Personal information | |
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Full name | Malin Charlotta Wästlund |
Born | 27 April 1964 |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 15K run, half marathon |
Club | IF Spexarna |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests | 15K: 49:21 (1987) NR |
Malin Charlotta Wästlund (born 27 April 1964) is a Swedish former long-distance runner. She represented Sweden twice at the IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships, placing fourth in 1987 with a Swedish national record of 49:21 minutes for the 15K run and placing fifth at the 1988 race. [1] [2] She also competed at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finished fifteenth in the women's senior race. [3]
Born in Högsbo, near Gothenburg, she competed for IF Spexarna during her career. [4] She won one national title in her career at the 1987 Swedish Half Marathon Championships. [5] She was also runner-up at the Swedish Cross Country Championships that year. [6] In Swedish cross country competitions, she won the 1987 Tjejmilen and was runner-up there and at the Lidingöloppet in 1989. [7]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1987 | World Women's Road Race Championships | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 4th | 15K | 49:21 NR |
1988 | World Cross Country Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | 15th | Senior race | 19:55 |
World Women's Road Race Championships | Adelaide, Australia | 5th | 15K | 50:42 |