William Trulsson

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William Trulsson
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (2006-02-19) 19 February 2006 (age 19)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
 Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200m: 20.79 (2025)
400m: 46.47 (2024)

William Trulsson (born 19 February 2006) is a Swedish sprinter. In 2025, he became European indoor U20 record holder over 200 metres. [1]

Career

He is a member of Malmö AI and predominantly races over 200 metres and 400 metres. [2] He became Swedish senior national champion over 200 metres for the first time in 2022, at the age of 16 years-old. [3] [4] [5]

In 2024, competing indoors in Växjö, he ran 400 meters in 47.04, beating Carl Bengtström's previous Swedish junior record by 13 hundredths of a second. He came third in the Swedish indoor championships in Karlstad in the 200m with a time of 21.08, an indoor personal best which placed him second all-time for a Swedish junior athlete. [6] He finished fourth in the 200m at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024, the best ever placement by a Swedish male sprinter at the event. [7] [8]

He ran 20.69 seconds to set a European U20 indoor record for the 200m at the Swedish Indoor Championships in February 2025. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "William Trulsson". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Trulsson youngest in the Swedish European Championship squad: "Came from nowhere"". Sydsvenskan.se. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Results: Swedish Athletics Championships, Norrköping 5-7.8.22". Friidrottsstatistik.se. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Swedish Championships Men's 200 metres". World Athletics. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "16-year-old William Trulsson won Swedish Championship gold in the 200 meters: "What a run!"". svt.se. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Åkesson, Richard (7 April 2024). "WILLIAM BACK WITH FULL FORCE – "BEYOND EXPECTATIONS"". mai.se. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "William Trulsson one tenth from medal at the U20 World Championships". Friidrott.se. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Great race by Malmö's young sprint star". Sydsvenskan.se. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Doroshchuk clears 2.32m world lead in Kyiv". European Athletics. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
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