Background
Mikaela Laurén grew up in Enskede in southern Stockholm.
Mikaela Laurén grew up in Enskede in southern Stockholm.
Mid Sweden University.
She started swimming at the age of three and trained with the Stockholm police sports association. At the age of eighteen she moved to the United States of America, there she was recruited by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. In 2001 Laurén returned to Sweden and continued her preparation for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
In March 2005 she was arrested for having anabolic steroids in her home.
She was sentenced to one year and two months imprisonment for doping and weapon crimes. She served her sentence until her release in May 2006.
During her imprisonment she studied nutrition and training at the Mittuniversity in Östersund. She also continued physio and lead the training for the inmates at the prison.
After her release she educated herself to become a personal trainer, she decided to return to United States of America and Santa Monica to start her work to become a professional boxer.
Mikaela Laurén signed a contract with New Sweden in May 2007 and made her pro-boxer debut in April 2009. This after beating the 40-year-old American Jill Emery on point in Karlstad. On 30 October 2010 Mikaela met the boxer Cecilia Brækhus in a match in Germany where she lost on technical knock out in the seventh round.