Emma Green
Emma Anna-Maria Green (born December 8, 1984 in Gothenburg , Bergsjön district) is a former Swedish high jumper .
biography
In 2005 she was eighth at the European Indoor Championships in Madrid and won bronze at the World Championships in Helsinki (1.96 m, behind Kajsa Bergqvist and Chaunté Howard ). The following year she was eleventh at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, she was also part of the Swedish relay, which came in fifth in the 4 x 100 meter relay .
In 2007 she was seventh at the World Championships in Osaka , in 2008 ninth at the Olympic Games in Beijing and in 2009 sixth at the World Championships in Berlin . In 2010 she was fifth at the World Indoor Championships in Doha and second at the European Championships in Barcelona and the Continental Cup in Split . At the World Championships in Daegu she was eleventh.
In 2012 she won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Helsinki (shared with Irina Gordejewa and Olena Choloscha ). At the Olympic Games in London shortly afterwards, she reached eighth place. In March 2013 she won the bronze medal in the high jump at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden .
So far, she has been Swedish champion in high jump six times (2005 and 2007 to 2011), and in 2005 she was also champion in long jump .
Personal
Emma Green is 1.80 m tall and weighs 62 kg. She married her trainer Yannick Tregaro in March 2011 , and the couple filed for divorce in February 2014.
Her protest against Russian anti-homosexual laws at the 2013 World Athletics Championships attracted worldwide attention . She was warned for this by the World Athletics Federation . After various injuries and the associated sporting setbacks, she became more active as a photographer and in 2016 exhibited her photographs publicly in Gothenburg.
Personal best
- High jump: 2.01 m, August 1st 2010, Barcelona
- Hall: 1.98 m, February 23, 2008, Malmö
- 100 m : 11.58 s, May 12, 2006, Doha
- 200 m : 23.02 s, June 29, 2006, Málaga
- Long jump: 6.41 m, August 21, 2005, Helsingborg
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Triple jump : 13.39 m, June 23, 2007, Vaasa
- Hall: 13.69 m, February 26, 2006, Sätra
Web links
- Official website (swedish)
- Emma Green in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Emma Green in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emma Green berättar om sitt nya singelliv , on: expressen.se, accessed August 19, 2015
- ↑ Tregaro: "Jag har inte klarat av att bli älskad" , on: expressen.se, accessed August 19, 2015
- ↑ World Athletics Championships in Moscow: Association stops protest by high jumper Green Tregaro , Spiegel Online from August 17, 2013; Accessed August 18, 2013
- ↑ Too much rainbow on the nails , süddeutsche.de of August 18, 2013
- ↑ Emma Greens nya drömprojekt , Expressen, May 15, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Green, Emma |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Green Tregaro, Emma Anna-Maria (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gothenburg , Sweden |