Linus Thörnblad

Linus Thörnblad

Linus Thörnblad
Personal information
Full name	Carl Linus Thörnblad
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1985-03-06) 6 March 1985 (age 32) Lund, Skåne County
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Event(s)	High jump
Club	Malmö AI
Coached by	Yannick Tregaro
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	2.34 m 2.38 m (indoors)
Medal record World Indoor Championships 2006 Moscow High jump European Indoor Championships 2007 Birmingham High jump European Junior Championships 2003 Tampere High jump World Athletics Final 2006 Stuttgart High jump 2007 Stuttgart High jump

Linus Thörnblad (born 6 March 1985) is a Swedish former track and field athlete competing in high jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He represented Sweden at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008 and finished fourth at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. He has a personal best of 2.38 metres set indoors.

Thörnblad started high jumping at age 16 jumping 2.06 m his first year. Two years later he jumped 2.30 m.

He decided to retire from competition in 2012 at the age of 27 due to trouble with injuries and clinical depression.