Emma Klingenberg
Encyclopedia
Emma Klingenberg (born 1992) is a Danish
orienteering
competitor
, and 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. She was the youngest person to ever win a junior world orienteering championship.
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. Danish newspapers had more in-depth presentations of the winner.
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Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
orienteering
Orienteering
Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...
competitor
Competition
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, and junior world champion.
Junior world champion 2008
Emma Klingenberg became Junior World ChampionJunior World Orienteering Championships
The Junior World Orienteering Championships are an orienteering competition held every year. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition...
in sprint in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
in 2008, before Silje Ekroll Jahren
Silje Ekroll Jahren
Silje Ekroll Jahren is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and junior world champion.She won a gold medal in the relay at the 2007 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Dubbo, Australia, together with Kine Hallan Steiwer and Siri Ulvestad, in a close race with the Swedish team.She received a...
and Jenny Lönnkvist
Jenny Lönnkvist
Jenny Lönnkvist is a Swedish orienteering competitor, and junior world champion.She became Junior World Champion in the middle distance in Dubbo in 2007, and received a silver medal in relay...
, with less than three seconds between winner and third place. She was the youngest person to ever win a junior world orienteering championship.
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. Danish newspapers had more in-depth presentations of the winner.
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 Faaborg OK and she is from the southern part of DenmarkDenmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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