Wictor Petersson

Wictor Petersson (born 1 May 1998) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the shot put.[1] He represented his country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final. Earlier that year he won a bronze medal at the European U23 Championships.[2]

Wictor Petersson
Personal information
Born (1998-04-17) 17 April 1998
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put
ClubHässleholms AIS (−2013)
Malmö AI (2014−)

His personal bests in the event are 20.70 metres outdoors (Azusa 2019) and 19.78 metres indoors (Malmö 2019).

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Sweden
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 3rd Shot put (5 kg) 21.56
11th Discus throw (1.5 kg) 53.02 m
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd Shot put (6 kg) 20.65 m
4th Discus throw (1.75 kg) 61.23 m
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 6th Shot put (6 kg) 19.80 m
8th Discus throw (1.75 kg) 54.90 m
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 3rd Shot put 19.53 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 19th (q) Shot put 20.31 m

References

  1. Wictor Petersson at World Athletics
  2. "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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