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Nationality | Swedish |
Born | Lund, Sweden | May 5, 2005
Height | 165cm (5ft 5in) |
Sport | |
Country | Sweden |
Sport | Diving |
Event(s) | 3 meter springboard,
3 meter synchro, 1 meter springboard |
College team | University of Minnesota |
Club | Malmö Kappsimningsklubb |
Coached by | Wenbo Chen |
Medal record |
Elna Hannah Matilda Widerström (born 5 May 2004) is a Swedish diver, specializing in the 1 metre and 3 metre springboard disciplines.
Widerström is a European Championships bronze medalist in the 3m women’s synchronized springboard discipline.. [1] [2], and a Junior European Championships silver medalist in the same event. She has participated in European as well as World Championships at both junior and senior levels, where she has claimed several final spots. Domestically she has won national champion titles, both individually and in synchronized events.
In 2024 she was selected for the Swedish Olympic Committees talent program “Topp och Talang” [3] and she also received the Swedish National Sport Confederation Elite sports scholarship [4].
Widerström was part of the Swedish Junior National Diving Team from 2018 [5] until 2022. She represented Sweden at the Junior European championships in 2021 and 2022, earning a silver medal in 3m synchro with Nina Janmyr in 2022 [6]. Later in 2022, she also participated at the Junior World Diving Championships in Montreal, reaching finals in the 1m, 3m, and 3m synchro events [7]
During this period, she also earned several medals at national championships, including gold medals in 1m and 3m mixed synchro [8]
She first represented Sweden at a senior level at the European Championships in 2022, where she took the bronze medal in the 3m synchro event [9] together with Emilia Nilsson Garip.
In 2023 she participated in both the European Games [10] in Rzeszów, Poland, and the World Aquatics Championships [11] [12] in Fukuoka, Japan, and qualified for finals.
She also participated in the 2024 World Aquatics Championships [13] in Doha, Qatar, claiming a spot in the Final in the 1m. springboard event.
Since the autumn of 2023, she has been living in Minneapolis, USA, where she competes in the NCAA series representing the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [14], coached by Wenbo Chen.
Elna Widerström at World Aquatics
Elna Widerström at Golden Gophers