Angelica Bengtsson
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Angelica Therese Bengtsson (born 8 July 1993) is a Swedish track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. She became the first pole vault winner at the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, 2010.
Personal information | |
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Full name | Angelica Therese Bengtsson |
Nationality | Swedish |
Born | (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 30) Väckelsång, Sweden |
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
Website | http://www.angelicabengtsson.com |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | outdoor: 4.80 m (2019) indoor: 4.81 m (2019) |
Medal record | |
Updated on February 25, 2019 |
Bengtsson has won gold medals at the 2009 World Youth Championships and the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She set a mark of 4.47 m for the youth world record for the event in 2010 and broke the world junior record with a vault of 4.63 m in 2011. Bengtsson placed tied 4th at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China, having set a national record of 4.70 m in the final. She set a then-national record with 4.81 m, set indoor in Clermont-Ferrand, on February 24, 2019.[1] Bengtsson has won eleven national titles.
On 1 November 2021, she announced her retirement from pole vaulting.[2]