Moa Elin Marianne Hjelmer (born 19 June 1990) is a Swedish athlete who competes in the

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and

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. Hjelmer was born in

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. She won a silver medal in the Junior European Championships in 2011 in

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. She beat the Swedish record time on 400 metres on 14 August 2011, then beat it twice during the European Championship in Helsinki in 2012. On 29 June 2012 she won a gold medal at the

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when she won the

final on a new Swedish record time of 51.13 seconds. She had set the previous record time at the previous day's semi final race. On 13 December 2013, Hjelmer revealed that she was pregnant and would not compete during 2014.

Competition record

References

1990 births Living people Swedish female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes from Stockholm European Athletics Championships medalists Swedish Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships athletes for Sweden Olympic female sprinters 21st-century Swedish sportswomen Spårvägens FK athletes {{sweden-sport-bio-stub