Axelina Johansson

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| name = Axelina Johansson

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| nationality = Swedish

| sport = Track and Field

| event = Shot put

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|04|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Vaggeryd, Sweden

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| height =1.75 m

| weight = 87 kg

| highestranking = 13th (Shot put, 2023){{Cite web |last=World Athletics |date=2023-06-27 |title=World Rankings Women's Shot Put |url=https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/shot-put/women |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=worldathletics.org

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| pb = SP: 19.54 m

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DT: 48.60 m (2019)

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Axelina Johansson (born 20 April 2000) is a Swedish track and field athlete who competes in the shot put event, in which she holds the national record of 19.54 meters since 13 May 2023. She finished tenth in the shot put final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

Johansson threw 16.52m and finished 11th competing for the University of Nebraska at the 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. Johansson threw 17.30m to finish third at the 2022 Big Ten Indoor Championships shot put.

As the 2022 Collegiate season moved outdoors, Johansson threw a personal best 18.39m to finish runner up in the shot put at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Johansson was subsequently honoured with the Big Ten Women's Outdoor Freshman of the Year award.{{Cite web|url=https://huskers.com/sports/mens-track-and-field/roster/axelina-johansson/43689|title=Axelina Johansson|website=huskers.com}}

Johansson finished third at the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships after throwing 18.06m at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=150&do=videos&video_id=330844|title=Axelina Johansson 3rd Place|website=runnerspace.com}} Johansson also competed in Eugene, Oregon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships where she landed a new personal best throw 18.57m to reach the final of the women's shot put before ultimately finishing in twelfth place.{{Cite web|url=https://huskers.com/news/2022/7/16/track-and-field-johansson-places-12th-at-world-championships.aspx|title= Johansson Places 12th at World Championships|website=huskers.com}} Johansson went to Munich to compete in the 2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put and reached the final, finishing seventh with a first round throw of 18.04 which she never bettered.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

She won the NCAA title in June 2023.{{cite web|url= https://www.flotrack.org/articles/11039234-axelina-johansson-of-nebraska-wins-ncaa-womens-shot-put-title|website=Flotrack|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= Axelina Johansson Of Nebraska Wins NCAA Women's Shot Put Title|date=9 June 2023|first=Joe|last=Battaglia}} That month, she was a bronze medalist in the shot put at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Silesia.{{cite web|url= https://www.eurolympic.org/olympic-medallist-bol-secures-first-of-38-athletics-gold-medals-to-be-awarded-at-the-european-games-2023/|website=Euroolympic.org|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= OLYMPIC MEDALLIST BOL SECURES FIRST OF 38 ATHLETICS GOLD MEDALS TO BE AWARDED AT THE EUROPEAN GAMES 2023|date=24 June 2023}} She finished 13th at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.{{cite web|url= https://www.1011now.com/2023/08/27/johansson-takes-13th-worlds/?outputType=amp|website=1011now|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= Nebraska track & field’s Johansson takes 13th at Worlds|date=August 27, 2023}}

She finished eighth at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow with a season’s best throw measured at 18.68 metres.{{cite web|website=Watch Athletics|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5129/women-s-shot-put-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|title= Women's Shot Put Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024|date=2 March 2024|accessdate=3 March 2024}} In June 2024, she finished third at the NCAA Division 1 Championship shot put competition.{{cite web|url= https://www.1011now.com/2024/06/07/otabor-captures-javelin-title-ncaa-outdoor-championships/|website=1012now.com|access-date=7 June 2024|title= Otabor wins back-to-back javelin titles at NCAA Outdoor Championships|first=Ryan|last=Swanigan|date=7 June 2024}}

She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the shot put, qualifying for the final and placing tenth overall.{{cite web|website=Watch Attletics|accessdate=28 August 2024|title= Women's Shot Put Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5859/women-s-shot-put-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |date=9 August 2024}}

She set a meet record, and Swedish indoor record of 19.31m to win the Big Ten Indoor Championships in Indianapolis in March 2025.{{cite web|url= https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=671208|website=Runnerspace|accessdate=3 March 2025|title= COMPLETE TEAM EFFORT CARRIES OREGON TO DOMINANT WOMEN'S TEAM VICTORY AT BIG TEN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|date=2 March 2025}}

International competitions

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{SWE}}
2016 \|European Youth Championships \|Tbilisi, Georgia \|21st (q) \|Shot put \|NM
2018 \|World U20 Championships \|Tampere, Finland \|21st (q) \|Shot put \|13.58 m
2019 \|European U20 Championships \|Borås, Sweden \|14th (q) \|Shot put \|14.70 m
2021 \|European U23 Championships \|Tallinn, Estonia \|bgcolor="cc9966" \|3rd \|Shot put \|17.85 m
rowspan=2\|2022 \|World Championships \|Eugene, United States \|12th \|Shot put \|17.60 m
European Championships \|Munich, Germany \|7th \|Shot put \|18.04 m
rowspan=2\|2023 \|European Games \|Chorzów, Poland \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Shot put \|18.32 m
World Championships \|Budapest, Hungary \|13th (q) \|Shot put \|18.57 m
rowspan=2\|2024 \|World Indoor Championships \|Glasgow, United Kingdom \|8th \|Shot put \|18.68 m
Olympic Games \|Paris, France \|10th \|Shot put \|18.03 m

colspan="6"|Representing {{SWE}}

2016

|European Youth Championships

|Tbilisi, Georgia

|21st (q)

|Shot put

|NM

2018

|World U20 Championships

|Tampere, Finland

|21st (q)

|Shot put