Carmen Cernjul
Carmen Cernjul is a Swedish middle-distance and long-distance runner.
Career
Cernjul was a footballer in the academy at Hammarby Fotboll (women) and was selected for the Swedish under-18 national women's football team, before opting to focus on athletics. She is a member of Spårvägens GoIF.Cernjul made her international championship debut at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia, where she entered the 800m but failed to advance from the heats.
Cernjul won her semi-final heat before winning a bronze medal in the final over 800 metres at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
Cernjul set a Swedish under-20 junior record indoors over 3000 metres running 9:08.42 in January 2025. Later that year, Cernjul set a new Swedish junior record in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:38.86. In June, Cernjul improved her personal best in the 1500 meters in Jessheim, Norway, finishing in 4:11.61. She later lowered that personal best to 4:10.64 that sunmer.
Cernjul won a silver medal over 1500 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, finishing behind Lyla Belshaw of Great Britain, running 4:15.00. At the same championships, she also won a silver medal in the 3000 metres behind Innes FitzGerald of Great Britain.
Cernjul had a fourth place finish in the under-20 women's race at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Portugal, won the bronze medal in the team event alongside Fanny Szalkai and Anastasia Nilsson.