Emma Klingenberg (born 18 May 1992) is a
Danish orienteering
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competitor
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, 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
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.
[Junior World Orienteering Championships: The young winner was surprised](_blank)
(Retrieved on July 7, 2008)
Junior career
Emma Klingenberg became
Junior World Champion in ''sprint'' in
Gothenburg
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in 2008, before
Silje Ekroll Jahren and
Jenny Lönnkvist, with less than three seconds between winner and third place.
[Danish and Czech victories in Ruddalen!]
– ''JWOC 2008'' (Retrieved on July 2, 2008)[Junior World Orienteering Championships]
– ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on July 2, 2008) She was the youngest person to ever win a junior world orienteering championship, at the age of 16.
[Faaborg-løber sensationel verdensmester]
– ''Fyns Amts Avis (1.07.2008)'' (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
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.
[JWOC Sprint: Gold for Kodeda and Klingenberg]
– ''World of O Runners (30.8.2008)'' (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)[Outstanding performance at Junior World Orienteering Championships Sprint]
– ''www.infonews.co.nz (3 July 2008)'' (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)[JWOC 2008 kicks off]
– ''Orienteering Australia (Tuesday, 1 July 2008)'' (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)[Erfolgreicher Auftakt an der Junioren-WM: Matthias Kyburz Vierter - Elena Roos Siebte]
– ''Swiss Orienteering'' (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)[Junior VB]
– ''tájfutás.hu'' (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
(Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
(Retrieved on September 14, 2008)["AZZURRINI" IN RITIRO IN VALLE DI PRIMIERO – IL MONDIALE JUNIOR 2009 È... ALLE PORTE]
(Retrieved on September 14, 2008)[Oddíl OB Kotlárka – První, ctvrté a šesté místo v úvodním závode na JMS pro ceské závodníky!]
(Czech) (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)[ELTA už šio pranešimo turini ir kalba neatsako.]
(Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
'作成日時 ： 2008/06/30 '' (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)[JWOC速報：スプリント]
– ''Orienteering News in Japan'' (Retrieved on September 14, 2008) Danish newspapers had more in-depth presentations of the winner.
[Emmas guld-skattejagt]
– ''Fyns Amts Avis (4.07.2008)'' (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)[Emma Klingenberg Verdensmester]
''orientering.dk (Skrevet 30/6 af Thomas Jensen)'' (Retrieved on September 14, 2008)
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
The 31st World Orienteering Championships was held in the Trentino and Veneto regions of Italy, from 5 to 12 July 2014. It was the first time that Mixed Sprint Relay was a part of the program at a World Championships.
Results
Individual spr ...
in
Italy
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. In 2015, the Danish women's team won 4 of the 5 gold medals at the championships in
Inverness
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. 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
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Danish orienteers
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People
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List of orienteers
This is a list of all orienteering competitors found in Wikipedia and notable within the orienteering sport.
A
* Alida Abola, Soviet Union
* Christian Aebersold, Switzerland
* Gunborg Ahling, Sweden
* Katarina Allberg, Sweden
* Johanna ...
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List of orienteering events
This is a list of all orienteers events found in Wikipedia and which are notable within the orienteering sport.
Foot Orienteering Championships World Championships
* World Orienteering Championships
* Junior World Orienteering Championships
* ...
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Danish female orienteers
Danish foot orienteers
World Orienteering Championships medalists
Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists
21st-century Danish sportswomen