Kent Erik Larsson (born 10 June 1963) is a retired Swedish athlete who specialised in the shot put. He represented his country at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics as well as one indoor and three outdoor World Championships.
Born in Östersund, he discovered athletics through school competitions and started his career in the club IF Castor. He won his first Swedish championship in 1987, and also set his career best at the Swedish championships of 1992 – but also achieved 20,02 in New York in 1994. Larsson trained with a fellow Östersund man, Henrik Wennberg, and the two also represented the club KA2. Larsson also competed for Spårvägens FK and Trångsvikens IF before reuniting with Wennberg in Upsala IF. Larsson resided in Uppsala for 13 years before migrating to Florida.
His personal bests in the event are 20.03 metres outdoors (Kvarnsveden 1993) and 18.42 metres indoors (Genoa 1992).
Competition record Representing 1989UniversiadeDuisburg, West Germany11thShot put17.17 m1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan6thShot put19.92 m1992European Indoor ChampionshipsGenoa, Italy10thShot put18.42 mOlympic GamesBarcelona, Spain18th (q)Shot put18.56 m1993World Indoor ChampionshipsToronto, Canada14th (q)Shot put18.05 mWorld ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany10thShot put19.12 m1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland20th (q)Shot put18.19 m1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden19th (q)Shot put18.73 m1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States17th (q)Shot put19.05 m
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