Acting
Feb 1, 1983
Sandhult, Sweden
Carolina Klüft
Acting
Biography
Carolina Evelyn Klüft (born 2 February 1983) is a retired Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the heptathlon, triple jump, long jump, and pentathlon. She was an Olympic Champion, having won the heptathlon title in 2004. She was also a three-time World and two-time European heptathlon champion. She is the only athlete ever to win three consecutive world titles in the heptathlon (2003, 2005, 2007), and was unbeaten in 22 heptathlon and pentathlon competitions from 2002 to 2007, winning nine consecutive gold medals in major championships. Klüft first rose to prominence by winning the heptathlon at the 2002 European Championships and setting a new world junior record of 6,542 points. She then won the 2003 World Championships, becoming the third athlete ever to score over 7,000 points. She is the European record holder for heptathlon with a personal best of 7,032 points. This score ranks her second on the all-time heptathlon points score list, behind Jackie Joyner-Kersee who set the world record of 7,291 points. Besides having been a world class heptathlete, Klüft also had international success in the long jump event. She won the bronze medal at the 2004 World Indoor Championships in Budapest and finished fourth at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu. On 2 September 2012 at the Finland-Sweden Athletics International, Klüft officially ended her career and retired from sports.
Feature Films (4)
We meet some of Sweden's greatest sports stars of all time, such as Sarah Sjöström, Jan-Ove Waldner, Carolina Klüft and Thomas Ravelli, to remember the most iconic sporting moments and events that touched both on and off the field.
Hellenius hörna hyllar sport
Athens 2004. Gold is within reach. Two missed jumps, and all of Sweden holds its breath. The 2000s saw an unprecedented golden age for Swedish athletics. Stars like Carolina Klüft, Stefan Holm, and Kajsa Bergqvist achieved hero status. Relive the goosebumps from the road to that Swedish gold rush in this short documentary.
Friidrottsfeber – Hjältarna som tände en nation
The film *Carolina Klüft – The Girl Who Couldn’t Lose* portrays the Swedish public’s beloved “Carro” during the transition from her days of consistently standing atop the podium to the inner turmoil she faced when deciding to retire from the heptathlon.
Carolina Klüft - Tjejen som inte kunde förlora
Television & Series (14)
TV presenter invites Swedish celebrities and interesting personalities to her summer island in the Stockholm Archipelago for an evening filled with food, drink, laughs and emotion. She interviews her guests about their career, life and dreams, trying to learn new things about them.
Renées brygga
In "Klassfesten" Swedish celebrities compete against each other in knowledge from their own time in primary school. Each week, two celebrities are pitted against each other in subjects ranging from history and music to PE and mathematics. During the competition they also share memories from their time in school.
Klassfesten
Join us as twelve well-known people take part in one of the world's most spectacular singing competitions. Their identity is kept secret behind fabulous masks and it is up to our expert panel to figure out who is hiding behind the creations.
Masked Singer Sverige
Athletes team up to try and beat Anja Pärson and Peter Forsberg in different events.
Who can beat Anja and Foppa?
Join us as twelve well-known people take part in one of the world's most spectacular singing competitions. Their identity is kept secret behind fabulous masks and it is up to our expert panel to figure out who is hiding behind the creations.
