Carina Rosenvinge Christiansen (born 17 March 1991) is a Danish recurve archer who competed at the

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Early and personal life

Christiansen was born on 17 March 1991 in

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. She was introduced to archery at the age of eleven in 2002, joining the Aarhus Archer's Guild (''Aarhus Bueskyttelaug''), the club with which she has remained as of 2015. In 2012 she listed tennis player Caroline Wozniacki as her sporting idol.

Career

2012 Summer Olympics

Christiansen made her Olympic debut at the

in London, joining teammates Maja Jager and Louise Laursen for Denmark's first appearance in the

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event, as well as competing in the women's individual event. The preliminary ranking round, which determined the seedings for the subsequent elimination rounds, saw Christiansen rank seventh for the individual competition with 663 points from a maximum of 720, while Christiansen, Jager, and Laursen's combined score for the team event set a new Danish national record of 1,946 points to finish with the eighth seed. The trio defeated India in the first knock-out round to advance to the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by South Korea. In the women's individual event Christiansen progressed the furthest of her teammates, reaching to the last sixteen before being eliminated by Mexico's Mariana Avitia.

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* Danish female archers 1991 births Living people Olympic archers of Denmark Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Aalborg Archers at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Denmark World Archery Championships medalists 21st-century Danish women {{Denmark-archery-bio-stub