Mats Nilsson (javelin thrower)

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Mats Nilsson

Mats Nilsson NCAA & SEC Champion 1997, Crimson Tide
Personal information
Full name	Mats Inge Nilsson
Nationality	Swedish
Born	Tyresö, Stockholm County
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	~180 lb
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Track and Field
Event	Javelin
Club	Klippans FK
Retired	2005
Achievements and titles
Personal best	77.14 m
Medal record Men's Athletics NCAA 1997 Bloomington, IN Javelin 1996 Eugene, OR Javelin 1998 Buffalo, NY Javelin

Mats Nilsson is a 4-time All-American male javelin thrower competing for University of Alabama (1995–1998), University of Texas at El Paso (2000–2001), and the Swedish National Team (1991–2004). He was ranked top-10 in the world as a junior, a perennial medalist at the Swedish Championships, and became Crimson Tide's first NCAA champion in the javelin throw in history. Mats's older brother, Joakim Nilsson, was the catalyst for the Tide's throwers' program in the early 1990s, and was awarded the prestigious Bryant Student Athlete Award (1995) (named after Paul "Bear" Bryant) at the end of his career. Mats Nilsson received his PhD in exercise physiology.