Veronica Eriksson, born ''Martin Eriksson'' (15 June 1971) is a retired Swedish

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er. She was born in

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. Her personal best jump was 5.80 metres, achieved in March 2000 in Pietersburg. This places her fourth on the Swedish all-time list, behind Armand Duplantis, Oscar Janson and

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and equal to

Alhaji Jeng Alhaji Jeng (born 13 December 1981) is a Swedish pole vaulter. Jeng came to Sweden when he was just 3 months old, but retained his Gambian citizenship until he was 18 years old, when he applied for and was granted Swedish citizenship. He current ...

.Swedish all-time lists, men
In February 2020, Eriksson told about her undergone hormone treatment, facial surgery, legal gender reassignment and name change to Veronica.

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* 1971 births Living people Swedish male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes from Stockholm Competitors at the 1999 Summer Universiade {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub