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| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (2001-03-08) 8 March 2001 (age 23) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||
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Samuel Pihlström (born 8 March 2001) is a Swedish middle-distance runner. He is a Swedish national champion and indoor record holder over 1500 metres.
Career
In June 2022 in Madrid at the World Athletics Continental Tour event, he won the men's 1500m in a personal best time of 3:38.46. That month, he finished fifth at the Stockholm Diamond League 1500m event. In August 2022, he competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in the 1500 metres.
He was a bronze medalist in the 1500 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo.
In January 2024, he set a new national indoor record for the 1500 metres of 3:35.47 in Ostrava. He was selected to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where he qualified for the final before finishing in eighth place overall. He finished fifth in the 1500 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres, running a personal best of 3:33.58.
References
- "Samuel Pihlstrom". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "Triple jumper Eckhardt-Noack leaps to European leading 14.48m in Madrid". European Athletics. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "2022 Stockholm DL: Mondo Breaks the WR* As A Guy With A 13:34 5000 PB STUNS Jacob Kiplimo and Runs 7:29 to Win 3000". Lets Run. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- Smythe, Steve (August 22, 2022). "Brits rule Europe – full results from Munich 2022". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "U23 EC in Espoo, Finland July 12–16". Friidrott.se. July 29, 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "Gürth eclipses championship record to strike 3000m steeplechase gold for Germany". European Athletics. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "Brilliant finish by Samuel Pihlström - new Swedish record". Friidrottaren. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "Men's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- Johnson, Robert (June 2, 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". Letsrun. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- "Men's 1500m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.