Robert Kronberg

Athletics competitor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAthletics competitor
PlacesSweden
isAthlete
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth15 August 1976, Gothenburg
Age48 years
Star signLeo
The details

Biography

Leif Robert Kronberg (born August 15, 1976 in Göteborg, Västra Götaland) is a Swedish male hurdler of Serbian descent.
He finished 8th in the 110m hurdles final at the 2000 Olympics. He competed again in the 2004 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals. He has also been a regular competitor in the World Championships in Athletics, being present at every event since 1997. His best position has been a 5th place in the 2003 World Championships held in Edmonton.
He finished 7th in the final of the 110m hurldes at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich and 5th in the final of the same event in the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.
In 2007 he recorded a version of Hammerfall's "The Fire Burns Forever", notable for his mic being down so low you can barely hear him. Live videos of the event show him drowning out singer Joacim Can's during the first verse of the song before he microphone was turned down for the remainder.
Kronberg is also a Swedish national champion in inline hockey while playing for the Gothenburg Jokers.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Sweden
1994World Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal10th (sf)110 m hurdles14.21 (wind: +1.9m/s)
1995European Junior ChampionshipsNyíregyháza, Hungary2nd110 m hurdles14.16
1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France19th (h)60 m hurdles7.79
European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland3rd (sf)110 m hurdles13.77 (wind: +1.6m/s)
World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece27th (qf)110 m hurdles13.73
1998European Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain22nd (h)60 m hurdles7.82
1999UniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain6th110 m hurdles13.80
World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain22nd (qf)110 m hurdles13.56
2000European Indoor ChampionshipsGhent, Belgium6th60 m hurdles7.64
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece8th110 m hurdles13.61
2001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal4th60 m hurdles7.57
World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada5th110 m hurdles13.51
UniversiadeBeijing, China3rd110 m hurdles13.40
2002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria5th60 m hurdles7.67
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany7th110 m hurdles13.63
2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom7th60 m hurdles7.67
World ChampionshipsParis, France12th (sf)110 m hurdles13.60
2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary6th60 m hurdles7.59
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece12th (sf)110 m hurdles13.42
2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain3rd60 m hurdles7.65
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland17th (sf)110 m hurdles13.69
2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden5th110 m hurdles13.57
2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom7th60 m hurdles7.71
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan14th (sf)110 m hurdles13.58
2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain13th (sf)60 m hurdles7.75
2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy12th (sf)60 m hurdles7.78

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