Former high jump world record holder Patrik Sjoberg has shocked Swedish athletics by revealing that he was sexually abused at the hands of his coach and stepfather Viljo Nousiainen.
The 46-year-old Sjoberg, who won two Olympic silver medals and set a world record in 1987, made the revelations in his new autobiography "What You Didn't See".
He says the abuse started when he was 10 or 11 and continued into his teenage years.
Nousiainen, who died in 1999, was a respected figure in Swedish athletics and was instrumental in turning Sjoberg into one of the world's best high jumpers.
That reputation is now in tatters. Yannick Tregaro, coach of Sweden's Olympic triple jump champion Christian Olsson, has also said he was abused by Nousiainen.
