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{{short description|Swedish high jumper}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Linus Thörnblad
| image          = Linus Thornblad (4843735514).jpg
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| caption        = Linus Thörnblad
| fullname       = Carl Linus Thörnblad
| nickname       = 
| nationality    = Swedish
| residence      =
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1985|03|06|df=yes}}
| birth_place     =  [[Lund]], Sweden
| death_date      = 
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| height         = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|76|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| country        =
| sport          = 
| event          = High jump
| club           = Malmö AI
| team           = 
| turnedpro      =
| coach          = [[Yannick Tregaro]]
| retired        =
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| worlds         = 
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| pb             = 2.34 m<br>2.38 m (indoors)
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2006 Moscow]] | High jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2007 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|2007 Birmingham]] | High jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2003 European Athletics Junior Championships|2003 Tampere]] | High jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|IAAF World Athletics Final}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 IAAF World Athletics Final|2006 Stuttgart]]|High jump}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 IAAF World Athletics Final|2007 Stuttgart]]|High jump}}

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'''Linus Thörnblad''' (born 6 March 1985) is a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] former [[track and field]] athlete competing in [[high jump]]. He won the bronze medal at the [[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships]] and a silver medal at the [[2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships]]. He represented Sweden at the [[Summer Olympics]] in 2004 and 2008 and finished fourth at the [[2010 European Athletics Championships]]. He has a personal best of 2.38&nbsp;metres set indoors.

==Biography==
Thörnblad started high jumping at the age of 16, jumping 2.06 m in his first year. Two years later he jumped 2.30 m. He decided to retire from competition in 2012 at the age of 27 due to trouble with injuries and clinical depression.<ref>[http://www.european-athletics.org/news/latest-news/496-general/10941-world-and-european-indoor-medallist-linus-thoernblad-retires.html World and European indoor medallist Linus Thörnblad retires] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414095216/http://www.european-athletics.org/news/latest-news/496-general/10941-world-and-european-indoor-medallist-linus-thoernblad-retires.html |date=2012-04-14 }}. European Athletics (2012-04-08). Retrieved on 2012-04-22.</ref> In August 2018, he briefly returned to the track and won the high jump competition at the Swedish Athletics Championships, after which he returned to retirement.

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{SWE}}
|-
|2002
|[[2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
| 17th
|[[2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump|2.15 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|[[2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Grosseto]], [[Italy]]
| 4th
|[[2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump|2.21 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
| 24th
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump|2.20 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|[[2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Madrid]], [[Spain]]
| 20th
|[[2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump|2.18 m]]
|-
|[[2005 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|[[Erfurt]], [[Germany]]
|10th
|[[2005 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's high jump|2.21 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2006
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump|2.33 m]]
|-
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
| 4th
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump|2.34 m]]
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Stuttgart]], [[Germany]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|2.33 m
|-
|rowspan=4|2007
|[[2007 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Birmingham]], [[UK]]
|bgcolor=silver| 2nd
|[[2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump|2.32 m]]
|-
|[[2007 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|[[Debrecen]], [[Hungary]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's high jump|2.24 m]]
|-
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka]], [[Japan]]
| 15th
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump|2.16 m]]
|-
|[[2007 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Stuttgart]], [[Germany]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|2.27 m
|-
|2008
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing]], [[China]]
| 26th
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump|2.20 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
|[[2009 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Torino]], [[Italy]]
| 20th
|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump|2.17 m]]
|-
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
| 5th
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump|2.23 m]]
|-
|2010
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
| 4th
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump|2.29 m]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.linusthornblad.com/ Personal website] {{in lang|sv}}
* {{World Athletics||name=Linus Thörnblad}}

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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Swedish male high jumpers]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Sweden]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Lund]]
[[Category:Athletes from Skåne County]]
[[Category:Malmö AI athletes]]
[[Category:Diamond League winners]]
[[Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen]]