Malin Wästlund

Malin Wästlund
Personal information
Full nameMalin Charlotta Wästlund
Born (1964-04-27) 27 April 1964 (age 60)
Sport
Country Sweden
SportAthletics
Event(s)15K run, half marathon
ClubIF Spexarna
Achievements and titles
Personal bests15K: 49:21 (1987) NR

Malin Charlotta Wästlund (born 27 April 1964) is a Swedish former long-distance runner. She represented Sweden twice at the IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships, placing fourth in 1987 with a Swedish national record of 49:21 minutes for the 15K run and placing fifth at the 1988 race.[1][2] She also competed at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finished fifteenth in the women's senior race.[3]

Born in Högsbo, near Gothenburg, she competed for IF Spexarna during her career.[4] She won one national title in her career at the 1987 Swedish Half Marathon Championships.[5] She was also runner-up at the Swedish Cross Country Championships that year.[6] In Swedish cross country competitions, she won the 1987 Tjejmilen and was runner-up there and at the Lidingöloppet in 1989.[7]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1987 World Women's Road Race Championships Monte Carlo, Monaco 4th 15K 49:21 NR
1988 World Cross Country Championships Auckland, New Zealand 15th Senior race 19:55
World Women's Road Race Championships Adelaide, Australia 5th 15K 50:42

National titles

References

  1. ^ 1987 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  2. ^ 1988 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Auckland Elleslie Date: Saturday, March 26, 1988, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 23, 2013
  4. ^ Sveriges befolkning 1970, CD-ROM, Version 1.04, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (2002).
  5. ^ Swedish Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  6. ^ Svenska Mästerskapen i friidrott 1896-2005. Trångsund: Erik Wiger/TextoGraf Förlag. 2006
  7. ^ Malin Wastlan. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-03-21.