Sara Hagström
Swedish orienteering competitor
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Sara Hagström (born 25 March 1995) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. Her achievements include winning three world championship gold medals with the Swedish relay teams.
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| Born | 25 March 1995 (age 31) Skövde, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Biography
Hagström was born in Skövde.[2]
She won individual gold medals at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in 2014 and 2015, and was part of the Swedish team that won the relay in 2014 and 2015. She competed at the 2016 World Orienteering Championships, and won a bronze medal in the relay at the 2018 European Orienteering Championships.[2] She placed sixth in the middle distance at the 2018 World Orienteering Championships in Latvia.[3]
She represented Sweden at the 2021 World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic, where she placed fifth in the middle distance.[4] She won a gold medal in the women's relay with the Swedish team, along with Lisa Risby and Tove Alexandersson.[5]
At the 2023 World Orienteering Championships she won a gold medal as a team member for Sweden, where she was running the second leg.[6]
During the 2023 European Orienteering Championships Hagström won the gold medal. Her first individual medal in a championship.[7]
Her sister Johanna Hagström is a cross-country skier.[8]
