Angelica Bengtsson

Angelica Bengtsson
Angelica Bengtsson in July 2015
Personal information
Full nameAngelica Therese Bengtsson
NationalitySweden Swedish
Born (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 31)
Väckelsång, Sweden
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Websitehttp://www.angelicabengtsson.com
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)outdoor: 4.80 m (2019)
indoor: 4.81 m (2019)
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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  2. ^ "Stavhopparen Angelica Bengtsson lägger av" (in Swedish). SVT Nyheter. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.