Viktoria Karlsson (born 27 January 1997) is a partially blind

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who competes in

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events in international level events. She was a former para cross-country skier who competed in international level.

Life

Karlsson was born in 1997 in Soderhamn. By the time she was five she had lost her eyesight due to cancer which started when she was eighteen months old. In 2004 she became a long jumper after she got involved in athletics because the parents thought she would benefit. She won a gold medal at the

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. In 2016 Jeremy Pryce became her coach and she joined the Goteborgs KIK club. Two years later she was competing in the T11 category in Berlin where she won another gold medal after being Sweden's flag bearer at the

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. The following year she tried Para cross-country skiing. In 2020 she was supported financially by a campaign which raised money from Swedes who bought a particular pillow. The money was shared between

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, cyclist

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and Karlsson in order that they could fund guides prior to the postponed

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in Tokyo. Karlsson's guide is Sofia Sandgren. Karlsson's best jump is 4.56 metres which is a Swedish record.

References

1997 births Living people Athletes from Gothenburg Paralympic athletes for Sweden Swedish female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Visually impaired long jumpers Paralympic long jumpers 21st-century Swedish women {{DEFAULTSORT:Karlsson, Viktoria