Fanny Roos

Fanny Matilda Charlotta Roos (born 2 January 1995) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the shot put.

[1] She won a silver medal at the 2021 European Indoor Championships, while setting an outright national record of 19.29 meters in the final.

[2] In doing so, Roos made history by becoming the first Swedish woman in 93 years, and the second overall, to medal in a throwing event at the Olympics, World-, or European Championships.

The first to do so was Ruth Svedberg, who won a bronze medal in the discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

[3] Roos represented Sweden at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships, but failed to reach the final on both occasions.