Simon Sundström
%252C_5000_metres_in_Finland-Sweden_athletics_international_2019-2_(cropped).jpg) Sundström in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 February 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
Events | Middle-distance, steeplechase |
| Club | Djurgårdens IF |
Simon Sundström (born 4 February 1998) is a Swedish athlete who competes in the steeplechase. He is a multiple-time national champion and competed at the 2020 Olympic Games.[1]
Biography
Sundström participated in the 2,000m steeplechase in July 2015 at the Youth World Championships in Cali, Colombia.[2]
At the junior European Championships in Grosseto, Italy in 2017, Sundström participated in the 3,000m steeplechase and finished in sixth place overall.[3]
In 2019, Simon Sundström ran the 3,000m steeplechase at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Gävle. He won his trial heat and took a bronze medal in the final.[4]
He won the 3000 metres at the 2020 Nordic Indoor Athletics Match.[5] He competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in 2021, in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase.[6]
He competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany in August 2022, in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase, but did not qualify for the final.[7]
He competed in the 3000 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey where he qualified for the final and placed thirteenth overall.[8] He ran a personal best of 8:20.10 at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, qualifying for the final and placing fifteenth overall.[9]
He competed over 10,000 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy.[10] At the same Championships, he also competed at the 3000m steeplechase.[11] He qualified through ranking for the 2024 Olympic Games but was one of a number of Swedish athletes not selected by the federation for the Games.[12]
Sundström represented IFK Lidingö until November 2024, when he joined Djurgårdens IF together with Andreas Kramer and Saga Provci.[13]
In August 2026, he competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[14]
Personal life
In December 2023, he was awarded the Stora grabbars och tjejers märke.[15]
References
- ↑ "Simon SUNDSTRÖM | Profile". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ↑ "2000 Metres Steeplechase Result | 9th IAAF World Youth Championships 2015". IAAF. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ↑ "European Athletics competitions | European Athletics". european-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ↑ "Startsida". iof2.idrottonline.se. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ↑ "Live – Nordenkampen 2020". live.tuloslista.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ↑ "3000m Steeplechase Men". World Athletics. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ↑ "European Championships". World Athletics. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ↑ "3000 metres steeplechase". World Athletics. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ↑ "Men 10000m Results – European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ↑ "Men 3000m Steeple Results – European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ↑ Dickinson, Marley (4 July 2024). "Olympic heartbreak: Sweden's difficult selection policy bars top athletes". Runningmagazine.ca. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ↑ "Djurgårdens IF friidrott återuppstår – Kramer ansluter – Friidrottsförbundet".
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ "No. 593 – Simon Sundström". friidrottensstora.se. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2025.