Elina Eggers Explained

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Elina Eggers
Fullname:Elina Elisabeth Eggers
Nationality:Swedish
Birth Date:12 March 1987
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Weight:560NaN0
Sport:Diving
Event:10 m
Collegeteam:Arizona State Sun Devils (USA)
Club:SK Neptun (SWE)
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Elina Elisabeth Eggers (born 12 March 1987) is a Swedish platform diver.[1] She is a thirteen-time Swedish diving champion, a four-time All-American athlete, and a two-time first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honoree.[2] She also won a bronze medal in the women's platform at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, with a score of 319.65, earning her a spot on the Swedish team for the Olympics.[3]

Eggers represented Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed as a lone female diver in the women's platform event. She was ranked sixteenth out of twenty-nine divers in the preliminary rounds, until a much better performance in the semi-finals left Eggers in ninth position, attaining a score of 315.45.[4] [5] Petre, however, finished only in twelfth place by eleven points behind Japan's Mai Nakagawa, with a score of 285.85.[6]

Eggers is also a member of the swimming and diving team for the Arizona State Sun Devils, and an economics graduate at the Arizona State University in Glendale, Arizona.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Elina Eggers. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203950/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/eg/elina-eggers-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 23 January 2013.
  2. News: ASU junior dives into academic, athletic honors. Arizona State University. 28 December 2011. 24 January 2013.
  3. News: Parr. Derek. Diving – Champions maintain family traditions. Reuters. 22 March 2008. 24 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Women's 10m Platform Semifinal. NBC Olympics. 24 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819004830/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/diving/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DDVW002200/index.html. 19 August 2012.
  5. News: Elina Eggers till OS-final i simhopp. Elina Eggers advances to the Olympic finals in diving. Swedish. News AT. 3 August 2006. 24 January 2013.
  6. Web site: Women's 10m Platform Final. NBC Olympics. 23 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819004653/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/diving/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DDVW002100/index.html. 19 August 2012.
  7. News: Sun Devil Athletics congratulates 72 graduates. Arizona State University. 2 May 2012. 24 January 2013.