Oskar Edlund

height = 185 cm Edlund finished his 2019 season by winning the Finnkampen U18 race in the 300 m hurdles. His time of 37.09 was a new championship record, despite knocking over a hurdle and leaping over the finish line in a manner described as similar to that of Charles Paddock.

Edlund won his first senior national title at the 2020 Swedish Athletics Championships in the 400 m hurdles. In doing so, he ran 50.15 seconds to beat Carl Bengtström in a "dramatic race", setting the Swedish U20 record by five hundredths of a second. Edlund advanced past the heats and semi-finals as the number five seed. In the finals, Edlund crossed the finish line first, initially appearing that he had surprisingly won the gold medal in a new Swedish U20 record of 49.20 seconds. However, he was later disqualified due to pulling his trail leg outside his lane while clearing a hurdle due to a protest from the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association. Sweden appealed the disqualification, claiming that the action did not impede any other runners, but they did not succeed.

In the fall of 2021, Edlund moved to the United States where he competed on the Texas Tech Red Raiders track and field team. After a 7th-place finish at the 2023 BAUHAUS-galan, Edlund competed at his first European Athletics U23 Championships. In the 400 m hurdles final, he led the race at the third hurdle, but slowed down at the end. He attempted a new strategy of taking 13 steps to the 7th hurdle, which he had not ever done before. Nonetheless, he won the bronze medal, setting a new official personal best of 49.57 seconds.

Personal life Edlund is from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended Östra Real secondary school.

+ 400 m hurdles progression # Mark Competition Venue Date Ref 1 50.90 Täby Sommartävling Täby, Sweden 2 50.15 Swedish Athletics Championships Uppsala, Sweden 3 49.94 Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships Norman, OK 4 49.57 European Athletics U23 Championships Espoo, Finland