Emma Jørgensen

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Emma Jørgensen
Jørgensen at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameEmma Aastrand Jørgensen
NationalityDanish
Born (1996-01-30) 30 January 1996 (age 28)[1]
Bagsværd, Denmark
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)[2]
Sport
CountryDenmark
SportSprint kayak
ClubMaribo Kajakklub[3]
Coached byZoltán Bakó[3]
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo K-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo K-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris K-1 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2021 Copenhagen K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2023 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Račice K-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2023 Duisburg K-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Račice K-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Szeged K-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Copenhagen K-1 500 m
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska K-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska K-2 Mix 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk K-1 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Poznań K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2021 Poznań K-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2024 Szeged K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Plovdiv K-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2024 Szeged K-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Moscow K-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Belgrade K-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Poznań K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich K-1 500 m

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

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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

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  1. ^ "Emma Jørgensen ICF profile". www.canoeicf.com. ICF. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. ^ Emma Jørgensen Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. ^ a b c Emma Jørgensen Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  4. ^ "2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships" (PDF). www.canoeicf.com. ICF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. ^ a b "JORGENSEN Emma Aastrand - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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