Sara Christina Wedlund (27 December 1975 – 11 June 2021) was a Swedish

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, scoring successes in the mid 1990s as one of the most successful Swedish female runners at the time, participating at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden and the

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, United States. She was awarded the Victoria Award in 1996. She died on 11 June 2021, at the age of 45.

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* 1975 births 2021 deaths Swedish female long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Sweden Athletes from Stockholm European Cross Country Championships winners {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub