Mats Nilsson (javelin)

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Full name Mats Inge Nilsson Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Club Klippans FK Retired 2005		Nationality Swedish Country Sweden Personal best(s) 77.14 m

Mats Nilsson is a 4-time All-American male javelin thrower competing for University of Alabama (1995–1998), University of Texas at El Paso (2000–2001), and the Swedish National Team (1991–2004). He was ranked top-10 in the world as a junior, a perennial medalist at the Swedish Championships, and became Crimson Tide's first NCAA champion in the javelin throw in history. Mats's older brother, Joakim Nilsson, was the catalyst for the Tide's throwers' program in the early 1990s, and was awarded the prestigious Bryant Student Athlete Award (1995) (named after Paul "Bear" Bryant) at the end of his career. Mats Nilsson received his PHD in exercise physiology.

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1989: 48.80 m/160.1 ft (600 g)

1990: 63.02 m/206.7 ft (600 g)

1991: 72.22 m/236.9 ft (600 g), 65.90 m/216.2 (700 g); EYOD Silver Medalist [1] European Youth Olympic Festival

1992: 61 m/200.1 ft (800 g)

1993: 66.72 m/218.8 ft (800 g)

1994: 70.14 m/230.1 ft (800 g); Junior World Championships 9th place

1995: 72.20 m/236.8 ft (800 g)

1996: 76.66 m/251.5 ft (800 g); NCAA Silver Medalist, SEC Gold Medalist

1997: 77.14 m/253.08 ft (800 g); NCAA Gold Medalist, SEC Gold Medalist, M22 European Championships 10th place

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Ranked top-100 in the world 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, and 2004 with the 800 g javelin

"All-American" 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000

WAC Champion 2000

Medalist Swedish Championships 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, and 2004

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