Perseus Karlström

Perseus Karlström (born 2 May 1990) is a Swedish male racewalker. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. He also competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, but did not finish. He was bronze medallist at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Qatar 2019.^[1]

Perseus Karlström

Karlström in 2019
Personal information
Birth name	Perseus Ibáñez
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1990-05-02) 2 May 1990 (age 34) Stora Sundby, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Sweden World Championships 2023 Budapest 20 km walk 2019 Doha 20 km walk 2022 Eugene 20 km walk 2022 Eugene 35 km walk European Championships 2024 Rome 20 km walk 2022 Munich 20 km walk

Born in Stora Sundby, Eskilstuna,^[2] he is the son of international racewalker Siv Gustavsson. His brother, Ato Ibáñez, is also an international racewalker for Sweden.^[3]

See also

• Sweden at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

References

1. "Men's 20 kilometres walk heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
2. "Perseus Karlström". Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish Olympic Committee). 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
3. SWEDISH TEAM – MEDIA GUIDE. IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Daegu 2011 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Swedish Athletics Federation. Retrieved on 22 February 2014.

External links

• Perseus Karlström at World Athletics
• Perseus Karlström at Olympics.com
• Perseus Karlström at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
• Perseus Karlström at Olympedia
• Perseus Karlström at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)