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1 MEDIA GUIDE SWEDISH TEAM IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu 2011

2 Index ISABELLAH ANDERSSON, Marathon LEIF ARRHENIUS, Discus Throw NIKLAS ARRHENIUS, Discus Throw MALIN DAHLSTRÖM, Pole Vault EMMA GREEN TREGARO, High Jump MOA HJELMER, 200 m & 400 m ALHAJI JENG, Pole Vault MATTIAS JONS, Hammer Throw EBBA JUNGMARK, High Jump Presenting Swedish Athletics CAROLINA KLÜFT, Long Jump CHRISTIAN OLSSON, Triple Jump JESSICA SAMUELSSON, Heptathlon MICHEL TORNÉUS, Long Jump GABRIEL WALLIN, Javelin Throw ANDREAS GUSTAFSSON, 50 km Walk ANATOLE IBANEZ, 20 km Walk Swedish Team Officials and Main Sponsors Swedish Team Press Conferences Editor: Fredrik Trahn Photo: Ryno Quantz Production: Text & Bildproduktion AB Facts compiled by: Jonas Hedman (ATFS) in co-operation with A. Lennart Julin (ATFS) (Valuable sources of information compiled by Bo Nordin, Bengt Holmberg, Owe Fröberg and Birger Fält (walking.) Note: The purpose of this guide is to be a source of background information for the media covering the 2011 World Championships. Thus individual pieces of information are of course free to use in articles and reports. However, the actual profiles must not be - wholly or partially - reprinted, published on Internet or entered into databases or similar electronic information systems. Media contact: Media contacts with the Swedish Team shall be organised via: Fredrik Trahn, Press Chief, phone , [email protected] Swedish Team blog: Follow the Swedish Team on the team blog: Swedish Athletic Association Box 11, SE SOLNA, SWEDEN Phone: Fax: [email protected] Internet:

3 The Swedish Team has spent a week in Mokpo, Korea preparing for the World Championships in Daegu.

4 SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu Pronounciation Residence Occupation Height/Weight Clubs Coach/Advisor Event ISABELLAH Moraa ANDERSSON (formerly AMORO) Iss-ah-BELL-ah UNN-deh-shonn 12 November 1980 (Manga (Kisii), Kenya) Vilshult Athlete 167 cm / 51 kg Oskarshamns SK ('07), Hässelby SK ('08-) Lars Andersson Marathon Personal best 2:23:41 Dubai, UAE **NR** Progression Marathon Halfmar 10000m 5000m :51:40 1:19: :14: :34:14 1:11:06 34: :07: :33:52 1:11:35 33: : :25:10 1:10:02 33: : :23:41 1:12: Major competitions 2009 European XC Ch European Ch 4 Internat. matches 2 National titles Outdoors (Mar): '08, '09, '10, '11 (Halfmar): '09, '10 (5000m): '09, '10 (10000m): '08, '09, '10 (4 km XC): '08, '10 (8 km XC): '08, '10 PB other events 1500m 4:30.27 Karlskrona m 9:21.8m+ Malmö m 15:45.08 Malmö m 33:32.72 Malmö km road 32:24 Hasle, DEN **NR** Halfmar 1:10:02 Venlo, NED :11:35 Stockholm **NR** Notes: Never seriously pursued running at home in Kenya, actually first came to Sweden to learn about orienteering, met husband-to-be Lars Andersson (orienteering coach) and together they realised that her best option was to focus on running, not orienteering. Became a Swedish citizen on 11 May '09. During the coldest winter months in Sweden resides in Eldoret (Kenya). Quickly back into competitive running after daughter Beyoncé was born on 25 Jan '09: On 25 Apr (i.e. just three months later) finished 4th in the Swedish 4 km XC championships, on 16 May ran a 1:14 halfmarathon and on 30 May won the Stockholm Marathon in 2:33! On 22 Jan '10 became the first Swedish woman to run a sub-2:30 marathon (2:26:52 in Dubai). Has set 5 NR '09-'11 at 10 km road (1), halfmarathon (1) and marathon (3). Won 6 national titles in '10: 5000m, 10000m, halfmarathon, marathon, 4 km XC and 8 km XC. Prefers road running and has only run nine races on the track: one 1500m, four 5000m and four 10000m. After marathon NR in January '11(2:23:41) had surgery on left knee in March and then only raced three times before the World Ch. Website:

5 SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu LEIF Hilding ARRHENIUS Pronounciation LAY-f Ah-REHN-yuhss 15 July 1986 (Provo, UT, USA) Residence Provo, UT Occupation Student Height/Weight 192 cm / 120 kg Club Spårvägens FK US university Brigham Young University ('05, 08-'11) Coach Anders Arrhenius Event Discus Throw Personal best Växjö Progression DT SP HT /16.88i on mission /18.35i /18.98i /19.92i Major competitions Internat. matches National titles Outdoors: 08 PB other events SP Des Moines, IA i College Station, TX HT Albuquerque, NM JT Provo, UT WT (36 lb) Fayetteville, AR Athletics in family Father Anders (b '47) SP: '78, DT: '73 Brother Daniel (b '78): SP/DT: 17.99/56.32 '03 Sister Annika (b '80): DT: '00 Brother Niklas (b '82): SP/DT/HT: '11, 19.91i '04/66.22 '11/53.63 '03 Sister-in-law Tiffany (Rasmussen, b' 84): JT: '06 Notes: Permanent resident of Utah since birth, but has retained the Swedish citizenship of his father, who was on Swedish national team as a shot putter in 1970's and took four national titles. Won the NCAA Indoor Championships in SP in March '11 when improving his PB with 94 cm to That was a tie of his father Anders PB from '78. Concluded his collegiate career in June '11 with silver in the NCAA Championships in both SP and DT. 5

6 Pronounciation Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club US university Coach Events SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu NICK-luss Ah-REHN-yuhss 10 September 1982 (Provo, UT, USA) Provo, UT Student 192 cm / 125 kg Spårvägens FK Brigham Young University ('04-'07) Vesteinn Hafsteinsson Discus Throw NIKLAS Bo ARRHENIUS Personal best Helsingborg Progression DT SP HT on mission /19.91i /18.58i /19.22i /17.90i Major competitions 2000 World Junior Ch European Junior Ch European Ch qual 2007 World Ch qual 2008 Olympic G qual 2010 European Ch qual qual (SP) 2011 European Indoor Ch qual (SP) European Team Ch/Super L 7 10 (SP) Internat. matches Outdoors: 7 National titles Outdoors (SP): '09, '10, '11 (DT): '04, '06, '07, '10, '11 Indoors (SP): '10, '11 PB other events SP Göteborg i Air Force Academy, CO HT Orem, UT JT Orem, UT WT (36 lb) i Provo, UT Athletics in family Father Anders (b '47) SP: '78, DT: '73 Brother Daniel (b '78): SP/DT: 17.99/56.32 '03 Sister Annika (b '80): DT: '00 Brother Leif (b '86): SP/DT/HT: 19.37/19.92i '11/64.46 '11/62.77 '10 Wife Tiffany (Rasmussen, b' 84): JT: '06 Notes: Permanent resident of Utah since birth, but has retained the Swedish citizenship of his father, who was on Swedish national team as a shot putter in 1970's and won four national titles. On 14 April '01 at the Arcadia Invitational improved the US High School record with the 1.61 kg implement by almost three meters throwing (The record was surpassed in '09 by 68 cm.) Concluded his collegiate career in June '07 by becoming the NCAA champion. 6

7 Pronounciation Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach Event SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu Mah-LINN DAHL-streumm 26 August 1989 (Göteborg) Västra Frölunda (Göteborg) Student (technology) 171 cm / 59 kg Göteborgs KIK (-'09), Ullevi FK ('10-) Thomas Kyöttilä & Pekka Dahlhöjd Pole Vault Anna MALIN DAHLSTRÖM Personal bests 4.36 Göteborg i Potsdam, GER Progression i i i Major competitions 2009 European Team Ch/Super L 12 European U23 Ch European Team Ch/Super L - European U23 Ch 5 Internat. matches Outdoors: 5 Indoors: 1 National titles Outdoors: '11 Indoors: '11 PB other events 60m i 7.75 Göteborg m m Lerum i Malmö m 2:46.14 Göteborg mH i 9.02 Göteborg mH Borås HJ 1.49 Lerum LJ 5.80 Stockholm w 5.98 Helsingborg Pen i Göteborg Notes: Former gymnast that took up athletics at age 15 and was almost immediately introduced to the PV. Between 12 and 18 February raised NIR three times (4.43, 4.45 and 4.50) only to loose it on 20 February. 7

8 SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu EMMA Anna-Maria GREEN TREGARO Pronounciation EMM-ah GREH-n 8 December 1984 (Bergsjön, Göteborg) Residence Göteborg Occupation Athlete Height/Weight 180 cm / 62 kg Club IF Rigor ('97-'98), Ullevi FK ('98-'02), Örgryte IS ('03-) Coach Yannick Tregaro Event High Jump Personal best 2.01 Barcelona, ESP best 1.94 Randall s Island, NY Progression HJ 100m 200m i i i 12.70/12.47w 26.26/26.02i i i w w i i Major competitions 2001 European Youth Olympics World Junior Ch European Junior Ch European Indoor Ch 8 European U23 Ch 2 World Ch World Indoor Ch qual European Cup/Super L (200m) 5 European Ch 11 (4x100m) European Indoor Ch qual World Ch =7 World Athletics Final 8 Internat. matches Outdoors: 14 Indoors: 1 National titles Outdoors (HJ): '05, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11 (LJ): '05 Indoors (HJ): '01, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, ' World Indoor Ch qual Olympic G European Team Ch/Super L 5 World Ch = World Indoor Ch =5 European Ch European Team Ch/Super L 1 PB other events 60m i 7.42 Göteborg m Doha, QAT m Málaga, ESP LJ 6.41 Helsingborg TJ Vaasa, FIN w Sävedalen i Sätra Athletics in family Mother Maria (Lennerthson, b '59) 100m/200m: 12.5m/26.1m '73 Father Lennart (b '57) 400m/800m: 51.10/1:57.8m '81 Brother Erik (b '86) LJ: 6.87/6.97w/6.89i/ '05 Paternal uncle Göte (b '55) 400m: 48.13/47.9m '76/'77 Husband Yannick (b '78) HJ/LJ/TP 2.17 '96/6.86w '96/15.13 '00 Notes: First year in athletics at age 14 did 1.71 in HJ and at 200m. Just like Kajsa Bergqvist and Carolina Klüft began international career by winning the HJ at the European Youth Olympics. After Helsinki bronze displayed great versatility by successfully venturing into also sprinting (7.42i/11.58/23.02) and horizontal jumping (6.41/13.69i). However, from '07 onwards back to concentrating on the HJ. Set PB with 1.99 and 2.01 for silver in the European Ch '10 and became the second Swede after Kajsa Bergqvist to reach 2 meters. Married her coach Yannick Tregaro on 12 March '11. 8

9 EMMA GREEN TREGARO, High Jump

10 Pronounciation Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach Event SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu MOO-ah YELL-mehrr 19 June 1990 (Vantör) Sköndal Athlete 172 cm / 60 kg Spårvägens FK Roland Bergman 200 and 400m MOA Elin Marianne HJELMER Personal bests Ostrava, CZE w Gävle Gävle **NR** Progression 100m 200m 400m 60m i w? /12.77w 25.67/25.60i i i /12.13w? i i /11.86w /53.92i 7.84i /23.16w Major competitions 2007 World Youth Ch semi (200m) 2008 World Junior Ch semi (400m) 2009 European Team Ch/Super L 12 (400m) dq (4x400m) European Junior Ch 3 (400m) 2010 European Ch 7 (4x100m) 2011 European Team Ch/Super L 9 (200m) 8 (4x100m) 10 (4x100m) European U23 Ch 2 (200m) Internat. matches Outdoors: 5 National titles Outdoors (200m): '11 (400m): '11 Indoors (200m): '09 (400m): '10 PB other events 60m i 7.82 Sätra m Göteborg w Sundsvall m Sollentuna m 2:21.48 Sollentuna mH Stockholm HJ LJ 5.11 Göteborg i 5.35 Sätra Notes: Broke Ann-Louise Skoglunds 25 year old NR at 400 m with 0.11 when winning her first ever outdoor national title on 13 August '11. The day after she took her second title winning 200m.

11 Pronounciation Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach Event SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu Al-HAJJ-ee YENG 13 December 1981 (Banjul, GAM) Göteborg Athlete 185 cm / 77 kg Örgryte IS Stanislaw Szczyrba Pole Vault Personal bests 5.80 Zhukovskiy, RUS i Stockholm **NIR** 2011 best 5.60 Karlstad Progression i i ALHAJI JENG /5.75& 5.71i i i Major competitions 2000 World Junior Ch European U23 Ch European Indoor Ch World Indoor Ch 2 European Ch final (injured) 2007 World Ch qual 2008 World Indoor Ch 7 Olympic G qual 2009 European Indoor Ch 5 European Team Ch/Super L 8 World Ch European Indoor Ch qual European Team Ch/Super L 11 Internat. matches Outdoors: 11 Indoors: 1 National titles Outdoors: '05, '06, '11 Indoors: '05, '06, '08, '11 PB other events 60m i 7.18 Göteborg m Göteborg m 2:25.42 Lerum m 2:58.72 Göteborg mH i 8.53 Göteborg mH Göteborg HJ i 2.00 Göteborg Karlskoga LJ i 7.07 Göteborg w 6.26 Lerum SP i Göteborg HT Mölndal JT Mölndal Hep i Göteborg Notes: Has lived in Sweden for just about his whole life as he was only a few weeks old when family moved from Gambia in early '82. Grew up in same neighbourhood as Christian Olsson, Yannick Tregaro and Patrik Kristiansson in the Göteborg suburb of Angered. The '95 WCh in hometown Göteborg made great impact on the 13 years old. Decided after seeing Sergey Bubka in action that Pole Vault was the sport to pursue! Won final major meet before '05 WCh the IAAF Super GP "DN Galan" - defeating i.a. 5 of would-be Helsinki top-7 but still couldn't be entered into the WCh due to not having made the then A-standard of When getting the chance in the '06 WICh immediately proved himself by taking the silver medal. Hampered by hamstring problems during summer of '06 and winter and summer of '07. Missed '10 due to foot injury sustained when landing outside of the pit during training. 11

12 SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu Bernt Göran MATTIAS JONS Pronounciation Mah-TEE-uss YOONNS 19 November 1982 (Hudiksvall) Residence Falun Occupation Coach (part-time) Height/Weight 182 cm / 108 kg Clubs Järvsö IF (-'02), Hässelby SK ('03-) US universities Central Arizona College ('02-'03), Boise State University ('04-'05) Coach Arto Rinta-Aho Event Hammer Throw Personal best Järvsö best Tampere, FIN Progression 7.26 kg 6.25 kg 5.5 kg 4.0 kg Major competitions 2009 European Team Ch/Super L European Ch - (finalist) 2011 European Team Ch/Super L 10 Internat. matches Outdoors: 12 National titles Outdoors: '07, '08, '09, '10, '11 Indoors (WT): '08, '10, '11 PB other events SP Bottnaryd DT Boise, ID JT Honolulu, HI WT (35 lb) i Göteborg Notes: Runner-up in US Collegiate (NCAA) championships in '05. 12

13 Pronounciation Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club US university Coach Event SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu EBB-ah YUHNG-mahrk 10 March 1987 (Onsala) Onsala Office clerk (part-time) 179 cm / 57 kg Mölndals AIK Washington State University ('08) Emil Predan High Jump EBBA Anna JUNGMARK Personal bests 1.93 Gävle i Paris, FRA Progression HJ TJ /11.32w i 11.99/12.15w/12.15i i i i Major competitions 2003 European Youth Olympics World Junior Ch European U23 Ch 3 World Ch qual 2010 European Ch qual 2011 European Indoor Ch 3 Internat. matches Outdoors: 4 Indoors: 1 National titles Indoors: '11 PB other events 60m i 8.29 Göteborg m i Göteborg m 2: i 2:37.32 Västerås mH i 9.35 Västerås mH Helsingborg LJ 5.19 Gävle i 5.59 Västerås TJ Göteborg w Västerås i Bollnäs SP i 9.10 Västerås JT Gävle Pen i Västerås Athletics in family Second cousin Emma (b '87): 100m/200m/400m: 12.72/25.89/58.53 '04. Notes: '08 NCAA (US Collegiate) champion indoors.

14 Presenting Swedish Athletics Formed in 1895, the Swedish Athletics is one of the biggest sports organisations in Sweden. Today, it has approx. 350,000 members, organized in around 1,000 clubs divided into 23 districts. In addition to this, there are a half a million people, participating every year in competitions on main roads and cross-country and there are more than a million who run regularly just for exercise.

15 CHRISTIAN OLSSON, Triple Jump

16 CAROLINA KLÜFT, Long Jump

17 Pronounciaton Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach Event SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu Cahrr-oh-LEE-nah KLEUFFT 2 February 1983 (Sandhult) Karlskrona Athlete 178 cm / 65 kg IFK Växjö Agne Bergvall Long Jump CAROLINA Evelyn KLÜFT Personal best 6.97 Tallinn, EST bests 6.73 Stockholm w Gävle Progression LJ TJ Hep Pen i HJ 100m z z z z/5.60wz 11.51/11.69w 1.69/1.70i i i /6.33w /11.85w /6.59w i i /6.92w i /14.17w i i - /11.61w /11.60w /6.74w Major competitions 1999 European Youth Olympics 1 (HJ) 2005 European Indoor Ch 1 (Pen) 2 (4x100m) European U23 Ch 1 (LJ) 2000 World Junior Ch 1 (Hep) World Ch 1 (Hep) 2001 European Junior Ch 1 (Hep) heat (4x100m) 2002 European Indoor Ch 3 (Pen) 2006 European Cup/Super L 1 (Hep) World Junior Ch 1 (Hep) European Ch 1 (Hep) European Ch 1 (Hep) 6 (LJ) 2003 World Indoor Ch 1 (Pen) 5 (4x100m) European U23 Ch 1 (LJ) 2007 European Indoor Ch 1 (Pen) World Ch 1 (Hep) World Ch 1 (Hep) heat (4x100m) 2008 Olympic G 9 (LJ) 2004 World Indoor Ch 3 (LJ) qual (TJ) Olympic G 1 (Hep) 2010 European Ch 11 (LJ) 10 (LJ) 2011 Europ. Team Ch/SuperL 2 (LJ) Internat. matches Outdoors: 20 National titles Outdoors (Hep): '01 (100m): '03, '04, '11 (200m): '05 (HJ): '04 (LJ): '01, '02, '06, '08, '10, '11 Indoors (LJ): '02, '03, '04 PB other events 60m i 7.40 Malmö m Karlstad m Saint Denis, FRA m Gävle i Birmingham, GBR relay Stockholm m 2:08.89 Helsinki, FIN mH i 8.19 Birmingham, GBR mH Götzis, AUT Osaka, JPN

18 SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu PB other events 300mH Helsingborg HJ 1.95 Osaka, JPN PV 3.16 Stockholm LJ 6.97 Tallinn, EST i 6.92 Budapest, HUN **NIR** TP Växjö **NR** SP Götzis, AUT DT Chula Vista, CA JT Götzis, AUT Pen i Madrid, ESP **NIR** Hep Osaka, JPN **AR** Athletics in family Mother Ingalill (Ahlm, b '56) LJ: 6.09/6.20w 79. (Father Johnny 1st division soccer player.) Sister Martina (b '80) LJ: 5.47i '97 Sister Sofia (b '85) HJ: 1.68 '01, LJ: 5.80/5.85w '02/'01, TJ: 12.02i '01, Hep: '02 Sister Olivia (b '92) 200m '11, LJ/TJ: 5.73 '11/11.99 '09 Husband Patrik (Kristiansson, b 77) PV: 5.85 '02 (3rd WCh '03, 2nd WJCh '96). Notes: When in '02 retaining World Junior title improved a WJR that had stood since the year of her birth. In first 17 major international championships/games struck gold 15 times and bronze twice. At 22 the youngest ever to get the "grand-slam" of championships: OG, WCh, WICh, ECh, EICh. In Athens '04 her 517 points advantage on 2nd place was larger than the gap between 2nd and 25th! EAA female European Athlete of the year" in '03 and '06. In '07 the only athlete to defeat World Champion Tatyana Lebedeva in the LJ (at Lausanne Super Grand Prix). In first "competitive" TJ as a senior in the match vfin '04 did with right foot take-off and with left foot takeoff! On 19 March '08 announced giving "need for a new challenge" as reason decision to quit the Heptathlon (after six years as undisputed No 1!) to instead concentrate on the LJ and TJ. Thus stopped winning streak in heptathlon at 19 (with average winning margin of 333 points)! Had a tibia stress fracture in late '08 and in June '09 suffered severe hamstring pull that demanded operation. Returned to competition on 19 May '10. Set a SB of 6.62 in the qualification at the European Ch '10 which was her first championships in two years.

19 Pronounciation Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach/Advisor Event SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu CHRISS-tee-unn OOLL-sonn 25 January 1980 (Göteborg) Göteborg Athlete 192 cm / 78 kg Örgryte IS Yannick Tregaro Triple Jump John CHRISTIAN Bert OLSSON Personal bests Athina, GRE **NR** 17.92w Gateshead, GBR i Budapest, HUN bests Roma, ITA Progression* TJ HJ i z 1.45 (z = measured from take-off point) i z i z 11.58zw 11.66zi i w i w i i i i w 2.28& i w i Major competitions 1999 European Junior Ch World Indoor Ch 1 1 (HJ) World Ch European Indoor Ch qual World Athletics Final 1 European Cup/Super L World Indoor Ch 1 Olympic G qual Olympic G European U23 Ch 1 World Athletics Final 1 World Ch European Ch European Indoor Ch World Indoor Ch 4 European Ch European Indoor Ch 5 IAAF Grand Prix Final 1 World Cup 3 Internat. matches Outdoors: 17 Indoors: 3 National titles Outdoors (TJ): '00, '01, '03, '09, '11 (LJ): '06 Indoors (TJ): '00, '01, '02, '03, '04 PB other events 60m i 7.19 Sätra m 10.9m Gold Coast, AUS m w Kil m i 2:25.4m mH Göteborg HJ 2.24 Göteborg & 2.28 Båstad i 2.28 Göteborg in street clothes 1.95 Göteborg

20 SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu PB other events PV 4.04 Göteborg LJ 7.71 Feldkirch, AUT w 7.84 Helsinki, FIN SP Göteborg JT Göteborg Notes: First coach Viljo Nousiainen had developed club mate Patrik Sjöberg into the world s premier high jumper in mid 1980 s. When Viljo suddenly passed away in spring of '99 Yannick Tregaro (himself guided by Viljo to 2.17 and a World Junior Ch final at age 18 in '96) stepped in as coach despite being Christian s senior by just two years. Birth as true world class triple jumper on 14 June '01: On a rain-soaked Helsinki Olympic Stadium got first 17m-mark as well as first victory over legend Jonathan Edwards. Since first exceeding 17m has surpassed that limit in 107 out of 116 meets (including a streak of 58 meets). Adding five qualification rounds he has 109 competitions at 17+! Achieved the "Grand Slam" of championships (OG, WCh, WICh, ECh, EICh) in '02-'04. In '04 claimed 50% of the Golden League jackpot after winning the TJ at all six meets. Kept out of competition from 18 Sep '04 until 12 June '06 by ankle injury which needed four operations. Despite that long layoff had in first attempt in comeback meet and in less than a month had reached In seven of his eight international championships qualifying rounds from '01 WCh onwards achieved the pre-set standard for the final on his very first attempt. Persistent hamstring problems ruined most of '05-'09. From 13 July '07 to 1 February '10 only competed four times: one outdoor meet in '08 and three in '09. Resided in Monaco '02-'11 but moved back to hometown Göteborg in July '11. Undisputed No 1 in the EAA voting for male European Athlete of (* Very early marks in progression above courtesy of Per Crona.)

21 SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu JESSICA Eva Katarina SAMUELSSON Pronounciation YESS-ee-cah SAH-muh-el-sonn 14 March 1985 (Saltsjö-Boo) Residence Nacka Occupation Law student (part time) Height/Weight 176 cm / 65 kg Club Boo IF (-'01), Hässelby SK ('02-) Coach Dejan Mirkovic Event Heptathlon Personal best Ratingen, GER Progression Hep Pen i 400m 200m 100mH LJ 800m 400mH /25.37w? : i 24.75i i : /13.99w : /14.11w 6.01w 2: i : /13.84w : /24.05w /6.26w/ 2: i /6.35w 2: Major competitions 2003 European Junior Ch heat (400mH) 5 (4x400m) 2005 European U23 Ch 8 (Hep) 2006 European Cup/Super L 9 (Hep) 2007 European U23 Ch 13 (Hep) World Ch 29 (Hep) 2009 World University G 1 (Hep) World Ch 17 (Hep) 2010 European Ch 10 (Hep) 2011 European Indoor Ch 5 (Pen) Internat. matches Outdoors: 6 Indoors: 1 National titles Outdoors (Hep): '03, '05, '08 (LJ): '09 Indoors (Pen): '05, '06, '08, '09, '10 PB other events 60m i 7.64 Sätra m Sävedalen m Sundsvall m Enskede m Sollentuna m 2:07.03 Beograd, SRB mH i 8.50 Bollnäs mH Ratingen, GER mH Västerås mH Norrtälje HJ 1.76 Beograd, SRB LJ 6.32 Västerås w 6.35 Gävle SP Sollentuna JT Barcelona, ESP Pen i Paris, FRA Notes: Sprinter/hurdler until '03, when focus began shifting towards combined events. In '08 surpassed the IAAF A-standard on three occasions but was still not selected for Beijing by the Swedish OC. 21

22 Pronounciation Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club Coach Event SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu Mi-SHELL Tohr-NEH-uhss 26 maj 1986 (Botkyrka) Tumba Community centre youth instructor (part-time) 184 cm / 70 kg IFK Tumba (-'10), Hammarby IF ('11-) Oscar Gidewall Long Jump MICHEL Tresor Komesha TORNÉUS Personal bests 8.19 Stockholm w Lapinlahti, FIN Progression z 4.40zw (z = measured from take-off point) z z 4.79zw w w Major competitions 2005 European Junior Ch European U23 Ch European Indoor Ch qual European Team Ch/Super L 9 World Ch qual 2010 World Indoor Ch qual European Ch European Indoor Ch qual European Team Ch/Super L 2 Internat. matches Outdoors: 9 Indoors: 1 National titles Outdoors : '05, '07, '08, '09, '10 Indoors: '08, '10, '11 PB other events 60m i 6.97 Malmö m Göteborg w Sollentuna m Sollentuna w Vallentuna m Enskede m Gävle m i 2:50.91 Karlskrona m 4:52.29 Gävle mH Gävle mH Kvarnsveden mH Leppävaara, FIN HJ 1.92 Gävle i 1.99 Karlskrona PV 2.96 Gävle i 3.26 Karlskrona TJ Gävle SP Norrköping DT Gävle JT Gävle Dec Gävle Notes: On 27 June 2009 became the 3rd Swedish long jumper ever to surpass 8 metres in legal wind conditions when jumping Finished 2nd (and No 1 European) in the Diamond League meet in Gateshead on 10 July '10. Second in the European Team Championships on homesoil in Stockholm in June '11 at 8.19, only 2 cm from Mattias Sunneborns NR. 22

23 MICHEL TORNÉUS, Long Jump

24 Pronounciation Residence Occupation Height/Weight Club US university Coach Event SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu GAH-bree-ell Wah-LEEN 14 October 1981 (Enhörna) Södertälje Financial risk manager (part time) 193 cm / 95 kg Södertälje IF Boise State University ('04-'05) Lasse Haka Javelin Throw Personal best Stockholm Progression Thorsten Olof GABRIEL WALLIN Major competitions 2003 European U23 Ch qual 2004 European Cup/Super L World Ch qual 2007 World Ch qual 2010 European Ch qual 2011 European Team Ch/Super L 3 Internat. matches Outdoors: 5 National titles Outdoors: - PB other events SP Södertälje DT Södertälje HT Södertälje Notes: US Collegiate (NCAA) champion in '04 & '05. When winning in '04 improved PB from to in qualification and further to in the final. In the '09 edition of the prestigeous match vs Finland was leading going into the final round and only one of the three Finnish throwers managed to barely pass and grab the win. Due to persistent back problems forced to compete sparingly in the last five years. E.g. opened this season as late as 15 July. At the European Team Ch in Stockholm in June '11 finally broke his seven year old PB with 17 cm (80.88) when surpassing 80 m in three out of four throws. Before the meet he had two throws in total over 80m. 24

25 SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu Pronounciation Residence Height/Weight Club US University Coach/Advisor Events Un-DREH-uss GUHSS-tough-sonn 10 August 1981 (Göteborg) Göteborg 180 cm / 67 kg GK Steget Brigham Young University Bo Gustafsson 50 km Walk Personal best 3:57:53 Berlin, GER best - Progression :00: :06: :57: :58: Major competitions 2000 World Junior Ch 21 (10000mW) 2004 World Cup dnf 2007 European Cup 26 World Ch dq 2008 World Cup dnf 2009 European Cup dnf World Ch World Cup 52 (20 kmw) European Ch European Cup dq National titles Outdoors (10000mW): '11 (20 kmw): '11 Indoors (5000mW): '09 PB other events 5000mW 20:09.6 San Diego, CA mW 40:46.0 San Diego, CA mW 1:23:43.0 San Diego, CA mW 1:54:51.0 Växjö kmw 1:27:30 Podébrady, CZE mW 2:17:23.5 Växjö Athletics in family Representing Svenska Gång- och Vandrarförbundet (Swedish Walking Association): Father Bo (b '54): 50kmW 3:44:49 '88 (Olympic silver '84) Brother Jacob (b '84): 800m 1:49.45 '06, 1500m: 3:43.41 '09. Brother Peter (b '86): 400m/800m: 50.20/1:53.00 '09 Notes: Has resided in the US for most of his life. Bo ANDREAS GUSTAFSSON 25

26 SWEDISH TEAM MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daegu Andreas Enrique ANATOLE Vera IBANEZ Pronounciation Ah-nah-TOLL Ee-BAH-ness 14 November 1985 (Öja) Residence Eskilstuna Height/Weight 176 cm / 67 kg Club Eskilstuna FI Coach/Advisor Siw Karlström Events 20 km Walk Personal best 1:23:30 Hobart, AUS :23:30 Podébrady, CZE best 1:24:55 Hobart, AUS Progression :52: :39: :34: :32: :29: :26: :28: :26: :23: :24:55 Major competitions 2004 World Junior Ch 25 (10000mW) 2006 World Cup dnf 2007 European Cup 38 European U23 Ch dq 2008 World Cup European Cup dq 2010 World Cup 55 European Ch dq 2011 European Cup 20 National titles Outdoors (10000mW): '06, '09, '10 (20kmW): '08, '09, '10 Indoors (5000mW): '07, '08, '10 PB other events 5000mW 20:12.6 Canberra, AUS mW 42:22.1 Helsinki, FIN mW 1:51:14.7 Växjö mW 2:14:03.5 Växjö kmw 41:34 Podébrady, CZE kmw 4:10:54 Olhâo, POR mSt 11:55.11 Enskede Athletics in family Father Enrique (Vera, b '54): 50kmW 3:43:59 '79 (silver World Ch '76) Mother Siw (Gustavsson-Ibanez-Karlström, b '57): 5 kmw 22:04 '83, 10 kmw 46:19 '86 (bronze European Ch '86). Brother Perseus (Karlström, b '90): 10 kmw 42:55.34 '09 (9th European Junior Ch '09), 20 kmw 1:25:32 '10. 26

27 Swedish Team Officials Head of Delegation: Lennart Karlberg Team Manager: Stefan Olsson, Team Management: Petra Eklund, service Magnus Norberg, chief Media: Fredrik Trahn, press chief, Ryno Quantz, photographer Team Coaches: Anders Axlid, throwing events Yannick Tregaro, high jump, triple jump Lars Andersson, marathon Dejan Mirkovic, heptathlon Oscar Gidewall, long jump Lasse Hakka, javelin Thomas Kyöttilä, pole vault Agne Bergvall, long jump Emil Predan, high jump Medical Team: Dick Larsson, team doctor Jenny Jacobsson, physiotherapist Tommy Eriksson, physiotherapist Main sponsors of The Swedish National Athletic Team

28 Swedish Team Press Conferences Thursday August am..... Alhaji Jeng Mattias Jons Carolina Klüft Moa Hjelmer Friday August pm..... Isabellah Andersson Malin Dahlström Ato Ibanez Saturday August pm..... Jessica Samuelsson Niklas Arrhenius Leif Arrhenius Tuesday August pm..... Emma Green Tregaro Ebba Jungmark Michel Tornéus Gabriel Wallin Andreas Gustafsson Christian Olsson The press conferences will be held in Inter Burgo Golf Club, Daegu, Korea. Note: The schedule is provisional and subject to change. Please check the latest information with: Fredrik Trahn, Press Chief Swedish Team [email protected] Each athlete will do a press conference two days prior to their start. The press conferences will be held in Swedish and in English if necessary.