Erica Johansson (born February 5, 1974) is a Sweden, Swedish former athletics (sport), athlete who specialized in the long jump. She is the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics, 1992 World Junior Champion, the 1993 European Athletics Junior Championships, 1993 European Junior Champion, and the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships, 2000 European Indoor Champion. She also competed at the Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympic Games.

Career

Born in Landvetter, Härryda Municipality, Johansson was a promising junior who equalled the Swedish record as a 15-year-old with 6.50 meters, to win European Junior silver in 1989. A year later, she won the silver medal at the 1990 IAAF World Junior Championships, 1990 World Junior Championships, jumping 6.50 again. She yet again jumped 6.50 when finishing fourth at the 1991 European Junior Championships, missing out on the bronze medal to Iva Prandzheva on countback. The highlights of her successful junior career was winning gold medals at the 1992 IAAF World Junior Championships, 1992 World Junior Championships with 6.65 metres, and at the 1993 European Junior Championships with 6.56. Her greatest achievement at senior level came at the 2000 European Indoor Athletics Championships, 2000 European Indoor Championships, where she won the gold medal with a jump of 6.89 metres. She retired after the 2001 season.

International competitions

Personal bests

*Long jump - 6.99 (2000), ''National record'' *High jump - 1.78 (1989) *Triple Jump - 13.95 (1999) *100 meters - 11.88 (1997) *200 m - 23.75 (1997) *800 m - 2:21.95 (1989) *100 m hurdles - 13.63 (1998) *400 m hurdles - 58.86 (1994)

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* 1974 births Living people Swedish female long jumpers Olympic athletes of Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics People from Härryda Municipality Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County 20th-century Swedish women {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub