Sweden at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics
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Sweden, as the hosting nation, sent as many as 74 athletes to the 2006 European Athletics Championships. The squad included three Olympic champions from Athens 2004
Sweden at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Gold:*Stefan Holm — Athletics, Men's High Jump* Christian Olsson — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump* Carolina Kluft — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon* Henrik Nilsson and Markus Oscarsson — Canoeing, Men's K-2 1000 m- Silver:...

, the heptathlete Carolina Klüft
Carolina Klüft
Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...

, the high jumper Stefan Holm
Stefan Holm
Stefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...

 and the triple jumper Christian Olsson
Christian Olsson
Christian Olsson is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He has won an Olympic gold medal, three gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships...

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Results

List of Swedish results, where Athletes reached the Final in that event. (Heats/Quarter-Finals/Semi-Final scores will not be recorded)
Place Athlete Event Result
1 Carolina Klüft
Carolina Klüft
Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...

Heptathlon W 6740 p
1 Susanna Kallur
Susanna Kallur
Susanna Elisabeth Kallur is a Swedish athlete competing mainly in sprint hurdles. She has won several international medals, including the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships...

100 m hurdles W 12.59
1 Christian Olsson
Christian Olsson
Christian Olsson is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He has won an Olympic gold medal, three gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships...

Triple Jump M 17.67 m
2 Johan Wissman
Johan Wissman
Johan Lukas Wissman is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events....

200 m M 20.38
3 Stefan Holm
Stefan Holm
Stefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...

High jump M 2.34 m
3 Kajsa Bergqvist
Kajsa Bergqvist
Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist is a Swedish former high jumper. She won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and one bronze in the European Championships. Her personal outdoor record of 2.06 m, set in Germany in 2003,...

High jump W 2.01 m
4 Linus Thörnblad
Linus Thörnblad
Linus Thörnblad is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.Thörnblad started high jumping at age 16 jumping 2.06 m his first year. Two years later he jumped 2.30 m....

High jump M 2.34 m
7 Jenny Kallur
Jenny Kallur
Jenny Margareta Kallur is a former Swedish track and field athlete who competed in hurdling and sprinting events. Her twin sister Susanna Kallur, whom she is four minutes older than, is also a 100 m hurdler...

100 m hurdles W 12.94
9 Rizak Dirshe
Rizak Dirshe
Rizak Dirshe is a Swedish middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres. He represented the sports clubs Skellefteå AIK, Hälle IF and Malmö AI....

1500 m 3.42.87
10 Camilla Johansson
Camilla Johansson
Camilla Johansson is a former Swedish Olympic backstroke swimmer. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she finished 10th in the 4×100 m medley relay team and 31st in the 100 m backstroke. Her married name is Camilla Johansson-Sponseller...

Triple jump W 13.74 m
10 Magnus Arvidsson
Magnus Arvidsson (athlete)
Magnus Arvidsson is a male Swedish javelin thrower.He finished tenth at the 2006 European Championships, tenth at the 2007 World Championships, third at the 2007 World Athletics Final and eleventh at the 2008 Olympic Games....

Javelin M 78.53 m
22 Monica Svensson 20 km walk W 1.38.25

Men

100 m: Daniel Persson

200 m: Johan Wissman
Johan Wissman
Johan Lukas Wissman is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events....

, Johan Engberg

400 m: Thomas Nikitin

800 m: Mattias Claesson
Mattias Claesson
Mattias Claesson is a Swedish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished fourth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, with teammates Joni Jaako, Johan Wissman and Andreas Mokdasi...



1500 m: Joel Bodén, Rizak Dirshe
Rizak Dirshe
Rizak Dirshe is a Swedish middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres. He represented the sports clubs Skellefteå AIK, Hälle IF and Malmö AI....



5000 m: Henrik Skoog
Henrik Skoog
Henrik Skoog is a Swedish middle distance runner.He finished sixth in the 5,000m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....



Marathon: Said Regragui, Kristian Algers, Marek Poszepcynski, Kristoffer Österlund, Alfred Shemweta
Alfred Shemweta
Alfred Shemweta is a male long-distance runner who competed internationally for Sweden. He twice won the Stockholm Marathon during his career: 1999 and 2000...

, Kent Claesson

110 m hurdles: Robert Kronberg
Robert Kronberg
Leif Robert Kronberg is a Swedish hurdler of Serbian descent.He finished 8th in the 110m hurdles final at the 2000 Olympics. He competed again in the 2004 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals. He has also been a regular competitor in the World Championships in Athletics, being present at every event...

, Joakim Blaschke

3,000 m steeplechase: Mustafa Mohammed, Henrik Skoog
Henrik Skoog
Henrik Skoog is a Swedish middle distance runner.He finished sixth in the 5,000m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....



50 km walk: Fredrik Svensson

Javelin: Magnus Arvidsson
Magnus Arvidsson (athlete)
Magnus Arvidsson is a male Swedish javelin thrower.He finished tenth at the 2006 European Championships, tenth at the 2007 World Championships, third at the 2007 World Athletics Final and eleventh at the 2008 Olympic Games....

, Daniel Ragnvaldsson

Discus: Niklas Arrhenius
Niklas Arrhenius
Niklas Arrhenius is a competitor in the discus throw who won the Swedish competition in this event in 2004 and 2006. He was also Sweden's discus competitor at the 2008 Summer Olympics....



Shot put: Jimmy Nordin, Stefan Blomqvist

Triple Jump: Christian Olsson
Christian Olsson
Christian Olsson is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He has won an Olympic gold medal, three gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships...



High jump: Stefan Holm
Stefan Holm
Stefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...

, Linus Thörnblad
Linus Thörnblad
Linus Thörnblad is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.Thörnblad started high jumping at age 16 jumping 2.06 m his first year. Two years later he jumped 2.30 m....



Pole vault: Alhaji Jeng
Alhaji Jeng
Alhaji Jeng is a Swedish pole vaulter and actor.Jeng came to Sweden when he was just 3 months old, but retained his Gambian citizenship until he was 18 years old, when he applied for and was granted Swedish citizenship...

, Oscar Janson
Oscar Janson
Oscar Janson is a Swedish pole vaulter.He finished ninth at the 2002 European Championships, and competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final....

, Jesper Fritz
Jesper Fritz
Jesper Fritz is a Swedish pole vaulter. He won the silver medal in the European Under 23 championships. His personal record is 5.70 metres. He was out in the qualifying in Beijing Olympic Games 2008.- References :...

, Gustaf Hultgren

Decathlon: Nicklas Wiberg
Nicklas Wiberg
Nicklas Robert Wiberg is a male decathlete from Sweden. He set his personal best score in the men's decathlon on August 20, 2009 in Berlin.-Achievements:-References:...



4 x 100 m: Daniel Persson, Christoffer Sandin, Stefan Tärnhuvud, Johan Engberg, Patrik Lövgren

4 x 400 m: Fredrik Johansson
Fredrik Johansson
Per Fredrik Johansson is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for VIK Västerås HK in HockeyAllsvenskan.-External links:...

, Thomas Nikitin, Joni Jaako
Joni Jaako
Joni Jaako is a Swedish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.He finished fourth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, with teammates Johan Wissman, Andreas Mokdasi and Mattias Claesson....

, Andreas Mokdasi
Andreas Mokdasi
Andreas Mokdasi is a Swedish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.He finished fourth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, with teammates Joni Jaako, Johan Wissman and Mattias Claesson....

, Johan Wissman
Johan Wissman
Johan Lukas Wissman is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events....



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Women

100 m: Emma Rienas

400 m: Lena Aruhn, Beatrice Dahlgren

100 m hurdles: Susanna Kallur
Susanna Kallur
Susanna Elisabeth Kallur is a Swedish athlete competing mainly in sprint hurdles. She has won several international medals, including the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships...

, Jenny Kallur
Jenny Kallur
Jenny Margareta Kallur is a former Swedish track and field athlete who competed in hurdling and sprinting events. Her twin sister Susanna Kallur, whom she is four minutes older than, is also a 100 m hurdler...



400 m hurdles: Anneli Melin, Nadja Petersen, Erica Mårtensson

Marathon: Anna Rahm, Lena Gavelin, Lisa Blommé

3,000 m steeplechase: Ida Nilsson
Ida Nilsson
Ida Nilsson is a Swedish long-distance runner.She finished 7th in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, where she set the Swedish national record .-External links:...

, Christin Johansson, Ebba Stenbäck Morrison

20 km walk: Monica Svensson

High jump: Kajsa Bergqvist
Kajsa Bergqvist
Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist is a Swedish former high jumper. She won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and one bronze in the European Championships. Her personal outdoor record of 2.06 m, set in Germany in 2003,...

, Emma Green
Emma Green
Emma Anna-Maria Green Tregaro is an athlete competing in high jump. She won a bronze medal in the event at the 2005 IAAF World Championships. She represented Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics...



Triple jump: Camilla Johansson
Camilla Johansson
Camilla Johansson is a former Swedish Olympic backstroke swimmer. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she finished 10th in the 4×100 m medley relay team and 31st in the 100 m backstroke. Her married name is Camilla Johansson-Sponseller...



Long jump: Carolina Klüft
Carolina Klüft
Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...

, Daniela Lincoln Saavedra

Pole vault: Hanna-Mia Persson, Linda Persson, Maria Rendin

Discus: Anna Söderberg
Anna Söderberg
Anna Söderberg is a female discus thrower from Sweden. Her personal best throw of 64.54 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Aremark, is the Swedish record for the event. She has represented her country at the Olympic Games on three occasions – in 2000, 2004 and 2008...



Hammer throw: Cecilia Nilsson
Cecilia Nilsson (athlete)
Cecilia Nilsson is a retired female hammer thrower from Sweden. She set her personal best on May 24, 2008 at a meet in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-Achievements:-References:...

, Tracey Andersson
Tracey Andersson
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Javelin: Annika Petersson
Annika Petersson
Annika Petersson is a Swedish javelin thrower.She competed at the 1998 World Junior Championships and the 2006 European Championships, but without reaching the final....



Shot put: Helena Engman
Helena Engman
Helena Sofia Engman is a Swedish shot putter.She finished sixth at the 2003 Summer Universiade and eighth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2007 World Championships without reaching the finals...



Heptathlon: Carolina Klüft
Carolina Klüft
Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...

, Jessica Samuelsson
Jessica Samuelsson
Jessica Samuelsson is a Swedish heptathlete.-Achievements:-References:...



4 x 100m: Susanna Kallur
Susanna Kallur
Susanna Elisabeth Kallur is a Swedish athlete competing mainly in sprint hurdles. She has won several international medals, including the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships...

, Jenny Kallur
Jenny Kallur
Jenny Margareta Kallur is a former Swedish track and field athlete who competed in hurdling and sprinting events. Her twin sister Susanna Kallur, whom she is four minutes older than, is also a 100 m hurdler...

, Carolina Klüft
Carolina Klüft
Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...

, Emma Green
Emma Green
Emma Anna-Maria Green Tregaro is an athlete competing in high jump. She won a bronze medal in the event at the 2005 IAAF World Championships. She represented Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics...

, Emma Rienas

4 x 400m: Lena Aruhn, Beatrice Dahlgren, Emma Björkman, Emma Agerbjer, Jessica Samuelsson
Jessica Samuelsson
Jessica Samuelsson is a Swedish heptathlete.-Achievements:-References:...



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