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Stefan Holm
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Medal record
Men’s athletics
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens High jump
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Paris High jump
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Munich High jump
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Gothenburg High jump

Stefan Christian Holm (born May 25, 1976) is a Swedish athlete competing in the high jump. He has won 1 Olympic gold medal, 3 gold and 1 silver medal in the World Championships, 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals in the European Championships. His personal record in high jump is 2.40 m (indoors 2005) and 2.36 m (outdoors 2004).

Biography

Holm is the son of father Johnny and mother Elisabeth, born in Forshaga. He has a three years older sister named Veronica. Holm married Anna in 2005 and they have a son, Melwin, who was born in 2004.

Holm's big breakthrough onto the world athletics scene came in 2000, when he finished 4th at the Sydney Olympics with a leap of 2.32 m. Although only 24 years old at the time, Holm had been high jumping for over half of his life.

Holm, who is trained by his father Johnny Holm, has not always been a high jumper. For many of his childhood years, Stefan played soccer (following in the footsteps of his father, who was at that time a goalkeeper in ÖDIK in the fourth division), but it wasn't until 1991 when Stefan realized that he had more potential as a high jumper than a footballer.

His inspiration for high-jumping was when at 8 years old he saw Swedish high-jumping legend, and former world-record holder, Patrik Sjöberg compete on television.[1]

Holm has the distinction of jumping 2 m or higher in six different techniques. With his height, being only 1.81 m, he shares the unofficial World Record of height jumped above own height (59 cm). He has taken part in a Decathlon where he jumped higher in the high jump than in the pole vault.

He lives in Karlstad, Sweden and competes for Kils AIK.

He is an avid fan of Färjestads BK, a Swedish Elite League ice-hockey team.

In 2004, Holm was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.

International medals

High jump

Other victories

Personal bests

  • High jump
    • 2.36 metres (outdoors)
    • 2.40 metres (indoors)
Preceded by Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
2004 		Succeeded by
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