Emma Klingenberg

Emma Klingenberg (born 18 May 1992) is a Danish orienteering competitor, and junior World champion.

Emma Klingenberg

Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Denmark
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 Inverness Relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Inverness Mixed sprint relay
Silver medal – second place 2014 Trento Relay
Silver medal – second place 2014 Trento Mixed sprint relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Göteborg Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2010 Aalborg Relay
Gold medal – first place 2012 Košice Relay
Silver medal – second place 2011 Lębork Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2011 Wejherowo Long
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Primiero Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Wejherowo Middle
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Wejherowo Relay

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

References
  1. Junior World Orienteering Championships: The young winner was surprised (Retrieved on July 7, 2008)
  2. Danish and Czech victories in Ruddalen! Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine – JWOC 2008 (Retrieved on July 2, 2008)
  3. Junior World Orienteering Championships Archived August 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – International Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on July 2, 2008)
  4. Faaborg-løber sensationel verdensmester – Fyns Amts Avis (1.07.2008) (in Danish) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  5. JWOC Sprint: Gold for Kodeda and Klingenberg – World of O Runners (30.8.2008) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  6. Outstanding performance at Junior World Orienteering Championships Sprint – www.infonews.co.nz (3 July 2008) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  7. JWOC 2008 kicks off Archived 2008-07-22 at the Wayback Machine – Orienteering Australia (Tuesday, 1 July 2008) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  8. Erfolgreicher Auftakt an der Junioren-WM: Matthias Kyburz Vierter - Elena Roos Siebte – Swiss Orienteering (in German) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  9. Junior VB – tájfutás.hu (in Hungarian) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  10. jwoc 2008 Archived 2011-08-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  11. Orienteering JWOC 2008 - 1990 suomalaisten sijoitukset – Nuorten MM-kisa Archived 2008-04-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  12. “AZZURRINI” IN RITIRO IN VALLE DI PRIMIERO – IL MONDIALE JUNIOR 2009 È… ALLE PORTE Archived 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  13. Oddíl OB Kotlárka – První, ctvrté a šesté místo v úvodním závode na JMS pro ceské závodníky! Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (Czech) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  14. ELTA už šio pranešimo turini ir kalba neatsako. Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Lithuanian) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  15. ＪＷＯＣスプリント作成日時 ： 2008/06/30 (in Japanese) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  16. JWOC速報：スプリント Archived 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine – Orienteering News in Japan (in Japanese) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  17. Emmas guld-skattejagt – Fyns Amts Avis (4.07.2008) (in Danish) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
  18. Emma Klingenberg Verdensmester orientering.dk (Skrevet 30/6 af Thomas Jensen) (in Danish) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
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