Christian Olsson
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2004 Athens | Triple Jump |
| IAAF World Championships | ||
| Silver | 2001 Edmonton | Triple Jump |
| Gold | 2003 Paris | Triple Jump |
| EAA European Championships | ||
| Gold | 2002 Munich | Triple Jump |
| Gold | 2006 Gothenburg | Triple Jump |
Christian Olsson (born January 25, 1980 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is an athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He has won 1 Olympic gold medal, 3 gold and 1 silver medal in the world championships and 2 gold medals in the European championships. He also won the overall Golden League-jackpot in 2004 where he cashed in 500.000 dollars (after splitting the million dollar pot with Tonique Williams-Darling).
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[edit] Biography
Olsson had his international breakthrough in 2001 when he won silver at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. He has the Swedish national record outdoors, 17.79m (2004 Summer Olympics), and shares the World record indoors, 17.83m (2004). Olsson has won the Swedish Championships seven times, and has also competed successfully on national level in high jumping.
March 7, 2004 at the 2004 World Indoor Championships in Athletics, he jumped 17.83m and matched the World Record. August 23, 2004 at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he jumped 17.79m, broke the national record and won the gold medal.
With the Olympic Gold he completed a rare international sweep, having the Olympic, World Indoor ,Outdoor, Regional (European) Indoor and Outdoor titles.
Olsson first became interested in triple jump after watching Jonathan Edwards set the world record at the World Championships in his hometown Gothenburg. Since 1999, Olsson has been trained by Yannick Tregaro. Before that, Olsson was trained by Viljo Nousiainen.
During the autumn and winter 2004/2005 he injured his foot (an injury originating from the 2004 Olympic Final), preventing him from being able to do triple-jumping at full speed. Unfortunately the injury has healed very slowly, and it was still in January 2006 hampering him. In his first competition after the injury, in June 2006, he jumped 17.09 and seem to be back into shape. It didn't take long until he almost was back at at his previous level and at the European championships in Gothenburg he was as unbeatable as usual and he won easily.
At the world championships 2003, where he also won gold, he did the five best jumps in the whole final.
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[edit] International medals
[edit] Triple jump
- Olympic Games
- World Championships in Athletics
- World Indoor Championships in Athletics
- 2004, Budapest - 17.83 m - Gold
- 2003, Birmingham - 17.70 m - Gold
- European Athletics Championships
- 2006, Gothenburg - 17.67 m - Gold
- 2002, Munich - 17.53 m - Gold
- European Indoor Athletics Championships
- European Athletics U23 Championships
- European Athletics Junior Championships
[edit] High jump
[edit] Other victories
[edit] Triple jump
- 2001: Helsinki (Grand Prix) - 17.08 m; Vaasa (European Cup first league) - 17.00 m; Rethymno (athletics meet) - 17.49 m
- 2002: Athens (Grand Prix) - 17.40 m; Seville (European Cup first league) - 17.63 m; Monaco (Golden League) - 17.63 m; Berlin (Golden League) - 17.40 m; Paris (Grand Prix Final) - 17.48 m
- 2003: Lappeenranta (European Cup first league) - 17.38 m; Rethymno (athletics meet) - 17.55 m; Gateshead (Grand Prix) - 17.92(w) m; Stockholm (Grand Prix) - 17.36 m; Monaco (World Athletics Final) - 17.55 m
- 2004: Turin (Grand Prix) - 17.61 m; Bergen (Golden League) - 17.58 m; Bydgoszcz (European Cup super league) - 17.30 m; Gateshead (Grand Prix) - 17.43 m; Rome (Golden League) - 17.50 m; Paris Saint-Denis (Golden League) - 17.41 m; Zürich (Golden League) - 17.46 m; Brussels (Golden League) - 17.44 m; Berlin (Golden League) - 17.45 m; Monaco (World Athletics Final) - 17.66 m
- 2006: Prague (European Cup super league) - 17.40 m; Lausanne (Grand Prix) - 17.62 m; London (Grand Prix) - 17.42 m; Zürich (Golden League-meet) - 17.39 m
[edit] International awards
- Waterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year Trophy 2004
- Waterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year Trophy 2003
[edit] Personal bests
- Triple jump
- Indoor - 17.83 metres (equal World record)
- Outdoor - 17.79 metres
- High jump - 2.28 metres
- Long jump - 7.71 metres
[edit] External links
- Christian Olsson's official site - (Swedish)
- Olympic Movement
- IAAF - International Association of Athletics Federations
- IAAF profile for Christian Olsson
- EAA - European Athletic Association
- BBC Sports Article - (2004 Summer Olympics)
- BBC Sports Article - (2003 World Championships in Athletics)
| Olympic champions in men's triple jump |
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| 1896: James Connolly | 1900: Myer Prinstein | 1904: Myer Prinstein | 1906: Peter O'Connor | 1908: Tim Ahearne | 1912: Gustaf Lindblom | 1920: Vilho Tuulos | 1924: Nick Winter | 1928: Mikio Oda | 1932: Chuhei Nambu | 1936: Naoto Tajima | 1948: Arne Åhman | 1952: Adhemar da Silva | 1956: Adhemar da Silva | 1960: Józef Szmidt | 1964: Józef Szmidt | 1968: Viktor Saneyev | 1972: Viktor Saneyev | 1976: Viktor Saneyev | 1980: Jaak Uudmäe | 1984: Al Joyner | 1988: Hristo Markov | 1992: Mike Conley | 1996: Kenny Harrison | 2000: Jonathan Edwards | 2004: Christian Olsson |
| Preceded by Dwain Chambers |
Men's European Athlete of the Year 2003–2004 |
Succeeded by Virgilijus Alekna |
