Lynn Persson ( Swede. Linn Persson ; born , ) - Swedish biathlete , participant of the Biathlon World Cup in the national team of Sweden. Silver medalist of the 2018 Olympic Games, 2019 World Cup and 2012 Junior World Championships in the women's relay.
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| Full name | Lynn Persson | ||||||||||||
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| Accommodation | Ostersund , Sweden | ||||||||||||
| Height Weight | 165 cm / 63 kg | ||||||||||||
| Family status | in relationship | ||||||||||||
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| According to | 2018/19 | ||||||||||||
| Overall accuracy | 86% | ||||||||||||
| Lying down | 86% | ||||||||||||
| Standing | 86% | ||||||||||||
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| Racing | 80 | ||||||||||||
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Career
She has been involved in biathlon since 2003, she was also involved in skiing and football as a child. He plays for the Bore Biathlon club, and his current personal trainer is Wolfgang Pichler .
Junior career
She has participated in international youth level competitions since 2011. At the Youth Olympic Games in 2012 in Innsbruck, she took 6th place in the mixed relay and was 19th in sprint and pursuit. At the 2012 World Junior Championships in Kontiolahti, she took 12th place in the individual race, 40th in the sprint and 34th in the pursuit. In the relay race, performing with Hannah Eberg and Lotten Sjoden, helped the Swedish team win a silver medal.
In 2015, at the Junior World Championships in Raubichi, Persson took 12th place in the individual race, 5 in the sprint and 6 in the pursuit. In the relay race, the Swedish team, for which Hannah Eberg and Anna Magnusson also fled, took fourth place. At the 2015 European Championships in Otepää, a female sportswoman took part in youth competitions, the best result was 17th in the individual race, and the Swedish national team was eighth in the relay.
Adult Career
Lynn Pearce made her IBU Cup debut in the 2012/13 season at Idra , where she finished 96th in the sprint. In the 2013/14 season, the best biathlete result in personal races was 36th in the sprint in Beitostolen , and in the 2014/15 season - 18th in the individual race in Obertilliach .
Persson made her World Cup debut at the last leg of the 2014/15 season in Khanty-Mansiysk , where she finished 59th in the sprint and 52nd in the pursuit. In November 2015, she won a bronze medal in the mass start at the Swedish championship, this award was the first for an athlete at the adult level [1] .
In the 2015/16 season, Persson performs in the World Cup as an athlete of the main team. At the stage in Ostersund, she took fourth place in the single mixed with Tobias Arvidson , and in personal races her best result so far is 17th place in the sprint at the stage in Anterselva [2] .
Notes
- ↑ SM-brons för unga Linn Persson! (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment January 29, 2016. Archived December 29, 2015.
- ↑ Personbästa av Persson