 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 5thShot put 20.75 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 28th (q)Shot put 19.73 m
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 12thShot put 20.33 m

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References

  1. Wictor Petersson at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.