Samuel Pihlström
{{Short description|Swedish athlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Samuel Pihlström
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| nationality = Swedish
| sport = Athletics
| event = Middle distance running
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|3|8|df=yes}}
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| pb = {{ubl|1500m: 3:33.58 (Paris, 2024)|Mile: 3:54.78 (Ostrava, 2025)}}
| medaltemplates= {{Medal|Sport| Men's Athletics }}
{{Medal|Country| {{SWE}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|European U23 Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Espoo|1500 metres}}
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Samuel Pihlström (born 8 March 2001) is a Swedish middle-distance runner. He is a Swedish national champion, and indoor record holder over 1500 metres and mile. He has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/sweden/samuel-pihlstrom-14930461|website=World Athletics|accessdate=1 March 2024|title=Samuel Pihlstrom}}
Career
In June 2022 competing in Madrid, Spain at a World Athletics Continental Tour event, he won the men's 1500m in a personal best time of 3:38.46.{{cite web|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/news/triple-jumper-eckhardt-noack-leaps-to-european-leading-14-48m-in-madrid|website=European Athletics|date=19 June 2022|accessdate=1 March 2024|title= Triple jumper Eckhardt-Noack leaps to European leading 14.48m in Madrid}} That month, he finished fifth at the Stockholm Diamond League 1500m event.{{cite web|url= https://www.letsrun.com/news/2022/06/2022-stockholm-dl-mondo-breaks-the-wr-as-a-guy-with-1334-a-5000-pb-stuns-jacob-kiplimo-and-runs-729-to-win-3000/ |website=Lets Run|accessdate=1 March 2024|title= 2022 Stockholm DL: Mondo Breaks the WR* As A Guy With A 13:34 5000 PB STUNS Jacob Kiplimo and Runs 7:29 to Win 3000|date=30 June 2022}} In August 2022, he competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in the 1500 metres.{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-news/brits-rule-europe-full-results-from-munich-2022-1039960214/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=1 March 2024|title= Brits rule Europe – full results from Munich 2022|first=Steve|last=Smythe |date= August 22, 2022}}
He was a bronze medalist in the 1500 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo.{{cite web|url=https://www.friidrott.se/vastsvenska/nyheter/u23-em-i-espoo-finland-12-16-juli/|website=Friidrott.se|accessdate=1 March 2024|title= U23 EC in Espoo, Finland July 12–16|date=
15 July 2023}}
In January 2024, he set a new national indoor record for the 1500 metres of 3:35.47 in Ostrava.{{cite web|url= https://www.friidrottaren.com/fruktansvard-avslutning-av-samuel-pihlstrom-nytt-svenskt-rekord/|website=Friidrottaren|accessdate=1 March 2024|date=30 January 2024|title= Brilliant finish by Samuel Pihlström - new Swedish record }} He was selected to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where he qualified for the final before finishing in eighth place overall.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5135/men-s-1500m-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=1 March 2024|title= Men's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024}} He finished fifth in the 1500 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/06/2024-stockholm-diamond-league-results-2024-bauhaus-galan-results/|website=Letsrun|accessdate=3 June 2024|title= 2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results|first=Robert|last=Johnson
|date=June 2, 2024}} He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres, running a personal best of 3:33.58 in the repechage round but missing out on a place in the semi-final by two hundredths of a second behind George Mills of Great Britain.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5825/men-s-1500m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 August 2024|title= Men's 1500m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=6 August 2024}}
He ran a Swedish indoor record of 3:54.78 for the mile at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on 4 February 2025.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/czech-indoor-gala-ostrava-hailu-crestan-molnar-furlani|accessdate=5 February 2025|title= Hailu and Crestan impress as meeting records fall in Ostrava|date=4 Feb 2025}} Competing in Karlsruhe on 7 February 2025 he won over 1500m in a time of 3:35.62.{{cite web|date=7 February 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/indoor-meeting-karlsruhe-2025-mitton-mihambo|website=World Athletics|accessdate=8 February 2025|title= Mitton and Mihambo make strong statements in Karlsruhe}} was awarded a wild card place for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, for his performances on the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Tour.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/world-indoor-tour-champions-win-wild-cards-nanjing|accessdate=5 March 2025|title= 11 World Indoor Tour champions win wild cards for Nanjing|date=4 March 2025}} Competing at the Championships, he qualified for the final of the 1500 metres, finishing in fifth place overall.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6479/men-s-1500m-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2025 |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=8 April 2025|title= Men's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 |date=23 March 2025}}
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Category:Swedish male middle-distance runners
Category:Swedish male long-distance runners
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Sweden
Category:Swedish Athletics Championships winners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics