Kajsa Bergqvist

Kajsa Bergqvist

Kajsa Bergqvist during the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in January 2013
Personal information
Full name	Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist
Born	(1976-10-12) 12 October 1976 (age 48) Sollentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	High jump
Retired	2007
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	High jump (outdoor): 2.06 m High jump (indoor): 2.08 m (world record) Heptathlon: 4952 points[1]
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Sweden Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 1 0 2 World Indoor Championships 2 0 0 European Championships 1 0 1 European Indoor Championships 1 1 0 Continental Cup 0 0 0 Total 5 1 3 Olympic Games 2000 Sydney High jump World Championships 2005 Helsinki High jump 2001 Edmonton High jump 2003 Paris High jump European Championships 2002 Munich High jump 2006 Gothenburg High jump World Indoor Championships 2001 Lisbon High jump 2003 Birmingham High jump European Indoor Championships 2000 Ghent High jump 2002 Vienna High jump World Athletics Final 2005 Monte Carlo High jump 2006 Stuttgart High jump 2003 Monte Carlo High jump
Updated on 18 August 2013

Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkǎjːsa ˈbæ̂rjkvɪst]; born 12 October 1976 in Sollentuna, Stockholm) is a Swedish former high jumper. She won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and one bronze in the European Championships. Her personal outdoor record of 2.06 m, set in Germany in 2003, is also a Swedish record. Her indoor record of 2.08 m, set at the Hochsprung mit Musik meeting in 2006, is the world indoor record.^[2]