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Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||
Born | 8 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||
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Samuel Pihlström (born 8 March 2001) is a Swedish middle-distance runner. He is a Swedish national champion and indoor record holder over 1500 metres. [1]
In June 2022 in Madrid at the World Athletics Continental Tour event, he won the men’s 1500m in a personal best time of 3:38.46. [2] That month, he finished fifth at the Stockholm Diamond League 1500m event. [3] In August 2022, he competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in the 1500 metres. [4]
He was a bronze medalist in the 1500 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo. [5] [6]
In January 2024, he set a new national indoor record for the 1500 metres of 3:35.47 in Ostrava. [7] He was selected to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where he qualified for the final before finishing in eighth place overall. [8] He finished fifth in the 1500 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024. [9]