Emma Green (athlete) explained

Emma Green
Nationality: Sweden
Birth Date:8 December 1984
Birth Place:Gothenburg, Sweden
Height:1.8m (05.9feet)
Weight:62kg (137lb)
Sport:Track and field
Event:High jump
Coach:Yannick Tregaro
Retired:2017
Pb:2.01 m (2010)
Updated:22 April 2012

Emma Anna-Maria Green, also known as Emma Green Tregaro (born 8 December 1984) is a retired Swedish high jumper. She won a bronze medal in the event at the 2005 IAAF World Championships. She represented Sweden at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She finished 2nd at the 2010 European Athletics Championships with a new personal best of 2.01 m.

Biography

Emma Green was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, where she lived with mother Maria, father Lennart, and younger brother Erik. She finished gymnasium in 2003, then with a goal to participate in the 2006 European Athletics Championships.

She won the bronze medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, where she got the result 1.96 metres — a new personal best.

On 1 July 2010 Emma Green improved her personal best to 1.98 m when she won at the Sollentuna GP, beating her previous best which had lasted almost five years.[1] Only one month later, on 1 August 2010, at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona, she improved her personal best twice over within 5 minutes; first she jumped 1.99 and then just minutes later she jumped 2.01. This was her first time over the two-metre mark and was worth a European silver medal behind Blanka Vlašić – her first continental medal. She won the Folksam Grand Prix in Gothenburg later that month, jumping 1.95 m.[2]

Apart from being a world class high-jumper she has been a Swedish champion at the 100 m, 200m and long jump and is also a top national level triple jumper.

She won a bronze medal in high jump at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki on 28 June.

Personal life

In 2011 Green married her coach Yannick Tregaro, who was also the coach of high jumper Kajsa Bergqvist and triple jumper Christian Olsson. The couple announced their divorce in early 2014.[3]

LGBT rights

She is a supporter of LGBT rights and painted her nails in rainbow colors during the 2013 World Championships in Moscow as an act of defiance against Russia's recent ban on gay propaganda.[4] [5] Yelena Isinbayeva condemned Green Tregaro's action at a press conference, but later clarified her views.[6] [7] The Swedish Olympic Committee subsequently cautioned their athletes against engaging in the same type of manifestation as Green Tregaro's at the upcoming Winter Olympics 2014.[8]

Competition record

Representing
2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica9thHigh jump1.80 m
2003European Junior ChampionshipsTampere, Finlandbgcolor=cc9963rdHigh jump1.86 m
2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain8thHigh jump1.89 m
European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germanybgcolor=silver2ndHigh jump1.92 m
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland3rdHigh jump1.96 m
2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia14th (q)High jump1.90 m
European CupMálaga, Spain5th200 metres23.02 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
4th4 × 100 m relay44.53
European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden11thHigh jump1.92 m
5th4 × 100 m relay44.16
2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom9th (q)High jump1.87 m
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan7thHigh jump1.94 m
World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany8thHigh jump1.85 m
2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain13th (q)High jump1.86 m
Olympic GamesBeijing, China6thHigh jump1.96 m
2009European Team ChampionshipsLeiria, Portugal5thHigh jump1.95 m
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany6thHigh jump1.96 m
2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar5thHigh jump1.94 m
European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spainbgcolor=silver2ndHigh jump2.01 m
Diamond League3rdHigh jumpdetails
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea10thHigh jump1.89 m
2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey9th (q)High jump1.92 m
European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland3rdHigh jump1.92 m
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom8thHigh jump1.93 m
2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden3rdHigh jump1.96 m
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia5thHigh jump1.97 m
Diamond League3rdHigh jumpdetails
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland5thHigh jump1.94 m
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland9thHigh jump1.90 m
2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia19th (q)High jump1.86 m

Personal bests

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lennart . Julin A. . Green defeats Lowe in Sollentuna . . 2 July 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100705103656/http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind%3D100/newsid%3D57246.html . July 5, 2010 .
  2. Web site: Lennart . Julin A. . Green pleases home crowd in Gothenburg . . 13 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100814132750/http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind%3D100/newsid%3D57959.html . August 14, 2010 .
  3. News: Emma Green Tregaro och Yannick Tregaro skiljer sig. 27 March 2015. Aftonbladet. 24 February 2014.
  4. News: Шкель . Тамара . ru:Закон под "браво! . http://www.rg.ru/2013/06/13/chuvstva.html . 20 August 2013 . . 13 June 2013 . ru . https://web.archive.org/web/20130813033229/http://www.rg.ru/2013/06/13/chuvstva.html . 13 August 2013 . live . (translation) .. It is now possible to impose a fine of 50 to 100 thousand rubles for gay propaganda on the Internet. .
  5. News: Rainbow nail varnish could get Swedish athlete imprisoned . 20 August 2013 . . 15 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130818121327/http://www.channel4.com/news/swedish-athlete-russia-gay-propaganda-emma-green-tregaro . 18 August 2013 . live . Self-expression or gay propaganda? How a Swedish athlete at the Moscow World Championships could be imprisoned for her nail varnish. .
  6. News: Luhn . Alec . Isinbayeva says Green Tregaro's gesture was disrespectful to Russia . 21 August 2013 . . 15 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130816211907/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/aug/15/yelena-isinbayeva-green-tregaro-rainbow-gesture . 16 August 2013 . live .
  7. News: Olympics: Isinbayeva says 'misunderstood' over anti-gay remarks . 20 August 2013 . . 16 August 2013 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130822053908/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130816/olympics-isinbayeva-says-misunderstood-over-anti-gay-remarks . 22 August 2013 . dead . Russian pole vault legend Yelena Isinbayeva attempted Friday to play down the furore provoked by her anti-gay remarks, saying she was "misunderstood" and opposed to discrimination against homosexuals. .
  8. News: Swedish Athletes Warned Ahead of Sochi Games . . WSJ Wire Services . https://web.archive.org/web/20130822010555/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323980604579026644268541568.html . 22 August 2013 . live . The Swedish Olympic committee has cautioned Swedish athletes not to engage in the type of political manifestations carried out by Swedish high jumper Emma Green Tregaro at the track and field world championships in Moscow this month. .

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