Fabian Delryd (born 15 October 1996) is a Swedish

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. He is the 2021 outdoor

Swedish Athletics Championships The Swedish Athletics Championships ( sv, Svenska mästerskapen i friidrott) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Swedish Athletics Association, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Sweden.

winner and a two time

Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships The Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships ( sv, Svenska inomhusmästerskapen i friidrott) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Swedish Athletics Association, which serves as the Swedish national championship for the spo ...

for Täby IS. In 2018, his jump of 2.33 metres placed him 8th in the world that year.

Biography

Delryd was raised in

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, a suburb of

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. He had his breakout in the 2018 indoor athletics season, where he jumped 2.26 metres at the Täby Vinterspel meeting. He followed that up with a 2.33 metre jump outdoors, at the time the number 2 performance of the year to date. Delryd's 2018 season best was higher than all of the

2018 European Athletics Championships The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in the United Kingdom. For the second Championships in a ...

finalists' bests at the time of competition, but he could not attend the meet due to injury. Starting in late 2018, Delryd was plagued with multiple issues -- first with a tendon injury and hamstring inflammation, and then with a malfunctioning jumping foot. In 2021, Delryd won his first outdoor national title at the 2021

with a mark of 2.20 metres.

Personal bests

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Delryd, Fabian 1996 births Living people Swedish male high jumpers Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's track and field athletes Swedish Athletics Championships winners Athletes from Stockholm