Oskar Edlund
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| Nationality |  Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 November 2002[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Stockholm, Sweden[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400 metres hurdles 600 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400mH: 49.57 (2023) 600m: 1:17.55 sh (2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oskar Edlund (born 16 November 2002) is a Swedish hurdler specializing in the 400 metres hurdles. He was for a moment the gold medalist at the 2021 World U20 Championships, but he was later disqualified due to a protest.
Career
[edit]Though Edlund began competing in athletics in 2015, he did not debut in the 400 metres hurdles until 2019.[1] After winning the Swedish U20 championships in the shorter 300 m hurdles, Edlund qualified to represent Sweden at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival.[1] At the festival, Edlund won the gold medal in the 400 m hurdles and a silver in the Swedish medley relay.[3][4] Edlund finished his 2019 season by winning the Finnkampen U18 race in the 300 m hurdles. His time of 37.09 was a new championship record, despite knocking over a hurdle and leaping over the finish line in a manner described as similar to that of Charles Paddock.[5]
Edlund won his first senior national title at the 2020 Swedish Athletics Championships in the 400 m hurdles. In doing so, he ran 50.15 seconds to beat Carl Bengtström in a "dramatic race", setting the Swedish U20 record by five hundredths of a second.[3] He followed this up by winning the Finnkampen 4 × 400 m.[1]
In 2021, Edlund didn't open his season until 3 July due to injuries.[6] He competed at the European U20 Championships, and by virtue of his silver medal there he was able to represent Sweden at the 2021 World U20 Championships.[6] Edlund advanced past the heats and semi-finals as the number five seed. In the finals, Edlund crossed the finish line first, initially appearing that he had surprisingly won the gold medal in a new Swedish U20 record of 49.20 seconds. However, he was later disqualified due to pulling his trail leg outside his lane while clearing a hurdle due to a protest from the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association.[7] Sweden appealed the disqualification, claiming that the action did not impede any other runners, but they did not succeed.[8]
In the fall of 2021, Edlund moved to the United States where he competed on the Texas Tech Red Raiders track and field team.[7] As a sophomore, he qualified for the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, but did not advance beyond the semi-finals.[9] After a 7th-place finish at the 2023 BAUHAUS-galan, Edlund competed at his first European Athletics U23 Championships. In the 400 m hurdles final, he led the race at the third hurdle, but slowed down at the end. He attempted a new strategy of taking 13 steps to the 7th hurdle, which he had not ever done before. Nonetheless, he won the bronze medal, setting a new official personal best of 49.57 seconds.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Edlund is from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended Östra Real secondary school.[2]
Statistics
[edit]Personal best progression
[edit]| # | Mark | Pl. | Competition | Venue | Date | Ref |
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| 1 | 51.49 |  |
SAYO | Sollentuna, Sweden | 7 Jun 2019 | [11] |
| 2 | 51.41 | |
Athletics at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival | Baku, Azerbaijan | 25 Jul 2019 | [12] |
| # | Mark | Pl. | Competition | Venue | Date | Ref |
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| 1 | 50.90 | |
Täby Sommartävling | Täby, Sweden | 4 Aug 2020 | [13] |
| 2 | 50.15 | |
Swedish Athletics Championships | Uppsala, Sweden | 15 Aug 2020 | [14] |
| 3 | 49.94 |  |
Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships | Norman, OK | 13 May 2023 | [15] |
| 4 | 49.57 | |
European Athletics U23 Championships | Espoo, Finland | 15 Jul 2023 | [16] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Oskar Edlund at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- ^ a b c d "Oskar Edlund - Track and Field". Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ a b "SM-guld och svenskt juniorrekord av 17-årige Oskar Edlund – Friidrottaren" (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Listunova and Chepurnyi dominate artistic gymnastics apparatus finals at EYOF". www.insidethegames.biz. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Stora TIS-framgångar på Finnkampen!". www.tabyfriidrott.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ a b Sport, S. V. T. (18 July 2021). "Friidrott: EM-silver till Moa Granat och Oskar Edlund". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Svensken diskas – blir av med guldet efter superloppet". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 22 August 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Sport, S. V. T. (22 August 2021). "Friidrott: Vändningen: Oskar Edlund diskad i VM-finalen". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Nichols, Lee. "NCAA Men's 400 Hurdles — A 1–2 For Alabama". Track & Field News. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Sport, S. V. T. (16 July 2023). "Friidrott: Oskar Edlund tar brons på 400 meter häck". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12932283". Tilastopaja.
- ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12933537". Tilastopaja.
- ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12968152". Tilastopaja.
- ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12968582". Tilastopaja.
- ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #13038804". Tilastopaja.
- ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #13044981". Tilastopaja.
