Bohlin grew up in Åtvidaberg in Sweden in a sports family. Her father Lars "Lasse" Bohlin today runs a marathon training camp in Kenya, Kimbia Camp.[4] Mother Ulla Bohlin runs a gym in Åtvidaberg, "Hälsofabriken".[5] Bohlin's elder sister Amanda Bohlin, born in 1989, is an accomplished short distance triathlete with a couple of Swedish Championship gold medals.[6]
Bohlin's first name used to be Johanna but a cousin in the US called her Yoie. The nickname stuck and she eventually officially changed her name.[7] For many years Bohlin has used the dreadlocks hair style and for that reason sometimes goes under the pseudonym Rastarunner, a name that she now also uses for her blog.
Sports
Athletics
Bohlin ran her first marathon, the Stockholm Marathon, in 2008 in 2:59:00. Bohlin: "I did not think it was so tough".[8] The marathon performance led to a 5000m spot in the annual Finland-Sweden Athletics International (Swedish: Finnkampen), the first time ever that Bohlin ran in a track competition.[9]
The following year Bohlin improved her Stockholm Marathon time to 2:52:50.[10]
Personal bests
The following list is based on information from All-Athletics.[11]
Event
Year
Result
5 000 m
2008
16:54:90
10 000 m
2012
35:08:75
10km road
2008
35:23
Half marathon
2009
1:18:42
30km road
2009
2:03:22
Half marathon
2016
01:18:22
Marathon
2009
2:52:50
Trail running
In 2008 Bohlin became one of merely ten women to run the iconic Swedish 30K Lidingöloppet in less than two hours at 1:59:52, placing third.[12] The following year Bohlin placed second in a slightly slower race on her 19th birthday.[13]
In August 2016 won the 33K Stranda Fjord Trail Race in Norway by 15 minutes ahead of established trail running world stars Emelie Forsberg and Malene Haukøy.[14][3]
Soccer
When a high school student Bohlin played soccer with Åtvidabergs FF and represented the province of Östergötland in its elite team for girls born in 1990.[8][15]
Boxing
When at high school Bohlin started boxing in Åtvidabergs Boxningsklubb with a best result of bronze in the Junior Swedish Championships 48kg class in 2008. As of 2016 she trains and fights for Narva Boxningsklubb.
Obstacle racing
In 2015 Bohlin won the Toughest Minitour.[7] In 2016 she placed 3rd in the Spartan race European Championship in Edinburgh, Scotland, and in 2017 she placed second in the same event in Andorra.[1] In 2017 Bohlin won the Arena Run in Stockholm, Sweden, ahead of OCR World Champion Lindsay Webster.[16]
Personal life
As of 2016 Bohlin officially resides in Åtvidaberg in Sweden, but spends a lot of time in Åre in the summer and Kenya in the winter.[17]
For a living Bohlin works as a running coach for runners at different levels.[18]
References
1 2 Yoie Bohlin. "3a i Sparta EM" (in Swedish). Spring Löpning För Alla. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
1 2 Mikael Grip (26 June 2008). "Maratontjejen som slår" (in Swedish). Norrköpings Tidningar. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
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