Kajsa Bergqvist

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Kajsa Bergqvist
Olympic Games
Bronze 2000 Sydney High jump
World Championships
Gold 2005 Helsinki High jump
Bronze 2001 Edmonton High jump
Bronze 2003 Paris High jump
European Championships
Gold 2002 Munich High jump
Bronze 2006 Gothenburg High jump

Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist (Swedish IPA: ['kajːsa 'bærːjˌkvɪst]) (born October 12, 1976, in Sollentuna, Sweden) is an athlete competing in the high jump. She has won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and one bronze in the European Championships. Her personal outdoor record of 2.06 m, set in Germany in 2003, is also a Swedish record. Her indoor record at 2.08 m, set in Germany in 2006, is also the world indoor record.

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[edit] Biography

Kajsa grew up in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm, with her mother Elsa, father Gunnar and big brother Anders. Her interest in sport began when she was six years old and tried sports such as football, volleyball, badminton, swimming and cross-country skiing, none of which was able to keep her interest.

When she was ten years old, she was persuaded by her big brother, Anders, to compete in Rösjöloppet, a long-distance track event. After that event, she began to try out several athletic events.

Kajsa continued to train in several athletic events until she was 15 years old, when a new coach, Bengt Jönsson, came to her club, Turebergs FK. Soon after his arrival, he and Kajsa chose to concentrate on the event that was her best, high jump.

In 2001 she moved from Sweden to Monaco.

By 2004, lack of progress and long travel distances caused Kajsa to end the relationship with her coach, Bengt Jönsson. She joined a group of athletes (including Olympic gold medalist Christian Olsson) under Yannick Tregaro.

At a competition in Båstad, on July 18, 2004, Kajsa tore her Achilles tendon. Due to the injury, she missed the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but managed to return to form just in time for the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki. There she made an impressive series of jumps to edge out Chaunte Howard for the gold medal. Her Helsinki victory earned the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal for that year.

In 2006 she had been ranked the number one female high jumper in the world but failed to win in that summer's European Championships in front of her home fans in Gothenburg, settling for a bronze medal.

In Arnstadt Germany, 4th of February 2006, Kajsa set her first world record. A first attempt indoor leap of 2.08m to surpass Heike Henkel's 2.07m leap on 8th of February 1992. The record wasn't totally unexpected since she jumped 2.00m already in the warm up for the competition.

[edit] International medals

Kajsa Bergqvist in Stuttgart, September 2006
Kajsa Bergqvist in Stuttgart, September 2006

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[edit] Other victories

[edit] High jump

[edit] Personal bests

Kajsa Bergqvist's 2.06 m jump in Eberstadt 2003
Kajsa Bergqvist's 2.06 m jump in Eberstadt 2003

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Preceded by
Stefan Holm		 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
2005		 Succeeded by
Anja Pärson
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