Fanny Roos
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Fanny Roos Birth date 2 January 1995 (age 31) Birth place Ljungby , SwedenHeight 1.73 m Sport Athletics Event Shot put Club Ljungby FIK Atleticum Växjö SK Pb outdoor: 19.66 m NR (2025) indoor: 19.29 m (2021)
Fanny Matilda Charlotta Roos (born 2 January 1995) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the shot put .[1] She won a silver medal at the 2021 European Indoor Championships , while setting an outright national record of 19.29 meters in the final.[2] In doing so, Roos made history by becoming the first Swedish woman in 93 years, and the second overall, to medal in a throwing event at the Olympics, World-, or European Championships. The first to do so was Ruth Svedberg , who won a bronze medal in the discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics .[3]
Roos represented Sweden at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships , but failed to reach the final on both occasions. She reached 7th place at the 2020 Summer Olympics .
Her personal bests in the event are 19.66 metres outdoors (national record - Shanghai 2025) and 19.29 metres indoors (national record - Torun 2021).[4] [2]
International competitions
Representing 2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 10th Shot put 13.54 m 2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th Shot put 15.20 m 2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 13th (q) Shot put 14.32 m 2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 6th Shot put 16.29 m 2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 10th (q) Shot put 16.61 m European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 4th Shot put 16.73 m 2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 20th (q) Shot put 16.11 m 2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 4th Shot put 18.13 m =NR European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st Shot put 18.14 m World Championships London , United Kingdom 20th (q) Shot put 17.31 m 2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 13th Shot put 17.23 m European Championships Berlin, Germany 11th Shot put 17.09 m 2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 6th Shot put 18.21 m The Match Europe v USA Minsk, Belarus 2nd Shot put 19.06 m NR World Championships Doha, Qatar 14th (q) Shot put 18.01 m 2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 2nd Shot put 19.29 m NR Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 7th Shot put 18.91 m 2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 4th Shot put 19.22 m World Championships Eugene, United States 11th Shot put 18.27 m European Championships Munich, Germany 4th Shot put 18.55 m 2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 3rd Shot put 18.42 m World Championships Budapest, Hungary 14th (q) Shot put 18.41 m 2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 9th Shot put 18.21 m European Championships Rome, Italy 6th Shot put 18.26 m Olympic Games Paris, France 7th Shot put 18.78 m 2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 4th Shot put 19.11 m World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 4th Shot put 19.28 m World Championships Tokyo, Japan 5th Shot put 19.54 m 2026 World Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 6th Shot put 18.96 m
References
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^ "Ingebrigtsen reinstated as European indoor 1500m champion" . European Athletics. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ Hedman, Jonas (5 March 2021). "Historisk prestation av Fanny Roos – första kvinnliga kulmedaljen genom tiderna" (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "Yangtze River Delta Athletics Diamond Gala" . World Athletics . 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.