Emma Klingenberg Explained
Emma Klingenberg (born 18 May 1992) is a Danish orienteering competitor, and junior World champion.
Early life
Klingenberg has done orienteering since she was seven years old. Before 2008 she participated in the European Youth Orienteering Championships. Her club is OK Pan Århus and she is from the southern part of Denmark.[1]
Junior career
Emma Klingenberg became Junior World Champion in sprint in Gothenburg in 2008, before Silje Ekroll Jahren and Jenny Lönnkvist, with less than three seconds between winner and third place.[2] [3] She was the youngest person to ever win a junior world orienteering championship, at the age of 16.[4]
The junior world championship, and Klingenberg's victory in the sprint event, has been covered or referred to in news magazines and sports magazines worldwide.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Danish newspapers had more in-depth presentations of the winner.[17] [18]
Klingenberg went on to win two more gold medals as a junior, both in the Relay. She became a senior after the 2012 Junior World Championships.
Senior career
two years after becoming a senior, Klingenberg won her first medal in the 2014 World Orienteering Championships in Italy. In 2015, the Danish women's team won 4 of the 5 gold medals at the championships in Inverness. Emma was a member of both relay teams, bringing back two gold medals.
To date, Klingenberg has not won any individual gold medals at a senior championship.
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/news/junior_world_orienteering_championships_the_young_winner_was_surprised Junior World Orienteering Championships: The young winner was surprised
- http://www.gmok.nu/jwoc2008/news.php?newsId=19&PHPSESSID=e5fa607f929671a1cbb20ef6f512a50e Danish and Czech victories in Ruddalen!
- http://www.orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/results/foot_orienteering/junior_world_orienteering_championships Junior World Orienteering Championships
- http://www.faa.dk/article/63535:Sport--Faaborg-loeber-sensationel-verdensmester Faaborg-løber sensationel verdensmester
- http://news.worldofo.com/2008/06/30/jwoc-sprint-gold-for-kodeda-and-klingenberg/ JWOC Sprint: Gold for Kodeda and Klingenberg
- http://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?l=1&t=0&id=23496 Outstanding performance at Junior World Orienteering Championships Sprint
- http://www.orienteering.asn.au/news/?ItemID=3022 JWOC 2008 kicks off
- http://www.swiss-orienteering.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=404&Itemid=163 Erfolgreicher Auftakt an der Junioren-WM: Matthias Kyburz Vierter - Elena Roos Siebte
- http://mtfsz.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=718&Itemid=87 Junior VB
- http://morient.org.ua/JWOC1.html jwoc 2008
- http://www.antin.net/smtilasto/indexjwoc.html Orienteering JWOC 2008 - 1990 suomalaisten sijoitukset - Nuorten MM-kisa
- http://www.newspower.it/comunicati/Orienteering2009/comunicati/2008/comu3.rtf "AZZURRINI" IN RITIRO IN VALLE DI PRIMIERO - IL MONDIALE JUNIOR 2009 È... ALLE PORTE
- http://dkp.orienteering.cz/phprs/view.php?nazevclanku=prvni-ctvrte-a-seste-misto-v-uvodnim-zavode-na-jms-pro-ceske-zavodniky&cisloclanku=2008060011 Oddíl OB Kotlárka - První, ctvrté a šesté místo v úvodním závode na JMS pro ceské závodníky!
- http://web.elta.lt/zinute_pr.php?inf_id=872012 ELTA už šio pranešimo turini ir kalba neatsako.
- http://iba-orien.at.webry.info/200806/article_12.html JWOCスプリント
- http://www.o-news.net/2008/06/jwoc-sprint.php JWOC速報：スプリント
- http://www.faa.dk/article/64229:Sport--Emmas-guld-skattejagt Emmas guld-skattejagt
- http://www.orientering.dk/home/news/viewnews.pl?newsid1214855173,57454, Emma Klingenberg Verdensmester
