Sofie Skoog
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sofie Natalie Skoog |
| Born | 7 June 1990 |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Sweden |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | High jump |
| Club | IF Göta Karlstad |
| Coached by | Stefan Holm |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | High jump: 1.94 (2016) |
| Updated on 29 August 2015 | |
Sofie Natalie Skoog (born 7 June 1990) is a Swedish high jumper.[1] She represented her nation Sweden at the 2015 IAAF World Championships, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing seventh in the final round of the women's high jump.[2] Skoog currently trains as a member of the track and field squad for IF Göta Karlstad, under the tutelage of her coach Stefan Holm, a former high jumper and Athens 2004 champion.[3]
Skoog competed for Sweden, along with her fellow countrywoman Erika Kinsey, in the women's high jump at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[4] Six months before her maiden Games, she jumped a height of 1.94 m to attain the IAAF Olympic entry standard by just a single centimetre at the Nordic Championships in Växjö.[5] Having entered the final round with a personal best of 1.94 m set at the qualifying phase, Skoog managed to jump easily into the competition at 1.88, and then spent two attempts to get over 1.93 m. Unable to trump the 1.97-metre mark after three attempts, Skoog ended her Olympic campaign in a two-way tie with Germany's Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch for seventh place.[2][6][7]
