Emil Johansson (sprinter)

Emil Johansson is a Swedish sprinter. He was the 2020 Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships winner in the 400 metres.

Biography

After achieving the fastest mark at the trials, Johannson earned his first international medals at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival. He won a gold in the individual 400 metres, and a silver medal running the 300 metres leg of the Swedish medley relay.
In 2020, Johansson achieved his first national title by winning the 2020 Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships. Outdoors, he won the Finnkampen in a personal best of 46.95 seconds.
In 2023, Johansson was a member of the Swedish record-breaking team in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay. The following week, he won the Swedish BAUHAUS-galan trials in the 400 metres. The time was a personal best of 46.69 seconds, his first time improvement in three years.
Johannson is from Bollstanäs, Upplands Väsby and he competes for the Turebergs FK athletics club.