Kent Larsson

Kent Larsson
Personal information
Born (1963-06-10) 10 June 1963
Östersund, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight 102 kg (225 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Shot put
Club Spårvägens FK
Trångsvikens IF

Kent Erik Larsson (born 10 June 1963 in Östersund) is a retired Swedish athlete who specialised in the shot put.[2] He represented his country at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics as well as one indoor and three outdoor World Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 20.03 metres outdoors (Kvarnsveden 1993) and 18.42 metres indoors (Genoa 1992).

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Sweden
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 6th Shot put 19.92 m
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 10th Shot put 18.42 m
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 18th (q) Shot put 18.56 m
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 14th (q) Shot put 18.05 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 10th Shot put 19.12 m
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 20th (q) Shot put 18.19 m
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 19th (q) Shot put 18.73 m
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 17th (q) Shot put 19.05 m

References

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