Johan Wissman
Johan Wissman ( born November 2, 1982 in Kvistofta in the municipality of Helsingborg) is a Swedish athlete who in 2006 was vice- European champion in 200 -meter run.
Wissman won his first international medal when he latched on to over 200 meters at the World Indoor Championships 2004 Silver. In 20.72 s, he was only 0.06 seconds behind the Bahamian Dominic Demeritte. Two years later he joined the World Indoor Championships in 2006 in the 4x400 - meter relay and finished with his squadmates fourth place. At the European Championships 2006 in Gothenburg Wissman presented in the semis over 200 meters with 20.38 s a new Swedish national record on. This time he was able to repeat in the finale; He thus won silver behind Portugal's Francis Obikwelu.
2007 Wissman came then mainly in the 400 -meter run. At the European Indoor Championships, he ran 46.17 s and missed bronze by only 0.02 seconds against the British Robert Tobin. At the World Championships in 2007, he also reached the final and finished second in 44.72 s seventh place after he had improved the Swedish record 44.56 s in the semi-finals. At the IAAF World Athletics Final Wissman improved then end of the season his Swedish record in the 200 meters. At the 2008 World Indoor Championships Wissman won the 400 m in 46.04 s silver behind the Canadian Tyler Christopher. In 2009 he won at the European Indoor Championships in Turin over 400 meters in 45.89 s
At a height of 1.80 m Wissmans competition weight is 75 kg.