Axelina Johansson

Axelina Johansson (born 20 April 2000) is a Swedish track and field athlete who competes in the shot put event, in which she holds the national record of 19.54 meters since 13 May 2023. She finished tenth in the shot put final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Axelina Johansson

Personal information
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 (age 25) Vaggeryd, Sweden
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and Field
Event	Shot put
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	13th (Shot put, 2023)[1]
Personal bests	SP: 19.54 m NR (2023) DT: 48.60 m (2019)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Sweden European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Shot put European Athletics U23 Championships 2021 Tallinn Shot put Summer World University Games 2025 Bochum Shot put

Career

Johansson threw 16.52m and finished 11th competing for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln at the 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. Johansson threw 17.30m to finish third at the 2022 Big Ten Indoor Championships shot put.

As the 2022 Collegiate season moved outdoors, Johansson threw a personal best 18.39m to finish runner up in the shot put at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Johansson was subsequently honoured with the Big Ten Women's Outdoor Freshman of the Year award.^[2]

Johansson finished third at the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships after throwing 18.06m at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.^[3] Johansson also competed in Eugene, Oregon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships where she landed a new personal best throw 18.57m to reach the final of the women's shot put before ultimately finishing in twelfth place.^[4] Johansson went to Munich to compete in the 2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put and reached the final, finishing seventh with a first round throw of 18.04 which she never bettered.^{[citation needed]}

She won the NCAA title in June 2023.^[5] That month, she was a bronze medalist in the shot put at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Silesia.^[6] She finished 13th at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.^[7]

She finished eighth at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow with a season’s best throw measured at 18.68 metres.^[8] In June 2024, she finished third at the NCAA Division 1 Championship shot put competition.^[9]

She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the shot put, qualifying for the final and placing tenth overall.^[10]

She set a meet record, and Swedish indoor record of 19.31m to win the Big Ten Indoor Championships in Indianapolis in March 2025.^[11] In July 2025, she won the gold medal at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany.^[12]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Sweden
2016	European Youth Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	21st (q)	Shot put	NM
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	21st (q)	Shot put	13.58 m
2019	European U20 Championships	Borås, Sweden	14th (q)	Shot put	14.70 m
2021	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	3rd	Shot put	17.85 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	12th	Shot put	17.60 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	7th	Shot put	18.04 m
2023	European Games	Chorzów, Poland	3rd	Shot put	18.32 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	13th (q)	Shot put	18.57 m
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	8th	Shot put	18.68 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	10th	Shot put	18.03 m
2025	World University Games	Bochum, Germany	1st	Shot put	18.45 m