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Wictor Petersson
Personal information
Born (1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 28)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Shot put
ClubHässleholms AIS (−2013)
Malmö AI (2014−)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Sweden
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2026 BirminghamShot put
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 ApeldoornShot put

Wictor Petersson (born 1 May 1998) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the shot put.[1] He represented his country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final. Earlier that year he won a bronze medal at the European U23 Championships.[2]

His personal bests in the event are 21.16 meters outdoors (Varberg 2025) and 21.49 meters indoors (Växjö 2025). He is the national record holder in both indoors and outdoors. He ranked 8th in the world for shot put as of mid-2025, but only ranked 15th as of 5 September 2025.[3] He failed to get into the Top Ten for shot pot in the 2025 World Athletics Championships at Tokyo, ranking 11th in those games.[4]

International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Sweden
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 3rd Shot put (5 kg) 21.56
11th Discus throw (1.5 kg) 53.02 m
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd Shot put (6 kg) 20.65 m
4th Discus throw (1.75 kg) 61.23 m
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 6th Shot put (6 kg) 19.80 m
8th Discus throw (1.75 kg) 54.90 m
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 3rd Shot put 19.53 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 19th (q) Shot put 20.31 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 5th Shot put 20.75 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 28th (q) Shot put 19.73 m
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 12th Shot put 20.33 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 12th Shot put 19.45 m
2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 2nd Shot put 21.04 m
World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 6th Shot put 20.87 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 11th Shot put 20.35 m
2026 World Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 5th Shot put 21.12 m

References

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  1. ↑ Wictor Petersson at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Tokyo (JPN) Athletes by Event and Season Best" (pdf). 5 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "Swede Wictor Petersson Misses Top 10 in World Championship Shot Put Final: Wictor Petersson did not get it at all in the World Championship final in shot put in Tokyo after having had the third longest throw in the qualifying round". Sweden Herald. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
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