KARLSTROM Perseus

Olympic Games

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	DNF

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2019	Doha, QAT	3rd (1:27:00)
2017	London, GBR	37th (1:23:36)
2015	Beijing, CHN	DNF
2013	Moscow, RUS	37th (1:28:20)

European Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2018	Berlin, GER	20th (1:25:16)

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	20km Race Walk	Suzhou	Suzhou, CHN	1:22:43
1	2019	20km Race Walk	European Race Walking Team Championships	Alytus, LTU	1:19:54
1	2019	20km Race Walk	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Lazaro Cardenas, MEX	1:23:40
1	2019	20km Race Walk	Oceania Race Walk Championships	Adelaide, SA, AUS	1:20:05
1	2018	20km Race Walk	Oceania Race Walk Championships	Adelaide, SA, AUS	1:20:30
2	2021	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:19:44
2	2017	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:20:20
3	2019	20km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	Doha, QAT	1:27:00
3	2017	20km Race Walk	European Race Walking Team Championships	Podebrady, CZE	1:20:40
4	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:18:07

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

Percy, Persy (aheartynomad.com, 07 Aug 2019; iaaf.org, 10 Feb 2019)

Athlete, Student

Mathematics - Linkoping University, Sweden

English, Spanish, Swedish

Eskilstuna Friidrott [Sweden]

Brent Vallance [personal], AUS, from 2018

His mother Siw Karlstrom [nee Gustavsson] has represented Sweden in race walking. She won bronze in the 10km walk at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. She has also served as Swedish national coach in race walking. His father Enrique Vera Ibanez has also competed in race walking at international level. He won a silver medal representing Mexico at the 1976 World Championships in Malmo, Sweden. His brother Ato Ibanez has also race walked at international level. He represented Sweden at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Apr 2020; worldathletics.org, 10 Jun 2019; folkbladet.nu, 15 Apr 2016; svt.se, 12 Aug 2015; svt.se, 01 Feb 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Twitter profile, 14 Feb 2020)

He trains in Australia during the northern hemisphere winter. "I love Australia. There are fantastic summers there. And have you ever been to Sweden, from November to March? You cannot walk outside in any way, never mind race walk." (worldathletics.org, 10 Jun 2019)