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| Full name | Carl Linus Thörnblad | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 March 1985 Lund, Skåne County |
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Event(s) | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Malmö AI | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Yannick Tregaro | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 2.34 m 2.38 m (indoors) |
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Linus Thörnblad (born 6 March 1985) is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Thörnblad started high jumping at age 16 jumping 2.06 m his first year. Two years later he jumped 2.30 m.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 17th | 2.15 |
| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 4th | 2.21 |
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 24th | 2.20 | |
| 2005 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 20th | 2.18 |
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 3rd | 2.33 |
| European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 4th | 2.34 | |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 1st | 2.33 | |
| 2007 | European Indoor Championships | Birmingham, UK | 2nd | 2.32 |
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 15th | 2.16 | |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 26th | 2.20 |
| 2009 | European Indoor Championships | Torino, Italy | 20th | 2.17 |
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 5th | 2.23 | |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 4th | 2.29 |