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Encyclopedia > Carolina Klüft


Carolina Evelyn Klüft (born February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 332 days remaining (333 in leap years). Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years. 1032 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor... February 2, 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choirs new conductor January 1 - the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 - compulsory wearing... 1983 in Borås) is a The Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish: Konungariket Sverige  listen?) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on... Swedish Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. The word is derived from the Greek word athlos meaning contest. It is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. History Athletics was the... athlete competing in A heptathlon is a sportive contest made up of seven events (from the Greek hepta (seven) and athlon (contest)). More specifically, the term heptathlon refers to an athletic (track and field) event consisting of seven events. There are two versions of the heptathlon. The first is contested outdoors by women... heptathlon.


She won the heptathlon at the The 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held from August 23 to August 31, 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint Denis, Paris, France. Results 100 m Men Reigning World and Olympic Champion Maurice Greene was eliminated in the semi-finals, being out of shape all season, leaving... World Athletics 2003 in The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the Île-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. The city of Paris proper is also a dé... Paris with a score of 7,001, ahead of The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France's Eunice Barber, who had 6,755 points. She also won the heptathlon in the Olympic Games of 2004 in The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. The Parthenon, the main monument on the site, was built in favour of goddess Athena, the patron of the city Athens ( Greek: Αθήνα Athína) is the capital of Greece, and... Athens at 6,952 points with a margin of 517 points. Klüft is the third woman to score 7,000 or more points at the heptathlon.


Klüft has also competed successfully in The long jump (formerly called broad jump) is an athletic (track and field) event in which athletes attempt to land as far from their take-off points as possible. Competitors sprint down a runway (at elite level, usually coated with the same rubberised surface as running tracks), jump as far... Long Jump; at the The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004. It was the second visit of the championships to Budapest having previously visited there 15 years earlier in... 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships she won bronze medal.


Biggest Victories

  • Gold Medal at the The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics were the 28th Summer Olympic Games. The Games were held in Athens over 17 days, from August 13 to August 29, 2004. Planners expected 10,500 athletes (in fact 11,099 at the end) and 5,500... 2004 Summer Olympics, The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. The Parthenon, the main monument on the site, was built in favour of goddess Athena, the patron of the city Athens ( Greek: Αθήνα Athína) is the capital of Greece, and... Athens
  • Gold Medal at the 2005 IAAF European Indoor Championships, This article is about the Spanish capital. For other entries, see Madrid (disambiguation). Coat of arms The Plaza de España square Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25N, 3°45W. Population of the city of Madrid proper was... Madrid

External links

  • BBC Sports Article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3178161.stm)
  • Carolina Klüft (http://carolina-kluft.chez.tiscali.fr/)
These are the female Olympic medalists in athletics. See Olympic medalists in athletics (men) for male medalists, category:athletes for other track and field athletes and Olympic medalists for medalists in other sports. 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m 10000 m Marathon... Olympic medalists in athletics (women) | Olympic Champions in Women's Pentathlon and Heptathlon
As Pentathlon: Irina Press | Ingrid Becker | Dr Dame Mary Peters (born ?) is a former British pentathlete. She won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Peters was born in Lancashire, but moved to Belfast as a young girl. In the 1972 Summer Olympics she beat local favourite Heide Rosendahl She was made an MBE... Mary Peters | Siegrun Siegl | Nadezhda Tkachenko
As A heptathlon is a sportive contest made up of seven events (from the Greek hepta (seven) and athlon (contest)). More specifically, the term heptathlon refers to an athletic (track and field) event consisting of seven events. There are two versions of the heptathlon. The first is contested outdoors by women... Heptathlon: Glynis Nunn (born December 4, 1960) is a former Australian heptathlete, the first Olympic champion in the event. Born Glynis Saunders in Toowoomba, Queensland, she began competing in athletics at age 9. She starred in several events, and was thus a natural competitor in the pentathlon (which was replaced by... Glynis Nunn | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is generally considered as the best all-around female athlete in the world and the all-time greatest heptathlete. She has won three gold, one silver and one bronze Olympic medals. She was named after Jackie Kennedy. She lives in East St. Louis... Jackie Joyner-Kersee (twice) | Ghada Shouaa (born September 10, 1972) is a former Syrian heptathlete. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won her countrys first - and as of 2004 only - Olympic gold medal. Born in Mahrda, Shouaas first sport was basketball. She played on the Syrian national team for a few years... Ghada Shouaa | Denise Lewis Denise Lewis (born August 27, 1972, in West Bromwich, England) is a British athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. Her greatest triumph was winning the gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Early career In her early years Lewis enjoyed singing in her local choir and studied... Denise Lewis | Carolina Klüft


 

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