Carina Rosenvinge Christiansen

Carina Rosenvinge Christiansen (born 17 March 1991) is a Danish recurve archer who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Carina Christiansen
Christiansen at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameCarina Rosenvinge Christiansen
NationalityDanish
Born (1991-03-17) 17 March 1991
Aalborg, Denmark
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Sport
SportArchery
Event(s)Recurve
Medal record
Women's Archery
Representing  Denmark
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 BelekTeam

Early and personal life

Christiansen was born on 17 March 1991 in Aalborg. She was introduced to archery at the age of eleven in 2002,[2] joining the Aarhus Archer's Guild (Aarhus Bueskyttelaug), the club with which she has remained as of 2015.[3] In 2012 she listed tennis player Caroline Wozniacki as her sporting idol.[2]

Career

2012 Summer Olympics

Christiansen made her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,[2] joining teammates Maja Jager and Louise Laursen for Denmark's first appearance in the women's team event,[4] as well as competing in the women's individual event. The preliminary ranking round, which determined the seedings for the subsequent elimination rounds, saw Christiansen rank seventh for the individual competition with 663 points from a maximum of 720, while Christiansen, Jager, and Laursen's combined score for the team event set a new Danish national record of 1,946 points to finish with the eighth seed.[5] The trio defeated India in the first knock-out round to advance to the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by South Korea.[6]

In the women's individual event Christiansen progressed the furthest of her teammates, reaching to the last sixteen before being eliminated by Mexico's Mariana Avitia.[7]

References
  1. "Carina Christiansen". London 2012. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. Gjesse Hansen, Jens (25 May 2012). "Carina Rosenvinge Christiansen". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. Helligsø, Anette (27 July 2015). "Aarhus-skytte deltager ved VM". TV 2 Østjylland (in Danish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. "OL-bueskytter skød skarpt". TV2 Østjylland (in Danish). 29 July 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  5. Kjer, Miriam (27 July 2012). "Sådan gik det danskerne". TV2 Sport (in Danish). Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  6. "Sydkorea skyller bueskytter ud af OL". Sjællandske Nyheder (in Danish). Ritzau. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  7. "Nervøs Carina Christiansen færdig ved OL". DR (in Danish). Ritzau. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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