 Angelica Bengtsson in July 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Angelica Therese Bengtsson |
| Nationality |  Swedish |
| Born | 8 July 1993 Väckelsång, Sweden |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
| Website | http://www.angelicabengtsson.com |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | outdoor: 4.80 m (2019) indoor: 4.81 m (2019) |
Medal record | |
| Updated on February 25, 2019 | |
Angelica Therese Bengtsson (born 8 July 1993) is a Swedish track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. She became the first pole vault winner at the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, 2010.
Bengtsson has won gold medals at the 2009 World Youth Championships and the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She set a mark of 4.47 m for the youth world record for the event in 2010 and broke the world junior record with a vault of 4.63 m in 2011. Bengtsson placed tied 4th at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China, having set a national record of 4.70 m in the final. She set a then-national record with 4.81 m, set indoor in Clermont-Ferrand, on February 24, 2019.[1] Bengtsson has won eleven national titles.
On 1 November 2021, she announced her retirement from pole vaulting.[2]
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