Andreas Enrique Anatole Vera Ibáñez (born 14 November 1985) is a male Swedish
racewalker. He has represented his country at the
World Championships in Athletics on four occasions, from 2011 to 2017. He walked for Sweden at the
IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships seven times consecutively from 2004 to 2016. He also competed at the
European Athletics Championships in 2010, 2014 and 2018.
He competed in the
50 kilometres walk event at the
2015 World Championships in Athletics
The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...
in Beijing, China, but did not finish.
Born in
Öja, Gotland
Öja is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Öja District, established on 1January 2016.
Geography
Öja is situated partly on the narro ...
, he is the son of two international racewalkers: Mexican
Enrique Vera Ibáñez and Swede
Siv Gustavsson
Siv Gustavsson (born 9 July 1957) is a Swedish former racewalking athlete. She was the gold medallist at the 1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, making her the second ever female world champion in the sport.
Gustavsson also won a bronze at the 198 ...
. His brother,
Perseus Karlström
Perseus Karlström (born 2 May 1990) is a Swedish male racewalker. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. He also competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in A ...
, is also an international racewalker for Sweden.
SWEDISH TEAM – MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Daegu 2011
. Swedish Athletics Federation. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.
National titles
*Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships
The Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships ( sv, Svenska inomhusmästerskapen i friidrott) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Swedish Athletics Association, which serves as the Swedish national championship for the spo ...
**5000 m walk: 2019
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See also
* Sweden at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics
References
External links
*
European Athletics biography
1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gotland County
Swedish male racewalkers
World Athletics Championships athletes for Sweden
21st-century Swedish people
Swedish people of Mexican descent
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