KARLSSON Viktoria

Date of Birth: 27 Jan 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T11

Place of birth: SODERHAMN

Birth Country:

Sweden

Place of residence : GOTHENBURG

Residence Country:

Sweden

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Long Jump - T11	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump	Women's Long Jump - T11 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
7	Long Jump - T11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4.49
World Championships
3	Long Jump - T11	2015	Doha, QAT	4.44
4	Long Jump - T11	2017	London, GBR	4.30
4	Long Jump - T11	2013	Lyon, FRA	4.07
5	Long Jump - T11	2019	Dubai, UAE	4.65
European Championships
1	Long Jump - T11	2018	Berlin, GER	4.77
2	Long Jump - T11	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	4.70
4	200m - T11	2018	Berlin, GER	DSQ

Vickan (spanaren.se, 10 Jul 2017)

Walking her dog. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Microbiology - University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Languages spoken:

English, French, Swedish

Goteborgs KIK [Sweden]

Jeremy Pryce [personal], SWE, from 2016

Other sports:

She has competed in Para cross-country skiing at international level. (fis-ski.com, 01 Aug 2019; svt.se, 29 Oct 2018)

She took up long jump in 2004 in Soderhamn, Sweden. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Her parents got her involved in athletics so that she could burn off some energy. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; spanaren.se, 10 Jul 2017)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (svt.se, 29 Oct 2018)

Winning a gold medal in the T11 long jump at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Swedish hurdler Susanna Kallur. (tokyonext.se, 17 Oct 2017)

Philosophy:

"Go hard or go home." (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

She was flag bearer for Sweden at the opening ceremony of the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (IPC, 20 Aug 2018)

General Interest

Classification
T11, F11 (IPC, 26 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (spanaren.se, 10 Jul 2017; viktoriakarlsson.se, 27 Sep 2016)

Impairment Details
She developed eye cancer at age 18 months, and had lost her sight by age five. (spanaren.se, 10 Jul 2017; viktoriakarlsson.se, 27 Sep 2016)

Guide
Sofia Sandgren (gkik.myclub.se, 25 Oct 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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