Vera Sjöberg
Swedish middle-distance runner
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Vera Sjöberg (born 19 May 2001) is a Swedish middle-distance runner.[1]
Mile: 4:28.12 (Boston, 2025)
3000m: 8:43.06 (Boston, 2025)
5000m:
15:25.80 (Karlstad, 2025)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 May 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle-distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 1500m: 4:05.09 (Karlstad, 2025) Mile: 4:28.12 (Boston, 2025) 3000m: 8:43.06 (Boston, 2025) 5000m: 15:25.80 (Karlstad, 2025) |
Biography
A member of AIK, she was Swedish under-20 champion in August 2019 over 3000 metres. At the same championships, she finished third in the 1500 metres.[2]
She made her senior debut for Sweden at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Silesia, running a personal best time of 15:53.81 for the 5000 metres.[3]
She ran 4:09.89 for 1500 metres whilst competing at the Valentine Invitational at the Track & Tennis Center in 2025.[4] She finished in eighth place at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach, completing the mile run in 4:35.34, having run just 0.01 faster to qualify for the final in 4:35.33.[5][6]
She was selected to compete for Sweden at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing.[7] She qualified for the final of the 1500 metres at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2025.[8] She competed for Sweden in the 1500 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid on 29 June 2025.[9] In September 2025, she competed over 1500 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the semi-finals.[10]
On 22 November 2025, she had a top-ten finish at the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Missouri.[11] She ran a personal best 8:43.06 in Boston in December 2025 for the 3000 metres indoors as she finished runner-up to Salma Elbadra at the Boston University's Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.[12] On 14 March 2026, she placed sixth at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships in the 3000 metres, running 8:48.70.[13] The following weekend, she placed seventh 3000 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[14] In April, Sjoberg ran a 4:26.15 anchor leg over 1600 metres alongside Sydney Masciarelli, Delea Martins and Makayla Paige as North Carolina set a new NCAA distance medley relay record in winning the Penn Relays in 10:36.82.[15] Competing in May 2026 at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships Sjoberg took third with a time of 32:48.29 in the 10,000 metres.[16] In June, she qualified for the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[17] In August, she competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, placing tenth in the 5000 metres.[18]
Personal life
From Stockholm, Sweden, she attended university in the United States, attending Boston University in Massachusetts.[19]