Maja Nilsson
{{Short description|Swedish high jumper}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Maja Nilsson
| birth_name = Maja Helena Nilsson
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| nationality = Swedish
| sport = Track and Field
| event = high jump
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|12|8|df=yes}}
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|European U23 Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Tallinn |Hugh jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|European U20 Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Grosseto|High jump}}
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Maja Helena Nilsson (born 8 December 1999) is a Swedish athlete who specializes in the high jump. She competed at the 2020 Olympic Games and 2022 World Athletics Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/sweden/maja-nilsson-14551915|title=Maja NILSSON | Profile|website=www.worldathletics.org|accessdate=8 April 2025}}
Career
Nilsson gained her first international experience at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) 2015 in Tbilisi where she won the silver medal in the high jump with a jump of 1.80 metres. The following year, again in Tbilisi, she won the 2016 European Youth Athletics Championships high jump with a 1.82 metres jump. She was a bronze medalist at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy with a jump of 1.85 metres. She also competed at the 2018 U20 World Championships in Tampere, and at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Gävle.{{Cite web |date=12 August 2017 |title=What a jump by Maja Nilsson – into the top 10 of all time! |url=https://www.friidrottaren.com/vilket-hopp-av-maja-nilsson-in-pa-topp-10-genom-tiderna/ |access-date=19 July 2021 |website=Friidrottaren |language=sv}}{{Cite web |date=28 January 2019 |title=Maja Nilsson EM-kvalade i Oslo! |url=https://oisfriidrott.se/maja-nilsson-em-kvalade-i-oslo/ |access-date=2021-07-19 |website=oisfriidrott.se}}{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7105089?eventId=10229526|website=World Athletics|accessdate=8 April 2025|title= European U20 Championships|date=20 July 2017}}
In 2021 Nilsson became Swedish high jump indoor champion, and on 30 June 2021 she jumped 1.96 metres to meet the Olympic qualifying standard for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games. Competing at the Games, in Tokyo in 2021, Nilsson successfully reached the final where she finished in thirteenth place.{{Cite web|url=https://www.svt.se/sport/friidrott/maja-nilsson-tog-sista-chansen-klarade-os-kvalgransen|title=Maja Nilsson tog sista chansen – klarade OS-kvalgränsen|date=29 June 2021|website=SVT Sport}} She competed at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland in March 2021, where she jumped 1.87 metres but did not progress to the final.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147573?eventId=10229526&gender=W|website=World Athletics|accessdate=8 April 2025|title= European Athletics Indoor Championships|date=4 March 2021}} She won silver at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn.{{Cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/news/report/european-u23-championships-tallinn-ceh-mahuchikh |date=11 July 2021|website=World Athletics|title= Ceh breaks championship record to win in Tallinn |accessdate=9 April 2025}}
She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she cleared 1.90 metres without progressing to the final.{{cite web|accessdate=8 April 2025|date=16 July 2022|website=World Athletics|url=https://worldathletics.org/results/world-athletics-championships/2022/world-athletics-championships-oregon-2022-7137279/women/high-jump/qualification/series|title=High Jump Women results}} She competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, clearing 1.83 metres but did not qualify for the final.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147634?eventId=10229526|accessdate=8 April 2025|title= European Athletics Championships|date=15 August 2022}}
At the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, she reached the final with a jump of 1.89 metres, placing twelfth overall.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5621/women-high-jump-results-european-athletics-championships-2024 |website=Watch Athletics |accessdate=8 April 2025|title= Women High Jump Results - European Athletics Championships 2024|date=9 June 2024}}
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Category:Swedish female high jumpers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Sweden
Category:21st-century Swedish sportswomen
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