Simon Sundström
Swedish athlete
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Simon Sundström (born 4 February 1998) is a Swedish athlete who competes in the steeplechase. He is a multiple-time national champion and competed at the 2020 Olympic Games.[1]
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Sundström in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 February 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | Middle-distance, steeplechase |
| Club | Djurgårdens IF |
Career
Sundström participated in the 2,000m steeplechase in July 2015 at the Youth World Championships in Cali, Colombia.[2]
At the junior European Championships in Grosseto, Italy in 2017, Sundström participated in the 3,000m steeplechase and finished in sixth place overall.[3]
In 2019, Simon Sundström ran the 3,000m steeplechase at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Gävle. He won his trial heat and took a bronze medal in the final.[4]
He won the 3000 metres at the 2020 Nordic Indoor Athletics Match.[5] He competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in 2021, in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase.[6]
He competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany in August 2022, in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase, but did not qualify for the final.[7]
He competed in the 3000 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey where he qualified for the final and placed thirteenth overall.[8] He ran a personal best of 8:20.10 at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, qualifying for the final and placing fifteenth overall.[9]
He competed over 10,000 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy.[10] At the same Championships, he also competed at the 3000m steeplechase.[11] He qualified through ranking for the 2024 Olympic Games but was one of a number of Swedish athletes not selected by the federation for the Games.[12]
Sundström represented IFK Lidingö until November 2024, when he joined Djurgårdens IF together with Andreas Kramer and Saga Provci.[13]
Personal life
In December 2023, he was awarded the Stora grabbars och tjejers märke.[14]