Elina Elisabeth Eggers (born 12 March 1987) is a Swedish platform diver.[1] She is a thirteen-time Swedish diving champion, a four-time All-American athlete, and a two-time first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honoree.[2] She also won a bronze medal in the women's platform at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, with a score of 319.65, earning her a spot on the Swedish team for the Olympics.[3]
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| Full name | Elina Elisabeth Eggers | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1987 Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 10 m | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Arizona State Sun Devils (USA) | ||||||||||||||
| Club | SK Neptun (SWE) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eggers represented Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed as a lone female diver in the women's platform event. She was ranked sixteenth out of twenty-nine divers in the preliminary rounds, until a much better performance in the semi-finals left Eggers in ninth position, attaining a score of 315.45.[4][5] Petre, however, finished only in twelfth place by eleven points behind Japan's Mai Nakagawa, with a score of 285.85.[6]
Eggers is also a member of the swimming and diving team for the Arizona State Sun Devils, and an economics graduate at the Arizona State University in Glendale, Arizona.[7]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elina Eggers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "ASU junior dives into academic, athletic honors". Arizona State University. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ Parr, Derek (22 March 2008). "Diving – Champions maintain family traditions". Reuters. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's 10m Platform Semifinal". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Elina Eggers till OS-final i simhopp" [Elina Eggers advances to the Olympic finals in diving] (in Swedish). News AT. 3 August 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's 10m Platform Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Sun Devil Athletics congratulates 72 graduates". Arizona State University. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.