Linus Thörnblad (born 6 March 1985) is a

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former

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete competing in

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 ...

. He won the bronze medal at the

2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was held in Moscow from March 10 to March 12, 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport arena. The announcement by the IA ...

and a silver medal at the

2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in the National Indoor Arena (NIA) in Birmingham, England, from Friday, 2 March to Sunday, 4 March 2007. Birmingham also held the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Men's results Track ...

. He represented Sweden at the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

in 2004 and 2008 and finished fourth at the

2010 European Athletics Championships The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Cat ...

. He has a personal best of 2.38 metres set indoors.

Biography

Thörnblad started high jumping at age 16 jumping 2.06 m his first year. Two years later he jumped 2.30 m. He decided to retire from competition in 2012 at the age of 27 due to trouble with injuries and clinical depression.World and European indoor medallist Linus Thörnblad retires
. European Athletics (2012-04-08). Retrieved on 2012-04-22. In August 2018, he briefly returned to the track and won the high jump competition at the Swedish Athletics Championships, after which he returned to retirement.

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Personal website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thornblad, Linus 1985 births Living people Swedish male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Sweden Sportspeople from Lund Athletes from Skåne County Malmö AI athletes