Monica Westén
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Huddinge, Sweden | 15 March 1966
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 400 metres hurdles, 800 metres |
Club | IF Göta |
Monica Viola Westén-Rydén (born 15 March 1966, in Huddinge) is a retired Swedish athlete who competed primarily in the 400 metres hurdles.[2] She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, as well as two World Championships, in 1991 and 1993. She won the bronze medal at the 1990 European Championships. Earlier in her career she was a combined events specialist.
Her personal best in the event is 54.69 seconds set in Stockholm in 1990.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Sweden | |||||
1986 | Goodwill Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 16th | Heptathlon | 5365 pts |
1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, Netherlands | 10th | High jump | 1.80 m |
1990 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 13th | High jump | 1.80 m |
European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 54.75 | |
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 11th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 55.51 |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 18th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 56.68 |
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 16th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 55.88 |
1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 5th (h) | 800 m | 2:04.11 |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 11th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 56.38 | |
9th (sf) | 4x400 m relay | 3:32.36 |
References
Categories:
- 1966 births
- Living people
- People from Huddinge Municipality
- Swedish female hurdlers
- Swedish female high jumpers
- Swedish heptathletes
- Olympic athletes of Sweden
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Sweden
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
- Swedish athletics biography stubs