- Emma Green
Emma Anna-Maria Green IPA-all|greːn, (born
December 8 ,1984 , inBergsjön ,Sweden ) is an athlete competing inhigh jump .She won a bronze medal in the
high jump at2005 IAAF World Championships .Biography
Emma Green was born in
Bergsjön ,Sweden , with mother Maria, father Lennart, and younger brother Erik. She finished gymnasium in 2003, then with a goal for 2006 to participate in the2006 European Athletics Championships .She won the bronze medal in the
2005 World Championships in Athletics , where she got the result 1.96 m — a new personal best. Her trainer and boyfriend isYannick Tregaro , who is also the coach ofhigh jump erKajsa Bergqvist andtriple jump erChristian Olsson .On
August 20 ,2005 , Emma improved her personal best to 1.97 m when she won the national championship inHelsingborg .Apart from being a world class high-jumper she is Swedish Champion at 100m, 200m and
long jump and a top national level intriple jump .She is also member of the national 4x100m relay team together with hurdlers Jenny and
Susanna Kallur , multi-eventerCarolina Klüft and sprinterEmma Rienas .Furthermore, she is the cousin of rock musician Nicke Green.
International medals
High jump
*
World Championships in Athletics
** 2005 - 1.96 m - Bronze
*European Athletics U23 Championships
** 2005 - 1.92 m - Silver
*European Athletics Junior Championships
** 2003 - 1.86 m - BronzePersonal bests
*
High jump
** Indoor - 1.98 m
** Outdoor - 1.97 m
*Long jump
** Outdoor - 6.41 m
*Triple jump
** Outdoor 13.16 m
*100 meters
** Outdoor 11.58 seconds
*200 meters
** Outdoor 23.02 seconds
* 4 x 100 m
** Outdoor 44.53 secondsReferences
* . Accessed
August 11 ,2005 .
* " [http://www.iaaf.org IAAF - International Association of Athletics Federations] ".
* " [http://www.iaaf.org/results/competitions/index.htmx IAAF - Competition sites] ".
*
* " [http://www.european-athletics.org EAA - European Athletic Association] ".
* " [http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?inhalt=statistics/db/db&nav=nav/statistics EAA - Event Result Database] ".
*
* [http://www.friidrott.se/rs/resultat.asp?typ=3&ar=2006 www.friidrott.se Results DB]
* [http://www.friidrott.se/rs/arsbasta/12/arsbasta_k.html www.friidrott.se Results DB]
* [http://expressen.se/expressen/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=622541 www.expressen.se Results Malaga]External links
* [http://www.olympic.org Olympic Movement]
* [http://www.iaaf.org IAAF - International Association of Athletics Federations]
* [http://www.european-athletics.org EAA - European Athletic Association]
* [http://www.emma-green.se Emma's personal website]
* [http://usuarios.lycos.es/sandrakba/emmagreen.htm Emma Green Pictures]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
