WIKSTROM Carolina

4 Sep 1993
27
Female
HUDIKSVALL
 
Sweden

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Women's Marathon 22

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Sapporo Odori Park
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Half Marathon Championships
RankEventYearLocationResult
8Half Marathon Team2020Gdynia, POL3:33.37
37Half Marathon2020Gdynia, POL1:11:31

Platinum Label Road Races
RankEventYearLocationResult
11Marathon2020Valencia, ESP2:26:42


Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final
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Athlete, Doctor
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Medicine - Uppsala University, Sweden
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English, Swedish
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LK Roslagen [Sweden]
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Christian Mundt
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She began running in high school. In 2018 she started serious training and ran her first marathon the same year. (svt.se, 15 Oct 2020; onkologiisverige.se, 21 Oct 2020)
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She took up running to keep fit and used to run alongside her mother, who was a marathon runner. (onkologiisverige.se, 21 Oct 2020)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (svt.se, 15 Oct 2020)
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She runs twice a day. (onkologiisverige.se, 21 Oct 2020)

General Interest

General
RAPID RISE
She ran her first marathon in 2018, the same year she began structured training. In 2020 she met the qualifying standard for the 2020 Olympic Games at the Valencia Marathon in Spain, with a time about 45 minutes faster than what she ran in her first marathon. "It feels like a dream. A fairly new dream, but really something that I fought hard for, to be able to represent Sweden." (friidrottaren.com, 06 Dec 2020; onkologiisverige.se, 21 Oct 2020; svt.se, 15 Oct 2020, 09 May 2021)

OCCUPATION
After qualifying as a doctor in June 2020, she accepted a position as an assistant doctor at the oncology clinic at Gavle Hospital in Sweden. She usually runs before and after work. "I had actually intended to train as a civil engineer, perhaps as a kind of silent protest against my parents who are both doctors. But even though I was a little reluctant at first, my interest in medicine took over and I have never regretted my choice. A doctor is a safe profession." (onkologiisverige.se, 21 Oct 2020; runnersworld.se, 15 Apr 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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