Melker Svärd Jacobsson

Melker Svärd Jacobsson (born 8 January 1994) is a Swedish pole vaulter.

Athletics career At the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore, Jacobsson placed joint fourth in the final of the boys' pole vault with a jump of 4.85 metres. In 2014 he finished 19th in the men's pole vault at the European Athletics Championships with a jump of 5.30 metres. In autumn 2014 Jacobsson underwent surgery on both his hips to correct an issue that had caused him pain since the age of ten. After four months of recovery he suffered a groin injury that resulted in pain when he jumped, which doctors were unable to diagnose for eight months. In January 2015 German surgeon Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, who had previously operated on other athletes including Usain Bolt, Sanna Kallur and Christian Olsson, as well as U2 singer Bono, identified the issue and carried out a second surgery. He met the standard by setting a new personal best of exactly 5.70 metres at an event in Austin, Texas, United States. He has also surpassed the qualification standard of 5.55 metres needed to compete at the 2016 European Athletics Championships due to be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Competition record 1Did not start in the final