Torbjörn Eriksson
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Born | Grycksbo, Sweden |
17 April 1971 ||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||
Event(s) | 200 metres | ||||||||||||
Club | Falu IK Sundsvalls IF |
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Medal record
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Jan Torbjörn Eriksson (born 17 April 1971 in Grycksbo[1]) is a retired Swedish athlete who competed in the sprinting events.[2] He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 1996 European Indoor Championships in his native Sweden. In addition, he competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as four consecutive World Championships, starting in 1993.
In 2008, he started started coaching Swedish hurdlers, sisters Jenny and Susanna Kallur.
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.30 (Gävle 1996)
- 200 metres – 20.58 (-0.6 m/s) (Seville 1999)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 6.75 (Malmö 1998)
- 200 metres – 21.02 (Ghent 1996)
References
- ↑ Sports-Reference profile
- ↑ Torbjörn Eriksson profile at IAAF
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- Swedish sprinters
- Male sprinters
- People from Falun Municipality
- Olympic athletes of Sweden
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swedish male athletes
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Sweden
- Swedish athletics biography stubs