Nora Lindahl

Nora Lindahl (born 10 September 2004) is a Swedish sprinter.

Nora Lindahl
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (2004-09-10) 10 September 2004
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 11.69 (Diekirch, 2023)
200m: 22.89 (Rome, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Sweden
European U20 Championships
2023 Jerusalem200m

Career

In July 2023, she was runner-up to Julia Henriksson at the Swedish Athletics Championships 200m race in Söderhamn.[1] She won 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem in a personal best 23.26 seconds.[2][3]

In January 2024, she ran 23.71 for the 200 meters last weekend to set a new indoors personal best and move into tenth place on the Swedish all-time list.[4] The following month she lowered her 200m best to 23.46 running indoors in Metz.[5] That month, she was runner-up to Julia Henriksson at the Swedish Athletics Indoor Championships 200m race in Karlstad.[6]

In May 2024 she lowered her personal best over 200 metres to 23.13 whilst racing in Kalamata, Greece, to move to fifth place in the Swedish all-time list.[7]

She ran a personal best 22.97 at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome over 200 metres to qualify for the semi-finals.[8]

Personal life

She has dual Swedish and Finnish nationality. Her father Markus Lindahl was a Finnish sprinter. She is coached by Swedish mother Frida Lindahl. Her aunt Åsa Hedström competed as a middle-distance runner.[9][10][11]

References
  1. "Swedish Championships". World Athletics. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. "The Swedish EC success in athletics - two golds in a quarter of an hour: "Absolutely unimaginable"". dn.se. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. "Snesatuinal JEM gold for Nora Lindahl". aftonbladet. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. "Nora pushed in the first race of the year - "There are absolutely more"". Friidrott.se. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  5. "Faster and faster for Nora – new fourth all-time". Friidrott. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  6. "Swedish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  7. "Nora Lindahl struck with 23.13 in the premiere – fifth all-time". Friidrott.se. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  8. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  9. "HIFK's Swedish running promise Nora Lindahl was surprised by her father just before the start - found out that she was the fastest in Finland: "A little surprising"". Svenska.yle. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  10. "Nora Lindahl's main concern before the Swedish competition: Should I compete for Finland or Sweden? "It was very tough to choose a home country"". Svenska.yle. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  11. Landén, Petter (2 September 2023). "Nora Lindahl valde bort Finland för Sverige". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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