Erik Erlandsson
Swedish athlete (born 2004)
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Erik Erlandsson (born 22 May 2004) is a Swedish sprinter. He became Swedish national indoor champion over 200 metres in 2024 and national record holder over 200 metres indoors in 2025.[1]
Career
A member of IFK Lund, in January 2023 he set a new Swedish indoor junior record of 21.03 seconds for the 200 metres. On 12 February 2023, at the Nordenkampen in Karlstad, Erlandsson lowered that record again to 20.99 seconds.[2]
Erlandsson had a difficult time in the rest of 2023, marred by injuries. However, he became Swedish indoor champion over 200 metres in Karlstad in February 2024 running 20.98 seconds for the win.[3][4]
Erlandsson finished fourth in the 200 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in 20.57 seconds, having run 20.55 and a personal best 20.52 seconds in the qualifying rounds.[5][6][7] He competed in the 200m at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he reached the semi-finals.[8]
On 17 January 2025, he set a new Swedish indoor 200m record time of 20.43 in Växjö, breaking Johan Wissman's record from 2004.[9][10] He equalled that time to win the 200 metres at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on 4 February 2025.[11] He ran 20.50 to win the 200m title at the Swedish Indoor Championships.[12]
