KINSEY Erika

Date of Birth: 10 Mar 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Place of birth: OSTERSUND

Birth Country:

Sweden

Place of residence : AKRON, OH

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's High Jump

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump A	Women's High Jump Qualification - Group B	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	High Jump
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Qual. (1.85)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (1.85)
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (1.85)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (1.89)

European Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Berlin, GER	13th (1.87)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	High Jump
2021	1 x 8th
2020	2 x 4th
2019	2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th
2018	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th
2017	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 6th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2019	High Jump	Oslo, NOR	1.96
2	2019	High Jump	Doha, QAT	1.91
3	2019	High Jump	Stockholm, SWE	1.90
3	2018	High Jump	Stockholm, SWE	1.94
3	2017	High Jump	London, GBR	1.94
4	2020	High Jump	Rome, ITA	1.95
4	2020	High Jump	Stockholm, SWE	1.93
4	2018	High Jump	Zurich, SUI	1.90
4	2017	High Jump	Monaco, MON	1.85
5	2019	High Jump	Stanford, CA, USA	1.95
5	2018	High Jump	London, GBR	1.91

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2020	High Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Zagreb, CRO	1.90
8	2021	High Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	1.81

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	High Jump	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	1.96
3	2018	High Jump	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	1.91
3	2017	High Jump	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	1.88
4	2019	High Jump	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	1.94
5	2017	High Jump	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	1.84
5	2017	High Jump	World Challenge	Kingston, JAM	1.85

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Birmingham, GBR	7th (1.84)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Previous names:

Playing ice hockey. (spikes.worldathletics.org, 18 Jun 2019)

Occupation:

Physical Education - University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO, USA

Husband Daniel Kinsey

Languages spoken:

English, Swedish

Trangsvikens IF [Ostersund, SWE]

Karin Torneklint [national], SWE; Daniel Kinsey [husband, personal], USA

Sporting relatives:

Her husband, Daniel Kinsey, is an athletics coach. (spikes.worldathletics.org, 18 Jun 2019; eskilstuna2015.com, 09 Jul 2015)

Other sports:

She played ice hockey in Norway's second tier for Jordal IHK. (eliteprospects.com, 01 Jun 2012)

She experienced some troubles with her knee in early 2016. (ltz.se, 22 Feb 2016; op.se, 01 Feb 2016)

She broke a rib and punctured her lung playing ice hockey in her early 20's. (spikes.worldathletics.org, 18 Jun 2019; aftonbladet.se, 13 Jun 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (aftonbladet.se, 13 Jun 2019)

Swedish athlete Kajsa Bergqvist. (aftonbladet.se, 09 Jul 2015)

Philosophy:

"Play the long game, because getting sucked into short-term obsessive thinking is the way to end your career before it's really begun." (spikes.worldathletics.org, 18 Jun 2019)

At the 2015 Swedish Athletics Gala she received the Achievement of the Year in a Folksam Grand Prix award, for jumping 1.94m at the Folksam Grand Prix in Karlstad, Sweden. (op.se, 25 Nov 2015)

General Interest

General
COACHING
She has worked as a volunteer assistant jumping coach at the University of Akron, Ohio, United States of America. (gozips.com, 01 Mar 2019)

BREAK
In 2009 she took a break from athletics for a few years because she was not enjoying the sport. She played ice hockey in Norway during her break. She believes the break helped with her career. "Over the years, I often regretted the period when I quit, wondering what might have been if I didn't. Now I realise I probably wouldn't still be jumping had I not taken that break. I don't feel as serious all the time about the sport these days, knowing that when I go all in, things tend to backfire badly. Of course, I still put everything into my training, but outside of that I make smarter choices." (spikes.worldathletics.org, 18 Jun 2019; expressen.se, 22 Jun 2015; ucmathletics.com, 22 Sep 2014)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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