Caisa-Marie Lindfors

Caisa-Marie Lindfors

Personal information
Nationality	Sweden
Born	(2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 24)[1]
Home town	Uppsala, Sweden
Education	Celsiusskolan [sv] Florida State University University of California, Berkeley
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw Shot put
College team	Florida State Seminoles[2] California Golden Bears[3]
Club	Upsala IF
Achievements and titles
National finals	2015 Swedish Indoor U16s  • Shot put, 6th  • Weight throw, 9th 2015 Swedish U16s  • Hammer throw, 11th  • Discus throw, 4th  • Shot put, 7th 2016 Swedish Indoor U17s  • Shot put, 4th  • Weight throw, 5th 2016 Swedish U17s  • Hammer throw, 3rd  • Discus throw, 2nd  • Shot put, 5th 2016 Swedish Champs  • Discus throw, 9th 2017 Swedish Indoor U18s  • Shot put, 3rd  • Weight throw, 3rd 2017 Swedish Indoors  • Weight throw, 13th 2017 Swedish U18s  • Discus throw, 2nd  • Shot put, 4th  • Hammer throw, 9th 2018 Swedish Indoors  • Shot put, 8th 2018 Swedish Indoor U20s  • Shot put, 2nd  • Weight throw, 1st 2018 Swedish U20s  • Hammer throw, 12th  • Discus throw, 1st  • Shot put, 3rd 2018 Swedish Champs  • Discus throw, 4th 2019 Swedish Indoors  • Weight throw, 7th  • Shot put, 6th 2019 Swedish U20s  • Discus throw, 1st  • Shot put, 2nd 2019 Swedish Champs  • Discus throw, 2nd  • Shot put, 7th 2020 Swedish Indoors  • Shot put, 4th 2020 Swedish Indoor U23s  • Shot put, 2nd 2020 Swedish Champs  • Shot put, 5th  • Discus throw, 4th 2020 Swedish U23s  • Shot put, 2nd  • Discus throw, 2nd 2021 NCAAs  • Discus throw, 18th 2021 Swedish U23s  • Shot put, 1st  • Discus throw, 1st 2021 Swedish Champs  • Discus throw, 1st 2023 NCAAs  • Discus throw, 4th 2023 Swedish Champs  • Discus throw, 1st
Personal best(s)	Discus throw: 60.90m (2023) Shot put: 16.51m (2023)
Updated on 15 January 2024

Caisa-Marie Lindfors (born 5 August 2000) is a Swedish discus thrower. She is a multiple-time Swedish Athletics Championships winner and has represented Sweden at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

Career

Lindfors started competing in throws as early as 2014, and she finished 4th at the 2015 Swedish U16 Championships in the discus.^[4] After improving that to 2nd at the 2016 U17 Championships, she achieved her first national win at the U18 Team Championships with a 37.85 m throw representing Upsala IF.^[5]

Lindfors' first international win came at the 2017 U18 Finnkampen, throwing a 47.32 m personal best for the victory.^[6] The following year she improved that best to 51.26 m at the Bottnarydskastet, qualifying her for the 2018 World U20 Championships. In the qualification, Lindfors placed 18th overall and did not advance to the finals.^[7] She nonetheless returned to win Swedish U20 championships and the U20 Nordic Athletics Championships later that year.^[8]

Lindford competed at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in both the shot put and discus throw, though she only made the finals in the discus where she placed 4th overall.^[9] She first set the Swedish U20 record in the discus at the 2019 Nordic Match, and she improved that record again to 55.98 m finishing second at the 2019 Swedish Athletics Championships.^[10][11][12]

From 2021 to 2023, Lindfors moved to the United States and competed on the Florida State Seminoles track and field team in the NCAA.^[13] She quickly qualified for the 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, placing 18th overall.^[14] After her freshman outdoor season, she finished 4th at the European U23 Championships in the discus throw, again just missing out on a medal.^[15]

In 2023, Lindfors finished 4th at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the best finish of her collegiate career.^[16] She won the Swedish Athletics Championships national discus title in a 60.90 m personal best, qualifying her for the 2023 World Athletics Championships. At the championships, she finished 32nd in qualification and did not make the finals.^[17] Beginning in 2024, Lindfords transferred to the California Golden Bears track and field program.^[18]

Personal life

Lindfors is from Uppsala, Sweden where she attended Celsiusskolan [sv] high school.^[2] She is a member of the Upsala IF athletics club.^[5]

Statistics

Personal best progression

Discus Throw progression

#	Mark	Pl.	Competition	Venue	Date	Ref.
1	35.60 m	4th	Lag-SM Kval Grupp A	Eskilstuna, Sweden	22 May 2015	[19]
2	40.97 m	6th	Västerås	Västerås, Sweden	29 Jul 2016	[20]
3	43.14 m		Uppsala Kastet 1	Uppsala, Sweden	29 Apr 2017	[21]
4	43.46 m		Hellaskastet	Sätra, Sweden	5 May 2017	[22]
5	46.74 m	4th	Kringelspelen	Södertälje, Sweden	5 Jun 2017	[23]
6	47.32 m		Finnkampen	Stockholm, Sweden	1 Sep 2017	[24]
7	49.68 m			Enköping, Sweden	9 May 2018	[25]
8	49.88 m		Spikkestad Open	Spikkestad, Norway	19 May 2018	[26]
9	50.29 m	4th	Hallesche Werfertage, Sportzentrum Brandberge	Halle, Germany	25 May 2018	[27]
10	51.26 m	4th	Bottnarydskastet	Bottnaryd, Sweden	15 Jun 2018	[28]
11	52.68 m		PURE Athletics/NTC Spring Invitational	Clermont, FL	19 Apr 2019	[29]
12	52.85 m		Kasttävling fredag	Växjö, Sweden	9 May 2019	[30]
13	53.86 m	5th	Bottnarydskastet	Bottnaryd, Sweden	28 Jun 2019	[31]
14	55.46 m		Nordic Match U20	Kristiansand, Norway	16 Aug 2019	[32]
15	55.98 m		Swedish Athletics Championships	Karlstad, Sweden	30 Aug 2019	[33]
16	58.66 m	(Qualification)	NCAA Preliminary East Round	Jacksonville, FL	28 May 2021	[34]
17	58.80 m		Kvällstävling	Uppsala, Sweden	23 Aug 2021	[35]
18	59.81 m		UF Tom Jones Memorial	Gainesville, FL	14 Apr 2023	[36]
19	60.80 m		ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships	Raleigh, NC	12 May 2023	[37]
20	60.90 m		Swedish Athletics Championships	Söderhamn, Sweden	29 Jul 2023	[38]

Shot Put progression

#	Mark	Pl.	Competition	Venue	Date	Ref.
1	10.21 m	(Castorama)	Uppsala	Uppsala, Sweden	18 Sep 2015	[39]
2	11.21 m			Uppsala, Sweden	8 Jul 2016	[40]
3	11.77 m	(Castorama)	Uppsala	Uppsala, Sweden	15 Sep 2017	[41]
4	13.04 m		JSM-USM17	Huddinge, Sweden	4 Aug 2018	[42]
5	14.61 m		Mondo Indoor Games	Uppsala, Sweden	6 Feb 2020	[43]
6	15.46 m		Kringelkastet	Södertälje, Sweden	13 Jun 2020	[44]
7	16.41 m		ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships	Clemson, SC	26 Feb 2021	[45]
8	16.51 m	6th	Don Kirby Elite Invitational	Albuquerque, NM	10 Feb 2023	[46]

References

1. Caisa-Marie Lindfors at Tilastopaja (registration required)
2. "Caisa-Marie Lindfors - 2022-23 - Women's Track and Field". Florida State University. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
3. "Caisa-Marie Lindfors - Track & Field". California Golden Bears Athletics. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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8. "U20 Nordiska Mästerskapet: 5 medaljer!". Upsala Idrottsförening. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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12. "Sensationellt resultat av UIF-kastaren – efter skador, tvivel och hjärnspöken • Kan bli kvar i USA". unt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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18. Caisa-Marie Lindfors profile at TFRRS
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21. "Athletics recap for meeting #12894166". Tilastopaja.
22. "Athletics recap for meeting #12961333". Tilastopaja.
23. "Athletics recap for meeting #12894923". Tilastopaja.
24. "Athletics recap for meeting #12961358". Tilastopaja.
25. "Athletics recap for meeting #12961435". Tilastopaja.
26. "Athletics recap for meeting #12907377". Tilastopaja.
27. "Athletics recap for meeting #12907620". Tilastopaja.
28. "Athletics recap for meeting #12908769". Tilastopaja.
29. "Athletics recap for meeting #12926886". Tilastopaja.
30. "Athletics recap for meeting #12961458". Tilastopaja.
31. "Athletics recap for meeting #12932475". Tilastopaja.
32. "Athletics recap for meeting #12934510". Tilastopaja.
33. "Athletics recap for meeting #12934926". Tilastopaja.
34. "Athletics recap for meeting #12987024". Tilastopaja.
35. "Athletics recap for meeting #12994012". Tilastopaja.
36. "Athletics recap for meeting #13033632". Tilastopaja.
37. "Athletics recap for meeting #13038635". Tilastopaja.
38. "Athletics recap for meeting #13045848". Tilastopaja.
39. "Athletics recap for meeting #12944857". Tilastopaja.
40. "Athletics recap for meeting #12876714". Tilastopaja.
41. "Athletics recap for meeting #12963216". Tilastopaja.
42. "Athletics recap for meeting #12911185". Tilastopaja.
43. "Athletics recap for meeting #12957606". Tilastopaja.
44. "Athletics recap for meeting #12965143". Tilastopaja.
45. "Athletics recap for meeting #12977007". Tilastopaja.
46. "Athletics recap for meeting #13028305". Tilastopaja.

External links

• Caisa-Marie Lindfors at World Athletics