Emma LUNDER

2 Sep 1991
30
Female
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC
 
Canada
CANMORE, AB
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
10Women's 4 × 6 kilometres Relay2018PyeongChang, KOR
53Women's 10 kilometres Pursuit2018PyeongChang, KOR
54Women's 15 kilometres2018PyeongChang, KOR
54Women's 7.5 kilometres Sprint2018PyeongChang, KOR
World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
8Mixed Relay2021Pokljuka, SLO
8Single Mixed Relay2021Pokljuka, SLO
8Single Mixed Relay2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
9Women's 4x6km Relay2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
14Mixed Relay2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
14Women's 4x6km Relay2019Oestersund, SWE
15Single Mixed Relay2019Oestersund, SWE
16Women's 4x6km Relay2021Pokljuka, SLO
16Women's 4x6km Relay2017Hochfilzen, AUT
17Women's 12.5km Mass Start2021Pokljuka, SLO
20Women's 10km Pursuit2021Pokljuka, SLO
22Women's 15km Individual2021Pokljuka, SLO
26Women's 15km Individual2019Oestersund, SWE
35Women's 15km Individual2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
35Women's 7.5km Sprint2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
41Women's 10km Pursuit2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
42Women's 7.5km Sprint2021Pokljuka, SLO
51Women's 7.5km Sprint2019Oestersund, SWE
64Women's 15km Individual2017Hochfilzen, AUT
84Women's 7.5km Sprint2017Hochfilzen, AUT
LAPWomen's 10km Pursuit2019Oestersund, SWE
World Cup
RankEventSeason
18Women's Mass Start2020/21
21Women's Individual2020/21
23Women's Pursuit2020/21
25Women's Mass Start2019/20
26Women's Total2020/21
29Women's Individual2019/20
34Women's Total2019/20
37Women's Sprint2019/20
41Women's Pursuit2019/20
44Women's Individual2016/17
45Women's Sprint2018/19
46Women's Mass Start2018/19
48Women's Mass Start2017/18
48Women's Pursuit2017/18
49Women's Sprint2020/21
50Women's Individual2018/19
53Women's Total2018/19
61Women's Pursuit2018/19
65Women's Total2017/18
81Women's Sprint2017/18
82Women's Sprint2013/14
86Women's Total2016/17
92Women's Total2013/14
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Thunder Lunds

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Reading, cooking, baking bread, yoga

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Athlete, Barista

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Studying general social sciences online through Athabasca University.

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Partner, Christian Gow. Brother, Angus.

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Rocky Mountain Racers

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National: Justin Wadsworth (USA), Pavel Lantsov (RUS)

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Partner Christian Gow (Biathlon): PyeongChang 2018 Canadian Olympian. World Championship relay bronze medallist in 2016 (Oslo). One top-20 individual finish in six World Championship appearances (2015-21). Competed in the World Cup from 2014 with two fourth-place relay finishes including with Lunder at the Pokljuka single mixed relay in January 2020.

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2013 IBU Cup in Otepaeae (Individual - 34th, Sprint - 57th)
2014 World Cup in Pokljuka (Individual - 30th, Sprint - 41st)

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2016: Second tendon tear in her thumb after falling in a race. Recovered for a few weeks before continuing the season.

2015: Tendon tear and a small bone chip in her thumb after a fall. Continued competing with a thumb cast, altering her rifle to fit it around the splint and adjusting her poling technique.

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2014

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Started cross-country skiing at age seven, switching to biathlon in 2006 with the Sea Cadets (a youth program supported by the Canadian Armed Forces).

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“I went to one of the shooting days, tried it out and they said I was better than my brother. I was hooked after that.” (rmotoday.com, 8 Feb 2018)

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“I get to be active with some of the most fit athletes in Canada, every day. I try to keep that in mind and appreciate it every day. Everyone on the team has put in hard work since day one. There are things you hone in on, there are things you change. I’ve found a better balance between training, jobs and relationships, and now I manage everything better than in the past.” (rmotoday.com, 8 Feb 2018)

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Walking out during the opening ceremony at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. “It was absolutely incredible to walk into the stadium in a sea of red and white and surrounded by hundreds of Canadian athletes. There were so many bright lights and flashbulbs flashing everywhere, and I think it finally hit me at that moment that I was going to be racing for Canada at absolutely the highest level.” (lookoutnewspaper.com, 11 Apr 2018)

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Biathlete Magdalena Neuner (GER), Vancouver 2010 dual Olympic gold medallist and 12-time world champion. "She was the first female biathlete I started following, and meeting her in Vancouver in 2010 made me want to train harder and get onto the World Cup circuit." (biathlon23.wordpress.com, 7 Sep 2017)

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Nearly always eats oatmeal for breakfast on race day. During the season will designate one pair of earring as her race earrings. (olympic.ca, 2021)

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“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt (olympic.ca, 2021)

General Interest

YOUTH
After graduating from Vernon Secondary School in 2009, she was invited to join the British Columbia high-performance team and moved to Squamish. After the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the team was disbanded after a reduction in funding. She then moved to Canmore, AB to train with the national team.

BARISTA
Works as a part-time barista at Starbucks since 2010.

CHARITY
Volunteers with the Canmore Food Bank and acts as athlete ambassador with Fast and Female, a Canadian charity organisation keeping girls healthy and active in sports.

ANTI-DOPING
"If I could fix one thing, I’d make sure anyone who doped would never race again. So many have got away with so much. We are so diligent with doping control, it’s crazy people are getting away with it. There should be zero tolerance.” (rmotoday.com, 8 Feb 2018)

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Milestones

Was a member of the Canadian team since 2017 at World Championships, and had her best result again in the single mixed relay in 2021 in Pokljuka on eighth place. At her only appearance at Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang in 2018 she placed 10th in the women's relay but not in the top 50 individually.

After occasional appearances in the World Cup, a 21st rank in the individual in 2017 at Antholz earned her a spot in the team for the World Championships. In the World Cup she gradually improved her results and had the best placing in the total score as 26th in the 2020/2021 season as the best Canadian female. Until 2021, she collected 13 top ten placings in relays and 6 individually. She came close to a podium in Jan 2020 in Pokljuka's single mixed relay with a 4th rank.

2010-2012 she competed in three Youth/Junior World Championships with one top ten results in the relay in 2011. Since 2013, she was an entrant in NorAm events, the IBU Cup and European Championships.

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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