Swedish discus thrower (born 1994)
Emma Ljungberg
Nationality Sweden Born 23 January 1994 (30 years, 336 days old) [ 1] Home town Nyköping Education Sport Athletics Event Discus throw College team Club Spårvägens FK National finals 2009 Swedish Indoor U16s • Shot put , 17th 2009 Swedish U16s • Discus throw , 13th 2010 Swedish U17s • Discus throw , 12th • Shot put , 5th 2011 Swedish Champs • Discus throw , 12th 2011 Swedish U18s • Discus throw , 1st 2012 Swedish Indoor U20s • Shot put , 4th 2012 Swedish U20s • Discus throw , 2nd 2012 Swedish Champs • Discus throw , 6th 2013 Swedish Indoor U20s • Weight throw , 5th • Shot put , 4th 2013 Swedish U20s • Discus throw , 2nd 2013 Swedish Champs • Discus throw , 12th 2014 Swedish Champs • Discus throw , NM 2014 Swedish U23s • Discus throw , 4th 2015 Swedish Champs • Discus throw , 10th 2016 Swedish U23s • Discus throw , 1st 2018 Swedish Champs • Discus throw , 3rd 2019 Swedish Throws Ch. • Discus throw , 1st 2019 Swedish Champs • Discus throw , 3rd 2020 Swedish Champs • Discus throw , 2nd 2021 Swedish Champs • Discus throw , 2nd 2022 Swedish Champs • Discus throw , 3rd 2023 Swedish Champs • Discus throw , 4th Personal best Discus throw 59.48m (2023)
Updated on 15 January 2024
Emma Ljungberg (born 23 January 1994) is a Swedish discus thrower from Nyköping .[ 2]
Career
Ljungberg started competing as early as 2008, and finished 13th at the 2009 Swedish U16 discus championships.[ 3] shot put to finish 5th at the Swedish U17 championships, though it was her 44.74 m discus mark in 2011 that qualified her for the World U18 Championships .[ 4] [ 5]
Ljungberg qualified for the 2012 World U20 Championships with a 49.97 m personal best at the Bottnarydskastet, and there she improved to 23rd in qualification but again did not make the finals.[ 6] 2019 European U20 Championships , where she finished 9th overall.[ 7] [ 8]
From 2015 to 2018, Ljungberg competed for the Arizona Wildcats track and field team in the NCAA .[ 2] [ 9] 2015 European U23 Championships , where she did not advance to the finals .[ 10]
Ljungberg finished 23rd at the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships West preliminary round, and then went on to win her first national title at the Swedish U23 Championships.[ 11] [ 12] Finnkampen .[ 13]
In 2019, Ljungberg won the Riksmästerskapen i Vinterkast [ 14] 2020 Swedish Athletics Championships and 2021 championships, she placed 19th at the 2022 European Throwing Cup .[ 15] 2023 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League meeting.
Personal life
Ljungberg is from Nyköping where she attended Nyköpings Gymnasium Tessin high school. She was originally part of the Nyköpings BIS athletics club under coach Håkan Fridhäller, but she transferred to Spårvägens FK in 2018.[ 16] [ 17]
Statistics
Personal best progression
Discus Throw progression
#
Mark
Pl. Competition
Venue
Date
Ref
1
34.75 m
Nyköping
Nyköping, Sweden 15 Sep 2009 [ 18]
2
42.77 m
Trosa
Trosa, Sweden 8 Aug 2010 [ 19]
3
44.74 m
4th
Nyköping, Sweden 27 May 2011 [ 20]
4
49.82 m
Trosa
Trosa, Sweden 9 Jun 2012 [ 21]
5
49.97 m
Bottnarydskastet
Bottnaryd, Sweden 15 Jun 2012 [ 22]
6
50.32 m
Nordic Ch
Espoo, Finland 16 Aug 2013 [ 23]
7
50.88 m
Puma Outdoor, Paradise Valley CC
Phoenix, AZ 27 Mar 2015 [ 24]
8
51.48 m
6th
Mesa Classic, Mesa CC
Mesa, AZ 9 Apr 2015 [ 25]
9
51.82 m
Mesa T-Bird Invitational
Mesa, AZ 24 Apr 2015 [ 26]
10
53.37 m
Holualoa Tucson Marathon & Damascus Bakeries Half-Marathon
Tucson, AZ 9 Dec 2016 [ 27]
11
53.60 m
Kasttävling fredag
Växjö, Sweden 9 May 2019 [ 28]
12
55.15 m
Halmstad, Sweden 15 Jun 2019 [ 29]
13
56.10 m
Victor Svanesohn Memorial
Helsingborg, Sweden 20 Jun 2020 [ 30]
14
56.40 m
Västerortsmästerskapen
Hässelby, Sweden 3 Jul 2020 [ 31]
15
58.83 m
Simons Kast
Örbyhus, Sweden 3 Jun 2023 [ 32]
16
59.48 m
Kringelspelen med Kringelkastet
Södertälje, Sweden 5 Jun 2023 [ 33]
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