Erik Erlandsson
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Born | 22 May 2004 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 200m: 20.43 (Växjo, 2025) |
Erik Erlandsson (born 22 May 2004) is a Swedish sprinter. He became Swedish national indoor champion over 200 metres in 2024 and national record holder over 200 metres indoors in 2025.[1]
Biography
A member of IFK Lund, in January 2023 he set a new Swedish indoor junior record of 21.03 seconds for the 200 metres. On 12 February 2023, at the Nordenkampen in Karlstad, Erlandsson lowered that record again to 20.99 seconds.[2]
Erlandsson had a difficult time in the rest of 2023, marred by injuries. However, he became Swedish indoor champion over 200 metres in Karlstad in February 2024 running 20.98 seconds for the win.[3][4]
Erlandsson finished fourth in the 200 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in 20.57 seconds, having run 20.55 and a personal best 20.52 seconds in the qualifying rounds.[5][6][7] He competed in the 200m at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he reached the semi-finals.[8]
On 17 January 2025, he set a new Swedish indoor 200m record time of 20.43 in Växjö, breaking Johan Wissman's record from 2004.[9][10] He equalled that time to win the 200 metres at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on 4 February 2025.[11] He ran 20.50 to win the 200m title at the Swedish Indoor Championships.[12] Competing at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England he reached the semi-finals in the 200 metres.[13]
Personal life
References
- ↑ "Erik Erlandsson". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "Svenskt juniorrekord av Erik Erlandsson". Friidrottaren. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "Revansch för Erlandsson på 200 – "Jag gick bara ut och körde"". Friidrott. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "Swedish Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships 2024: Felix Svensson leads fastest qualifiers from round 1 of men's 200m". Olympics.com. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "Chaos: Erik Erlandsson gets back the final place after all". svt.se. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ↑ "Szymanski and Canales impress in Luxembourg". World Athletics. 19 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ↑ "20-year-old's success: Swedish record on 200 meters". Sweden Herald. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ↑ "Hailu and Crestan impress as meeting records fall in Ostrava". World Athletics. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ↑ "Doroshchuk clears 2.32m world lead in Kyiv". European Athletics. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ "Alone outside Malmö – Erik is Scania's entire EC hope". skd.se. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.