Frida Svensson
Personal information
Born5 January 1970
Sport
CountrySweden
Sporttrack and field

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Sweden
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 4th 58.71
1989 European Junior Championships Varaždin, Yugoslavia semis 58.81
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 10th (sf) 55.36
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 14th (sf) 55.85
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 21st (sf) 56.48
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 15th (sf) 57.54
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 20th (h) 55.59
(#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf)

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frida Johansson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Thomas Kingdahl (18 July 2020). "Var inte beredd på uppmärksamheten" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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