Montler had missed much of the outdoor season with a glute injury, and chose to focus his recovery on being ready for the Swedish and European Championships, the latter takes place in Birmingham, UK, from 10th-16th August.
That decision is paying off so far, as he took the Swedish title with a best jump of 8.08m in his first competition in over a month. "Now it's just a matter of getting back to training and then trying to improve a little more for the European Championships," he said.
There was not such good news for Bianca Salming, who will not be heading to Birmingham after finishing second in the heptathlon in Uppsala.
The 5,856 points she scored were not enough to reach the Swedish nomination limit of 6,094 points, or the automatic qualification threshold of 6,320 points. In the end, she had to settle for second in the Swedish Championships, finishing a mere seven points shy of Elsa Wallgren.
Europeans-bound Samuel Pihlstrom added the Swedish 800m title to the 1500m title he had secured earlier in the meeting, finishing the shorter race ahead of Andreas Kramer, who was also making an injury comeback after suffering thigh problems over the past year.
"Of course, I don't want to be satisfied with second place, but this time I actually am," he told reporters, adding: "It's only been the last month that I've been able to train quite well. Before that, it wasn't much. So considering that, I'm pretty happy with the performance here at the Swedish Championships,"
Heading into the European competition in great form is Daniel Stahl, who landed a season's best 69.85m throw in his final attempt of the men's discus competition, some 25cm better than his previous best this year.
As it transpired, Stahl's throw of 67.12m in the first round was enough for the victory. "I'm excited for Birmingham," he said plainly.
Elsewhere in the throwing events, the high-quality battle between Fanny Roos and Axelina Johansson in the women's shot put saw Roos take bragging rights ahead of the Europeans, with a best throw of 19.37m, eclipsing Johansson's 19.15.
One of the early highlights of the Uppsala meeting saw Nora Lindahl remind Sweden fans what they are missing. Now representing Finland on an international level but Hasselby at club level, she won the 100m gold in 11.19 seconds, ahead of Wilma Svesson (11.32) and Julia Henriksson (11.52).
Still, it appears she still considers Sweden to be home: "I've had a great season and it's fun that I can show it on home soil too," she told Swedish television.