Susanne Ljungskog

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Susanne Ljungskog

Susanne Ljungskog (born March 16, 1976 in Halmstad ) is a former Swedish cyclist . Her competition weight was 57 kilograms with a height of 1.71 meters.

Ljungskog took part in the Olympic Games four times ( 1996 , 2000 , 2004 and 2008 ). Her best placement was tenth in the individual time trial at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing .

At the UCI Road World Championships in 2002 in Zolder, Belgium, she won the road sprint sprint of a top group of four in front of Nicole Brändli and Joane Sommarriba . In 2003 she defended her sprint title in Hamilton, Canada, ahead of Miriam Melchers and Nicole Cooke .

Ljungskog was Swedish champion eight times, including six times in the road race and once in the individual time trial. In 1998 she won the European Championship U23 road and multiply the total votes of the stage race Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin (twice) and Giro della Toscana (three times).

In 2002 she received the Svenska Dagbladet gold medal .

Ljungskog retired in May 2010 from competitive sports. She cited the diagnosis of hemochromatosis (a metabolic disorder, dt .: iron storage disease) as the reason .

successes

1994
  • SwedenSweden Swedish road championship
1996
  • SwedenSweden Swedish time trial championship
1997
  • SwedenSweden Swedish road championship
  • bronze Swedish time trial championship
1998
2000
  • a stage Vuelta International a Majorca
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

Web links

Commons : Susanne Ljungskog  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b SvD of May 6, 2010: Susanne Ljungskog slutar
  2. ↑ radsport-news.com of October 12, 2002: Top favorite Roßner retired after falling
  3. ↑ radsport-news.com of October 11, 2003: Swede Lungskog defends the women's title
personal data
SURNAME Ljungskog, Susanne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Halmstad