Full name: Susanna Elisabeth KallurNickname(s): Sanna
Gender: Female
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Weight: 134 lbs (61 kg)
Born: February 16, 1981 in Huntington, New York, United States
Affiliations: Falu IK, Falun (SWE)
Country: Sweden
Sport: Athletics
Born February 16, 1981 in Huntington, New York, U.S., Kallur is now a resident of Falun, Dalarnas län, and trains with Falu IK. Her twin sister Jenny, who is 4 minutes older, is also a 100 m hurdler. They are daughters of the ice hockey player Anders Kallur, who won four Stanley Cup championships with the New York Islanders, and his wife Lisa.
She is 1.69 m (5 ft 6 in) and weighs 61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb). She is coached by Torbjörn Eriksson and also by Karin Torneklint.[3] Often called 'Sanna' in Sweden.
As she was born in the USA, she has dual-citizenship. She studied at and competed for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[4][5]
In January 2007 she won the Jerring Award, voted by the people of Sweden to be the best sports person or team in Sweden at the time. Number two in the vote was the Swedish national men's ice hockey team, which won Olympic gold and World Championships in 2006.
Susanna and her twin sister Jenny have also done gymnastics and used to be members of the Swedish Junior National Team.
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