Frida Svensson (athlete) explained

Birth Date:5 January 1970
Sport:track and field
Country:Sweden

Frida Svensson (born Johansson on 5 January 1970) is a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented Sweden at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics on three occasions, qualifying for the semifinals in both Tokyo 1991 and Stuttgart 1993. She also reached the semifinals of the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.[1]

She later married Swedish tennis player Jonas Svensson.[2]

Singing

Together with Erica Johansson and Maria Akraka, she sang back up for Nick Borgen when he competed in Melodifestivalen 1993 performing the song "We Are All the Winners". The song placed second.

International competitions

All results regarding 400 metres hurdles

Representing
1988World Junior ChampionshipsSudbury, Canada4th58.71
1989European Junior ChampionshipsVaraždin, Yugoslaviasemis58.81
1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan10th (sf)55.36
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain14th (sf)55.85
1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany21st (sf)56.48
1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland15th (sf)57.54
1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain20th (h)55.59
(#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf)

Notes and References

  1. Frida Johansson Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205503/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/frida-johansson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 8 October 2017.
  2. News: Var inte beredd på uppmärksamheten. Expressen. Thomas Kingdahl. Swedish. 18 July 2020. 6 February 2021.