Angelica Bengtsson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Angelica Bengtsson

Swedish pole vaulter

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1993

Place of Birth: Väckelsång, Kronoberg County, Sweden

Profession: pole vaulter

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About Angelica Bengtsson

  • Angelica Therese Bengtsson (born 8 July 1993) is a Swedish track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault.
  • She became the first pole vault winner at the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, 2010. She has been a highly successful youth and junior athlete, winning gold medals at the 2009 World Youth Championships and the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
  • She set a mark of 4.47 m for the youth world record for the event in 2010 and broke the world junior record with a vault of 4.63 m in 2011.
  • Bengtsson placed tied 4th at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China, having set a national record of 4.70 m in the final.
  • She is also the current Swedish national record holder with 4.81 m, set indoor in Clermont-Ferrand, France, on February 24, 2019.
  • She has won eleven national titles.
  • Her father is Swedish and her mother is Afro-Brazilian.

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