Lena Berntsson

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Lena Berntsson (born 4 November 1978, in

sprinting events, particularly the 60 metres
.

She started her sporting career as a 60 metres specialist, recording a personal best of 7.44 seconds in 2000 and improving it to 7.42 seconds the following year.[1] She suffered a knee injury in 2002 and during this time her sister, Annika Berntsson, introduced her to the sport of weightlifting.[2] She underwent a significant operation in 2005, having tendon surgery in both knees, and she did not return to full fitness until 2007.[3]

She was the 2007 Swedish champion in the 100 m, the 2008 national champion in the

Finland-Sweden athletics international during this period, at which she won medals in the short sprints, the sprint hurdles, and the long jump
.

She took part in the

Valencia, Spain. She reached the semi-finals of the women's 60 metres competition, running a personal best of 7.26 seconds to finish behind LaVerne Jones-Ferrette and outside of qualification.[4] In March 2009 she was entered into the European Athletics Indoor Championships and she equalled her personal best to finish fifth in the 60 m final.[5] The following month she competed at the 2009 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest and she finished twelfth in the women's 53 kg category,[3] completing a snatch of 71 kg (a Swedish record) and a clean and jerk of 85 kg.[6]

Later that year she took part in the 2009 European Team Championships and represented Sweden in the 100 and 200 m sprints.[1] In November, she was selected to compete at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships in the 53 kg category and finished in fifteenth place with a snatch of 70 kg and a clean and jerk of 90 kg.[7] Her first major competition of 2010 was the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships at which she finished seventh in her 60 m semi-final race with a run of 7.41 seconds.[1] Shortly afterwards she attended the 2010 European Weightlifting Championships in Minsk and finished with a total of 160 kg (72 kg in snatch, 88 kg in clean and jerk).[2]

Personal bests

References

  1. ^
    IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2010-04-26.
  2. ^
    Spikes Magazine
    (2010-04-12). Retrieved on 2010-04-26.
  3. ^
    Spikes Magazine
    . Retrieved on 2010-04-26.
  4. IAAF
    (2008-03-07). Retrieved on 2010-04-26.
  5. European Athletics
    . Retrieved on 2010-04-26.
  6. ^ European Senior Weightlifting Championships - Women Cat 53.kg Archived 2009-04-19 at the Wayback Machine. European Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved on 2010-04-26.
  7. ^ 77th MEN'S and 20th WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Archived 2009-11-28 at the Wayback Machine. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved on 2010-04-26.

External links

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