Erika Kinsey

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Erika Kinsey (2016)

Full name Erika Anna Kristina Kinsey
nation SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday 10th March 1988 (age 32)
place of birth Nälden , Jämtland , Sweden
size 185 cm
Weight 68 kg
Career
discipline high jump
Best performance 1.97 m (open air)
1.93 m (hall)
society Trångsvikens IF
Trainer Oscar Gidewall
status active
Medal table
Junior European Championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
EAA logo Junior European Championships
gold Hengelo 2007 1.82 m
last change: June 8, 2017
Erika Kinsey at the 2016 World Indoor Championships

Erika Anna Kristina Kinsey , née Wiklund , (born March 10, 1988 in Nälden ) is a Swedish high jumper .

Life

Erika Kinsey grew up in Nälden. As a secondary school, she attended Dragonskolan in Umeå , the largest high school in Västerbotten , which is known for its athletics program, among other things. She studies sports ( physical education and corporate fitness ) at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg . In the summer of 2014, she married her American boyfriend and took his name.

Athletic career

Kinsey played ice hockey and soccer at a young age . In 2004 she won the high jump at the Swedish U18 Championships. At the 4th Youth World Championships in Marrakech , she was fifth with 1.82 m. At the Junior World Championships in Beijing in 2006 , she reached eighth place with 1.80 m. At the Junior European Championships 2007 in Hengelo she received the gold medal in the high jump with 1.82 m. In 2009 she was Swedish indoor champion with 1.87 m in Gothenburg .

From 2010 to 2013 she concentrated again on ice hockey and played in the highest Norwegian women's league, the Norska damhockeyligan . After an injury with a broken rib and punctured lung, she gave up playing ice hockey.

Back in the high jump, she achieved third place with her first participation in the Diamond League on July 9, 2015 at the Athletissima in Lausanne , with 1.94 m behind Anna Tschitscherowa and Ruth Beitia . At the European team championships in 2015, she improved her record to 1.97 m and thus qualified for the world championships in Beijing , where she was eliminated in the qualification.

In 2016, she finished eighth in the final at the World Indoor Championships in Portland and at the European Championships in Amsterdam she was eliminated from the qualification with a skipped 1.89 m. Also at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro she was eliminated from the qualification . In 2017 she qualified for the World Championships in London , but was eliminated from the qualification there with 1.85 m . In 2018 Kinsey came seventh at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England, and thirteenth at the European Championships in Berlin in the summer . At the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow in 2019 , she finished in seventh place.

Top performances

open air

Hall

Web links

Commons : Erika Kinsey  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Erika Kinsey - junior star who went the long road and qualified to the World Championships. In: eskilstuna2015.com. July 20, 2015, archived from the original on July 22, 2015 ; accessed on May 29, 2019 (English).
  2. ↑ Erika Kinseys profile page on the University of Central Missouri website
  3. ↑ "Vad gör jag egentligen, jag har ju inte nått mina drömmar". In: ltz.se. July 30, 2014, Retrieved May 29, 2019 (Swedish).
personal data
SURNAME Kinsey, Erika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kinsey, Erika Anna Kristina (full name); Wiklund, Erika (maiden name); Wiklund, Erika Anna Kristina (full name at birth)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish high jumper
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Nälden