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| Born | 17 April 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Hässleholms AIS (−2013) Malmö AI (2014−) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
His personal bests in the event are 21.16 meters outdoors (Varberg 2025) and 21.49 meters indoors (Växjö 2025).He is the national record holder in both indoors and outdoors.
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Sweden
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| 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 | |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 5th | Shot put | 20.75 m |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 28th (q) | Shot put | 19.73 m | |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 12th | Shot put | 20.33 m |
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 12th | Shot put | 19.45 m |
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 2nd | Shot put | 21.04 m |
| World Indoor Championships | Nanjing, China | 6th | Shot put | 20.87 m | |
References
[edit]- ^ Wictor Petersson at World Athletics
- ^ "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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