Emma Klingenberg

Emma Klingenberg

Medal record
Representing  Denmark
Women's orienteering
World Championship
2014 Trento Sprint Relay
2015 Inverness Sprint Relay
2015 Inverness Relay
Junior World Championships
2008 Göteborg Sprint
2010 Aalborg Relay
2012 Kosice Relay
2011 Lębork Sprint
2011 Wejherowo Long
2009 Primiero Relay
2011 Wejherowo Middle
2011 Wejherowo Relay

Emma Klingenberg (born 1992) is a Danish orienteering competitor, and junior World champion.

Junior world champion 2008

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.[1][2] She was the youngest person to ever win a junior world orienteering championship.[3]

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.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Danish newspapers had more in-depth presentations of the winner.[16][17]

Earlier experience

When Emma became Junior World Champion she was only 16 years old. But she already has had experience of international events. She has participated in the European Youth Orienteering Championships and she has done orienteering since she was seven years old. Her club is OK Pan Århus and she is from the southern part of Denmark.[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Danish and Czech victories in Ruddalen! – JWOC 2008 (Retrieved on July 2, 2008)
  2. ↑ Junior World Orienteering Championships – International Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on July 2, 2008)
  3. ↑ Faaborg-løber sensationel verdensmester – Fyns Amts Avis (1.07.2008) (Danish) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  4. ↑ JWOC Sprint: Gold for Kodeda and Klingenberg – World of O Runners (30.8.2008) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  5. ↑ Outstanding performance at Junior World Orienteering Championships Sprint – www.infonews.co.nz (3 July 2008) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  6. ↑ JWOC 2008 kicks off – Orienteering Australia (Tuesday, 1 July 2008) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  7. ↑ Erfolgreicher Auftakt an der Junioren-WM: Matthias Kyburz Vierter - Elena Roos Siebte – Swiss Orienteering (German) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  8. ↑ Junior VB – tájfutás.hu (Hungarian) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  9. ↑ jwoc 2008 (Ukrainian) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  10. ↑ Orienteering JWOC 2008 - 1990 suomalaisten sijoitukset – Nuorten MM-kisa (Finnish) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  11. ↑ “AZZURRINI” IN RITIRO IN VALLE DI PRIMIERO – IL MONDIALE JUNIOR 2009 È… ALLE PORTE (Italian) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  12. ↑ Oddíl OB Kotlárka – První, ctvrté a šesté místo v úvodním závode na JMS pro ceské závodníky! (Czech) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  13. ↑ ELTA už šio pranešimo turini ir kalba neatsako. (Lithuanian) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  14. ↑ ＪＷＯＣスプリント作成日時 ： 2008/06/30 (Japanese) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  15. ↑ JWOC速報：スプリント – Orienteering News in Japan (Japanese) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  16. ↑ Emmas guld-skattejagt – Fyns Amts Avis (4.07.2008) (Danish) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  17. ↑ Emma Klingenberg Verdensmester orientering.dk (Skrevet 30/6 af Thomas Jensen) (Danish) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  18. ↑ Junior World Orienteering Championships: The young winner was surprised (Retrieved on July 7, 2008)
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