Anna Söderberg (born 11 June 1973) is a Swedish former discus thrower. Her personal best throw of 64.54 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Aremark, is the Swedish record for the event. She has represented her country at the Olympic Games on three occasions – in 2000, 2004 and 2008. She has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics, taking part in every edition from 1997 to 2009 with the sole exception of the 2001 World Championships.
Söderberg competed for the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks track and field team, where she won the program's first NCAA DI individual title in any track event.[1]
At European level, she has taken part in the quadrennial European Athletics Championships three times; her best performance at the competition is eleventh place, which she achieved in both 2006 and 2010. Söderberg has been ever-present on the national scene and won every discus contest at the Swedish Athletics Championships from 1993 to 2010 – an unrivalled streak of eighteen straight victories.[2] She has a similar pedigree at the Finland-Sweden athletics international and she won her 17th discus title at the competition in 2010.[3] She opted to have shoulder surgery at the end of the year in order to resolve an ongoing complaint.[2]
Achievements
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Sweden
| ||||
| 1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 13th (q) | 48.68 m |
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 11th | 58.22 m |
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 9th (qualifiers) | 59.65 m |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 24th | 56.11 m |
| 2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 15th | 55.55 m |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 8th | 61.61 m |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 35th | 55.49 m |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 11th | 57.41 m |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 11th | 59.60 m |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 3rd | 61.50 m | |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 10th (qualifiers) | 58.65 m |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 7th | 57.54 m | |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, PR China | 31st | 55.28 m |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 5th | 57.40 m | |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 14th (qualifiers) | 57.92 m |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 11th | 55.60 m |
References
edit- ^ "2003 Hall of Fame Inductee Anna Soderberg (Track and Field, 1993-1997)". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ a b Julin, Lennart (2010-08-24). Triple distance success for Mohamed at Swedish championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-24.
- ^ Sonninen, Antti-Pekka (2010-08-28). Two day crowd of over 54,000 watch Finland dominate 3 out of 4 matches against Sweden in Helsinki. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-29.
External links
edit- Anna Söderberg at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anna Söderberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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