Linus Thörnblad (born 6 March 1985) is a Swedish former track and field athlete competing in high jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He represented Sweden at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008 and finished fourth at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. He has a personal best of 2.38 metres set indoors.
Biography Thörnblad started high jumping at the age of 16, jumping 2.06 m in his first year. Two years later he jumped 2.30 m. He decided to retire from competition in 2012 at the age of 27 due to trouble with injuries and clinical depression.World and European indoor medallist Linus Thörnblad retires . European Athletics (2012-04-08). Retrieved on 2012-04-22. In August 2018, he briefly returned to the track and won the high jump competition at the Swedish Athletics Championships, after which he returned to retirement.
Achievements Representing 2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica 17th2.15 m2004World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy 4th2.21 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece 24th2.20 m2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain 20th2.18 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany10th2.21 m2006World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 3rd2.33 mEuropean Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 4th2.34 mWorld Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany 1st2.33 m2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom 2nd2.32 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary1st2.24 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan 15th2.16 mWorld Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany 3rd2.27 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China 26th2.20 m2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy 20th2.17 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany 5th2.23 m2010European Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th2.29 m
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External links Personal website