Karoline Nemetz
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| Women's athletics
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Representing  Sweden
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World Championships in Athletics
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1980 Sittard | 3000 m |
Karoline Nemetz (married name: Ettemark; born 28 June 1958) is a
long-distance runner
.
Nemetz grew up in
athletics and skiing. She eventually settled on running as her focus and made her breakthrough at national level in 1978 by winning the 1500 metres and 3000 metres titles at the Swedish Athletics Championships. She followed this up by retaining those titles the following season and also taking the cross country running short race title.[1]
Nemetz won her first major medal at the
In 1981 Nemetz won her third 3000 m national title.Stora grabbars märke award at the end of the season.[7]
Her career abruptly came to a halt in 1982 as she suffered an Achilles tendon injury. The subsequent operation affected her ability to train and she retired from the sport.
References
- ^ a b Swedish Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.
- ^ Matthews, Peter (2012). Historical Dictionary of Track and Field (pg. 217). Scarecrow Press (eBook). Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
- ^ IAAF World Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.
- ^ a b SWE Record Progressions- Track. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.
- ^ Karoline Nemetz. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.
- ^ National Outdoor 5000m Championships for Sweden. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.
- ^ Stora Grabbar. Friidrott. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.
