College In 2000, Andreas Gustafsson placed 21st at the
World Junior Athletics Championships in Santiago, Chile.
Professional After college he retired but came back in 2007 and qualified for the
World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan by placing 26th at the European Cup in a time of 4:00:48 in his 50 km debut. In 2008 he was qualified to walk the Olympics with an IAAF "B" standard, but was denied a spot by the Swedish Olympic Committee. In 2009 Andreas headed to the
World Athletics Championships with the slowest qualifying time but ended up getting 20th in a 3-minute personal best of 3:57:53 out of 47 qualified. His best international accomplishment might have came in Barcelona the next year where he placed 12th at the
European Championships in Athletics in a time of 3:58:02 after a battle against
Colin Griffin from Ireland who ended up beating him by 4 seconds in the final kilometer. At the
2011 World Athletics Championships in
Daegu he placed 21st. Andreas was qualified for the
2012 Olympic Games in London walking 3:54:08 in Congers, New York, but was rejected for a spot by the
Swedish Olympic Committee once again who as a rule only send athletes with a capability of placing at least 8th. He ended the season with a lifetime personal best in 3:50:47 in
Valley Cottage, New York. In 2013, Andreas placed 5th at the 20 kilometer race in
Podebrady, Czech Republic in a career best of 1:21:51 and was then qualified for both the 20 kilometer and 50 kilometer walk at the
World Athletics Championships in Moscow. He ended up getting 39th in the 50 kilometer race in a time of 4:01:40. In 2014 Andreas won the s
Millrose Games beating defending World Champion
Robert Heffernan from
Ireland in a time of 5:34:45 missing the World Record by 8 tenths of a second. In January 2019, Andreas transferred his allegiance to the United States. On January 25 of 2020, Andreas won the U.S.A Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 50 km Walk in a time of 4 hours, 12 minutes and 11 seconds. ==Achievements==