Emma Aastrand Jørgensen (born 30 January 1996) is a Danish

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

. She and her team-mate

Henriette Engel Hansen Henriette Engel Hansen (born 15 April 1982) is a world champion Danish sprint canoer and marathon canoeist. She and team-mate Emma Aastrand Jørgensen won the K-2 1000 m title at the 2014 World Championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, sh ...

won the women's K-2 1000 m title at the 2014 World Championships.

Career

She competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, winning the silver medal in K-1 500 metres. She was defeated by the defending champion Danuta Kozák. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships in the same category. Jørgensen competed at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

, winning a bronze medal in the K-1 200 metres event, finishing behind Lisa Carrington and Teresa Portela and also in the K-1 500 metres event, finishing behind Lisa Carrington and

Tamara Csipes Tamara Csipes (born 24 August 1989) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in Women's K-4 500 metres, and a silver medal in the Women's K-1 500 metres Career At ...

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* 1996 births Danish female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Denmark Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Canoeists at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in canoeing European Games gold medalists for Denmark European Games bronze medalists for Denmark 21st-century Danish women Canoeists at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for Spain People from Gladsaxe Municipality {{Denmark-canoe-bio-stub