Nicklas Wiberg

Nicklas Robert Wiberg (born 16 April 1985) is a Swedish decathlete. His lifetime best and Swedish record of 8406 points was set at the 2009 World Championships, where he finished sixth. He won the 2003 European Junior Championships and three Swedish indoor titles (two in the heptathlon, one in a single event), but no Swedish championships outdoors.

Career He hails from Öland and represented the club FI Kalmarsund. His result of 7604 points was a Swedish U20 record. At the 2004 World Junior Championships, he started the decathlon well, before not finishing the 400 metres, hence not the decathlon either.

He took his first Swedish championship title in 2005, the indoor heptathlon. In the following season, he failed to finish the Multistars decathlon meet and also achieved a lowly 6970 points at the European Cup Combined Events, but won a tri-nation match in Rakvere with 7883 points to qualify for the 2006 European Championships on home soil in Gothenburg. Here, he recorded a modest 6929 points to finish 20th. Aftonbladet now regarded Wiberg as a medal candidate at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Wiberg also started 2010 well, with a personal best in the pole vault of 4.52 metres in January. A few days later he beat Trey Hardee in a triathlon—60 metres hurdles, long jump and shot put—in Scandinavium, Gothenburg. Following "minor problems, among others with a knee", Wiberg had to sit out the 2010 Hypo-Meeting. He had a good start to the decathlon at the 2010 European Championships, but suffered from dehydration and was not able to finish. He had two knee surgeries. He also missed the 2011 World Championships, now because of heel surgery. Subsequently, he was hoping for a comeback in 2012, but missed the 2012 European Championships and Olympic Games.

Having registered no results in 2011 and barely any in 2012, Wiberg made his comeback in January 2013. He did not finish at the Swedish indoor combined events championships,

Awards and later career He won the Swedish Breakthrough of the Year in 2008. In 2009 he received a Swedish Olympic Committee grant to aim for the 2012 Olympics.

He was indicted into the Swedish version of the hall of fame, receiving a Stora grabbars märke. He was also an athletics coach in and around Kalmar and received national team jobs from 2024.

In 2023 he took up floorball.