Marcus Nilsson (decathlete)
{{Short description|Swedish decathlete (born 1991)}}
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| sport = Track and field
| event = Decathlon
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Marcus Nilsson (born 3 May 1991 in Malmö) is a Swedish decathlete. He competed at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Russia.
Nilsson hails from Kalmar in the flat southern Sweden.{{cite web
|url=https://www.marathon.se/nyheter/ida-sprang-rakt-upp-i-varldstoppen
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509075436/https://www.marathon.se/nyheter/ida-sprang-rakt-upp-i-varldstoppen
|publisher=Marathon.se
|author=Torbjörn Sköldefors
|title=Ida sprang rakt upp i världstoppen
|language=Swedish
|date=7 May 2016
|archivedate=2016-05-09
|accessdate=2016-05-09
|url-status=live
}} He grew up in a sports family where both his father Carl-Gustaf ”Calle” and mother Katarina competed at an elite level. His brother David and two sisters, Ida and Johanna, have belonged to the Swedish national team in athletics. At the 2002 Swedish cross country championships the family walked home with four gold medals, one silver and one bronze.{{cite web
|url=http://www.textograf.com/articles/idrott/loparfamiljennilsson02.pdf
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205040654/http://textograf.com/articles/idrott/loparfamiljennilsson02.pdf
|publisher=Tidningen Friidrott
|author=Jonas Hedman
|title=Löparfamiljen Nilsson från Högby IF
|language=Swedish
|series=8
|date=December 2002
|archivedate=2005-02-05
|accessdate=2016-05-08
|url-status=live
}}
Competition record
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2009
|European Junior Championships |20th |Decathlon (junior) |6915 pts |
2010
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Decathlon (junior) |
2011
|16th |Decathlon |
2012
|18th |Decathlon |
2013
|24th |Decathlon |
2014
| – |Decathlon |DNF |
2016
|8th |Decathlon |
2018
|12th |Decathlon |
rowspan=2|2022
| – |Decathlon |DNF |
European Championships
|4th |Decathlon |
rowspan=2|2023
|European Indoor Championships |8th |Heptathlon |
World Championships
| — |Decathlon |DNF |
References
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External links
- [http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=207914822 Marcus Nilsson] at UCLA Bruins
- {{World Athletics}}
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