Kajsa Bergqvist during the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in January 2013
Personal information
Full name
Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist
Born
(1976-10-12) 12 October 1976 (age 47) Sollentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight
59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport
Track and field
Event
High jump
Retired
2007
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
High jump (outdoor): 2.06 m High jump (indoor): 2.08 m (world record)
Heptathlon: 4952 points[1]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Sweden
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
0
0
1
World Championships
1
0
2
World Indoor Championships
2
0
0
European Championships
1
0
1
European Indoor Championships
1
1
0
Continental Cup
0
0
0
Total
5
1
3
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney
High jump
World Championships
2005 Helsinki
High jump
2001 Edmonton
High jump
2003 Paris
High jump
European Championships
2002 Munich
High jump
2006 Gothenburg
High jump
World Indoor Championships
2001 Lisbon
High jump
2003 Birmingham
High jump
European Indoor Championships
2000 Ghent
High jump
2002 Vienna
High jump
World Athletics Final
2005 Monte Carlo
High jump
2006 Stuttgart
High jump
2003 Monte Carlo
High jump
Updated on 18 August 2013
Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈkǎjːsaˈbæ̂rjkvɪst]; born 12 October 1976 in Sollentuna, Stockholm) is a Swedish former high jumper. She won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and one bronze in the European Championships. Her personal outdoor record of 2.06 m, set in Germany in 2003, is also a Swedish record. Her indoor record of 2.08 m, set at the Hochsprung mit Musik meeting in 2006, is the world indoor record.[2]
^Kajsa Bergqvist's IAAF profile
^"2.08 world indoor high jump record for Bergqvist in Arnstadt". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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