Emil Johansson (born 10 June 2002) is a Swedish
sprint
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er. He was the
2020 Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships winner in the 400 metres.
Biography
After achieving the fastest mark at the trials, Johannson earned his first international medals at the
2019 European Youth Olympic Festival. He won a gold in the individual 400 metres, and a silver medal running the 300 metres leg of the
Swedish medley relay.
In 2020, Johansson achieved his first national title by winning the
2020 Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships. Outdoors, he won the
Finnkampen in a personal best of 46.95 seconds.
In 2023, Johansson was a member of the
Swedish record-breaking team in the
mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay is a Mixed-sex sports, mixed-sex 4 × 400 metres relay in which teams field two men and two women. Initially, teams were free to arrange participants in any order. This created scenarios where mixed genders run o ...
. The following week, he won the Swedish
BAUHAUS-galan
BAUHAUS-galan, formerly known as DN-Galan is an annual, international Sport of athletics, athletics meeting that takes place at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Olympic Stadium in Stockholm. Previously it was one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix e ...
trials in the 400 metres. The time was a personal best of 46.69 seconds, his first time improvement in three years.
Johannson is from
Bollstanäs,
Upplands Väsby
Upplands Väsby () is a locality and the seat of Upplands Väsby Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 48,907 inhabitants in 2020.
History
The municipality has a long history with clear traces of settlements from the pre-Christian time ...
and he competes for the
Turebergs FK
Turebergs Friidrottsklubb is an athletics club based in Sollentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden.
Some athletes affiliated with it are Olympic high jump champion Kajsa Bergqvist and her coach Bengt Jönsson, sprinters Eric Josjö
Bo E ...
athletics club.
Statistics
Personal bests
References
External links
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Living people
2002 births
Swedish male sprinters
People from Upplands Väsby Municipality
Swedish Athletics Championships winners
21st-century Swedish sportsmen
Turebergs FK athletes