Yoie Bohlin (born Johanna Bohlin on 26 September 1990) is a Swedish multitalented sports woman who has competed in inter alia Athletics, Trail running (Skyrunning, Mountain running), Soccer, Boxing and Obstacle racing. She has won victories over the years in different disciplines, but emerged into public focus on 20 August 2016, when she came out of nowhere to beat the reigning skyrunning world champion Emelie Forsberg and the world cup #2 Malene Haukøy by 15 minutes in the 33 km Stranda Fjord Trail Race in Norway.[3]
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Childhood and youth
editBohlin grew up in Åtvidaberg in Sweden in a sports family. Her father Lars "Lasse" Bohlin today runs a marathon training camp in Kenya, Kimbia Camp.[4] Mother Ulla Bohlin runs a gym in Åtvidaberg, "Hälsofabriken".[5] Bohlin's elder sister Amanda Bohlin, born in 1989, is an accomplished short distance triathlete with a couple of Swedish Championship gold medals.[6]
Bohlin's first name used to be Johanna but a cousin in the US called her Yoie. The nickname stuck and she eventually officially changed her name.[7] For many years Bohlin has used the dreadlocks hair style and for that reason sometimes goes under the pseudonym Rastarunner, a name that she now also uses for her blog.
Sports
editAthletics
editBohlin ran her first marathon, the Stockholm Marathon, in 2008 in 2:59:00. Bohlin: "I did not think it was so tough".[8] The marathon performance led to a 5000m spot in the annual Finland-Sweden Athletics International (Swedish: Finnkampen), the first time ever that Bohlin ran in a track competition.[9]
The following year Bohlin improved her Stockholm Marathon time to 2:52:50.[10]
Personal bests
editThe following list is based on information from All-Athletics.[11]
| Event | Year | Result |
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| 5 000 m | 2008 | 16:54:90 |
| 10 000 m | 2012 | 35:08:75 |
| 10 km road | 2008 | 35:23 |
| Half marathon | 2009 | 1:18:42 |
| 30 km road | 2009 | 2:03:22 |
| Half marathon | 2016 | 01:18:22 |
| Marathon | 2009 | 2:52:50 |
Trail running
editIn 2008 Bohlin became one of merely ten women to run the iconic Swedish 30K Lidingöloppet in less than two hours at 1:59:52, placing third.[12] The following year Bohlin placed second in a slightly slower race on her 19th birthday.[13]
In August 2016 won the 33K Stranda Fjord Trail Race in Norway by 15 minutes ahead of established trail running world stars Emelie Forsberg and Malene Haukøy.[14][3]
Soccer
editWhen a high school student Bohlin played soccer with Åtvidabergs FF and represented the province of Östergötland in its elite team for girls born in 1990.[8][15]
Boxing
editWhen at high school Bohlin started boxing in Åtvidabergs Boxningsklubb with a best result of bronze in the Junior Swedish Championships 48 kg class in 2008. As of 2016 she trains and fights for Narva Boxningsklubb.
Obstacle racing
editIn 2015 Bohlin won the Toughest Minitour.[7] In 2016 she placed 3rd in the Spartan race European Championship in Edinburgh, Scotland, and in 2017 she placed second in the same event in Andorra.[1] In 2017 Bohlin won the Arena Run in Stockholm, Sweden, ahead of OCR World Champion Lindsay Webster.[16]
Personal life
editAs of 2016 Bohlin officially resides in Åtvidaberg in Sweden, but spends a lot of time in Åre in the summer and Kenya in the winter.[17]
For a living Bohlin works as a running coach for runners at different levels.[18]
References
edit- ^ a b Yoie Bohlin. "3a i Sparta EM" (in Swedish). Spring Löpning För Alla. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
- ^ "Terräng-SM 2011" (in Swedish). idrottonline.se. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
- ^ a b "Results for Stranda Fjord Trail Race". Stranda Fjord Trail Race. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ Lars Bohlin. "Om oss" (in Swedish). Kimbia Camp. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "Har du ont eller vill ha hjälp av något slag" (in Swedish). Hälsofabriken. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "Amanda" (in Swedish). Amanda Bohlin. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ a b Roland Olsen (6 August 2016). "Rastalöparen Yoie Bohlin: "Jag kan springa tills det gör ont på riktigt"" (in Swedish). Länstidningen. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ a b Mikael Grip (26 June 2008). "Maratontjejen som slår" (in Swedish). Norrköpings Tidningar. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "Starka svenska långdistanslag i Finnkampen" (in Swedish). Marathon.se. 27 August 2008. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "Isabellahs fantastiska seger i Stockholm Marathon" (in Swedish). Marathon.se. 30 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "Johanna BOHLIN". All-Athletics. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
- ^ "De snabbaste i Lidingöloppets huvudklasser" (in Swedish). Lidingöloppet. Archived from the original on 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
- ^ "Ny Lidingö-seger för Malin" (in Swedish). Marathon.se. 26 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
- ^ Martin Hauge-Nilsen (20 August 2016). "Sindre Hoff og Yoie Bohlin vant Stranda Fjord Trail Race" (in Norwegian). Kondis. Archived from the original on 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
- ^ "Östergötlands Fotbollsförbund - Årsberättelse 2005" (PDF) (in Swedish). Östergötlands FF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "Här är vinnarna i Arena Run 2017" (in Swedish). Arena Run. 2017-02-21. Archived from the original on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ^ "Möt Sveriges skönaste löpare – Yoie "Rastarunner" Bohlin" (in Swedish). Trailrunning Sweden. 25 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ Yoie Bohlin. "Om mig" (in Swedish). Rastarunner. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
External links
editYoie Bohlin
Obstacle racing