Bianca Emmelie Elisabeth Salming (born 22 November 1998) is a Swedish athlete who competes in heptathlon. She has won several Swedish Championship gold as a youth. She has competed for Täby IS. Since 2017 she competes for Turebergs FK.[1] She also competes in long jump.[2]

Bianca Salming
Bianca Salming running in the 800 meters event at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, Austria in May 2017
Personal information
Born22 November 1998
Sport
CountrySweden
Sportheptathlon
TeamTurebergs FK

Career edit

She placed fourth in heptathlon at the Junior World Championship in 2016.[3]

She competed for Sweden in the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin,[4] and in the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich where she got 8th position in heptathlon.[5]

Personal life edit

Salming grew up in Vaxholm and currently resides in Stockholm. She is the daughter of late ice hockey player Börje Salming.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Elitaktiv #4: Bianca Salming – Turebergs friidrottsklubb". turebergfriidrott.se. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. ^ "IAAF: Strong high jump field assembled for Stockholm - IAAF Diamond League- News - iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. ^ "IAAF: Vetter leads strong Dutch contingent for Götzis- News - iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Bianca Salmings fiasko – framför ögonen på pappa". Expressen. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Bianca SALMING | Profile | World Athletics". Archived from the original on 2023-07-30. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  6. ^ "Bianca Salming: "Varför skulle jag inte? Jag har ju en Salming-gen"". Expressen. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

External links edit

  Media related to Bianca Salming at Wikimedia Commons