Emma Jørgensen Explained

Emma Jørgensen
Full Name:Emma Aastrand Jørgensen
Nationality:Danish
Country:Denmark
Sport:Sprint kayak
Coach:Zoltán Bakó
Club:Maribo Kajakklub[1]
Birth Date:1996 1, df=yes[2]
Birth Place:Bagsværd, Denmark
Height:1.68 m
Weight:70 kg[3]
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Emma Aastrand Jørgensen (born 30 January 1996) is a Danish sprint canoeist. She and her team-mate Henriette Engel Hansen won the women's K-2 1000 m title at the 2014 World Championships.[4]

Career

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in K-1 500 metres. She was defeated by the defending champion Danuta Kozák. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships in the same category.[1] Jørgensen competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the K-1 200 metres event, finishing behind Lisa Carrington and Teresa Portela[5] and also in the K-1 500 metres event, finishing behind Lisa Carrington and Tamara Csipes.[5] At her third Olympic Games in Paris, she won her second bronze medal in the K-1 500 metres event, finishing behind Lisa Carrington and Tamara Csipes, just as she had three years earlier in Tokyo.

Notes and References

  1. http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=jorgensen-emma-1110336/index.html Emma Jørgensen
  2. Web site: Emma Jørgensen ICF profile. 18 August 2015. www.canoeicf.com. ICF.
  3. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/emma-jorgensen Emma Jørgensen
  4. Web site: 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships . 18 March 2015 . www.canoeicf.com . ICF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092022/http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/Aboutoursport/Canoe-Sprint/Results--Records/main/00/text_files/file3/MOSCOW2014_FULL%20RESULTS.pdf . 2 April 2015 .
  5. Web site: JORGENSEN Emma Aastrand - Tokyo 2020 Olympics. dead. 2021-07-30. olympics.com. en-us. 30 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210730202744/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/canoe-sprint/athlete-profile-n1366771-jorgensen-emma-aastrand.htm.