Yoie Bohlin

Yoie Bohlin (born Johanna Bohlin; September 26, 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 August 20, 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]

Yoie Bohlin
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (1990-09-26) September 26, 1990
Medal record
Boxing
Swedish Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place201248 kg
Obstacle Racing
Spartan Race European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016Edinburgh[1]
Silver medal – second place2017Andorra
Athletics
Swedish Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Cross country 8 km team[2]

Childhood and youth

Bohlin 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

Athletics

Bohlin 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

The following list is based on information from All-Athletics.[11]

Event Year Result
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

In 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

When 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

When 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

In 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

As 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
  1. Yoie Bohlin. "3a i Sparta EM" (in Swedish). Spring Löpning För Alla. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  2. "Terräng-SM 2011" (in Swedish). idrottonline.se. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  3. "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.
  4. Lars Bohlin. "Om oss" (in Swedish). Kimbia Camp. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  5. "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.
  6. "Amanda" (in Swedish). Amanda Bohlin. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  7. 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.
  8. Mikael Grip (26 June 2008). "Maratontjejen som slår" (in Swedish). Norrköpings Tidningar. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  9. "Starka svenska långdistanslag i Finnkampen" (in Swedish). Marathon.se. 27 August 2008. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  10. "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.
  11. "Johanna BOHLIN". All-Athletics. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  12. "De snabbaste i Lidingöloppets huvudklasser" (in Swedish). Lidingöloppet. Archived from the original on 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  13. "Ny Lidingö-seger för Malin" (in Swedish). Marathon.se. 26 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  14. 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.
  15. "Östergötlands Fotbollsförbund - Årsberättelse 2005" (PDF) (in Swedish). Östergötlands FF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  16. "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.
  17. "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.
  18. Yoie Bohlin. "Om mig" (in Swedish). Rastarunner. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-26.

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