2008
She competed in an indoor triathlon (60 m hurdles, long jump and 400 m) in the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix. Klüft narrowly won the competition after setting an indoor personal best of 52.98 in the 400 m. Kelly Sotherton finished just 18 points behind Klüft, beating the Swede in both the hurdles and 400 m. On 22 February, Klüft announced that she had ruptured her hamstring and that, as a result, she did not compete at the World Indoor Championships on 7 March.
Klüft announced on March 19, 2008 that she will not contest any heptathlons in 2008, including defending her title at the Olympics, stating that she was no longer motivated to train for and compete in heptathlons. Klüft has decided to concentrate upon long jump and also train seriously for triple jump. Although Klüft is inexperienced in triple jump, she has worked with Yannick Tregaro (coach of Olympic champion Christian Olsson), who has predicted that she may jump over 14.50 m.
She entered both the long ju
More about Carolina Kluft (From Wikipedia)
2002
Kluft was an exceptional junior, developing very quickly compared to most multi-event athletes. During the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics, at the age of 19, she set read more...
2003
A massive score of 4933 points secured the pentathlon title at the 2003 World Indoor Championships. Klüft followed this with personal bests and victories in the heptathlons in read more...
2004
Klüft competed in the long jump at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, winning a bronze medal with a national record of 6.92 m. She warmed up for the 2004 Olympics by winning read more...
2005
She began 2005 by winning the pentathlon at the European Indoor Championships with a new PB of 4948 points. A third consecutive victory at Götzis and another in Jyväskylä read more...
2006
She chose not to compete at the 2006 World Indoor Championships in order to prepare for the European Championships, to be staged on home soil in Sweden. Klüft won again in Götzis read more...
2007
Her victory in the 2007 European Indoor Championships in Birmingham was by a margin of only 17 points over home favourite Kelly Sotherton. Klüft again narrowly missed the world read more...
2008
She competed in an indoor triathlon (60 m hurdles, long jump and 400 m) in the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix. Klüft narrowly won the competition after setting an indoor personal read more...
Future Plans
Although Klüft did not defend her heptathlon title at the Beijing Olympics, she has stated that she may yet contest another heptathlon, after the 2008 season.
read more...Carolina Evelyn Klüft (in Swedish pronounced [klÊft]) (born February 2, 1983) is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. read more...
Born in Sandhult, Västergötland, Carolina Klüft grew up in Växjö, where her father, mother and three sisters still live. She currently lives in Karlskrona together read more...