Monica Svensson (born December 26, 1978) is a retired
race walker from
Sweden. She represented her native country at the
2003 World Championships in
Paris, France
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
, where she ended up in 27th place in the women's
20 km walk event. She was credited with the world best time in
50 km walk
The 50 kilometre race walk was an Olympic athletics event that first appeared in 1932 and made its final Olympic appearance in 2021. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the ...
before the event got official recognition.
Achievements
References
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1978 births
Living people
Swedish female racewalkers
World Athletics Championships athletes for Sweden
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