Carmen Cernjul
Swedish middle-distance runner (born 2007)
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Carmen Cernjul (born 14 June 2007) is a Swedish middle-distance and long-distance runner.[1]
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| Born | 14 June 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events | Long-distance running, Middle-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Cernjul was a footballer in the academy at Hammarby Fotboll and was selected for the Swedish under-18 national women's football team, before opting to focus on athletics.[2] She is a member of Spårvägens GoIF.[3]
Cernjul made her international championship debut at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia, where she entered the 800m but failed to advance from the heats.[4]
Cernjul won her semi-final heat before winning a bronze medal in the final over 800 metres at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.[5][6]
Cernjul set a Swedish under-20 junior record indoors over 3000 metres running 9:08.42 in January 2025.[7][8] Later that year, Cernjul set a new Swedish junior record in the 5000 metres with a time of 15:38.86. In June, Cernjul improved her personal best in the 1500 metres in Jessheim, Norway, finishing in 4:11.61.[9] She later lowered that personal best to 4:10.64 that summer.[10]
Cernjul won a silver medal over 1500 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, finishing behind Lyla Belshaw of Great Britain, running 4:15.00.[11][12] At the same championships, she also won a silver medal in the 3000 metres behind Innes FitzGerald of Great Britain.[13][14]
Cernjul had a fourth place finish in the under-20 women's race at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Portugal, won the bronze medal in the team event alongside Fanny Szalkai and Anastasia Nilsson.[15][16]
Cernjul placed second to Yolanda Ngarambe over both 1500 metres and 3000 metres at the senior 2026 Swedish Indoor Championships in Stockholm.[17][18] In May, Cernjul won the 3000m in 8:56.98 ahead of Belgians Lisa Rooms and Elise Vanderelst at The Belfast Classic.[19] In July, she ran a new Swedish under-20 record for the 1500 m with 4:07.08 at the Folksam Grand Prix in Karlstad, Sweden.[20] She placed fifth over 5000 metres at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships.[21][22] In August, she competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in the 1500 metres.[23]