Emma Jørgensen
![]() Jørgensen at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Emma Aastrand Jørgensen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Bagsværd, Denmark | 30 January 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Sprint kayak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Maribo Kajakklub[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Zoltán Bakó[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emma Aastrand Jørgensen (born 30 January 1996) is a Danish sprint canoeist. She and her team-mate Henriette Engel Hansen won the women's K-2 1000 m title at the 2014 World Championships.[4]
Career
[edit]She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in K-1 500 metres. She was defeated by the defending champion Danuta Kozák. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships in the same category.[3] Jørgensen competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the K-1 200 metres event, finishing behind Lisa Carrington and Teresa Portela[5] and also in the K-1 500 metres event, finishing behind Lisa Carrington and Tamara Csipes.[5] At her third Olympic Games in Paris, she won her second bronze medal in the K-1 500 metres event, finishing behind Lisa Carrington and Tamara Csipes, just as she had three years earlier in Tokyo.
References
[edit]- ^ "Emma Jørgensen ICF profile". www.canoeicf.com. ICF. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ Emma Jørgensen Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ a b c Emma Jørgensen Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- ^ "2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships" (PDF). www.canoeicf.com. ICF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ a b "JORGENSEN Emma Aastrand - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
External links
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- Emma Jørgensen at the International Canoe Federation
- Emma Jørgensen at Olympics.com
- Emma Jørgensen at Olympedia
- 1996 births
- Danish female canoeists
- Living people
- Olympic canoeists for Denmark
- Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Denmark
- Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Canoeists at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in canoeing
- European Games gold medalists for Denmark
- European Games bronze medalists for Denmark
- 21st-century Danish women
- Canoeists at the 2023 European Games
- European Games silver medalists for Spain
- People from Gladsaxe Municipality
- Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Danish canoeist stubs