Maja Jager
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Full name | Maja Buskbjerg Jager | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nørre Broby, Funen, Denmark | 22 December 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Jungwon University Technical University of Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Recurve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maja Buskbjerg Jager (born 22 December 1991) is a Danish
Early and personal life
Jager was born on 22 December 1991 in
In 2013 Jager moved to
Career
Early career (2009–2012)
Jager made her first appearance for the Danish national team at the
World Champion (2013)
In early 2013 Jager relocated to South Korea at the invitation of 1984 Olympic gold medal-winning coach Kim Hyung-Tak, one of two athletes selected by the Danish Archery Federation to undergo full-time training in the country ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4] Jager spent six months under Kim's instruction before contesting the 2013 World Championships held in Belek, Turkey.[5] She entered the tournament's individual event with an unimpressive record, having failed to progress beyond the last 32 competitors in an international competition since 2011.[10] In the event's preliminary ranking stage Jager achieved a new Danish record for the 144-arrow round, scoring 1,351 points from a maximum of 1,440 to qualify for the subsequent elimination rounds as the eighth seed.[11] Jager proceeded to deliver a surprising run of results in the knock-out rounds,[5] eliminating both Ki Bo-bae and Yun Ok-hee, the World Archery Federation's number one and number two-ranked archers respectively, to enter the final against Xu Jing, who had achieved a silver medal in the women's team event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. After tying on five set points each over the regulation five sets, Jager outshot Xu in the subsequent tiebreaking one-arrow shoot-off, landing her single arrow 1 millimetre (0.039 in) closer to the centre of the target to claim the world championship title.[10]
Jager's victory earned her a second medal of the championships, having earlier secured bronze medal in the women's team event with
Later career (2014– )
Jager combined with Nikolaj Wulff at the
At the
Notes
- ^ The Danish broadcaster DR credits Jager with fifth overall,[3] though the World Archery Federation's official results document lists her final position as ninth.[6]
References
- ^ "Maja Jager". London 2012. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ a b c Engmann, Jesper (4 January 2014). "Pigen i midten af skiven". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ a b c Gjesse Hansen, Jens (25 May 2012). "Maja Buskbjerg Jager". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Maja JAGER: the move behind the world title". World Archery Federation. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ a b c Boldt, Tobias (15 December 2019). "Efter fem år i Korea: Hærdet bueskytte sigter efter OL-metal" [After five years in Korea: Hardened archer aiming for Olympic medal]. DR (in Danish). Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "World Archery Championships 2011 – Results" (PDF). World Archery Federation. 10 July 2011. p. 55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "OL-bueskytter skød skarpt" [Olympic archers shot sharply]. TV2 Østjylland (in Danish). 29 July 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Bueskytter åbner OL med rekord" [Archers open Olympics with record]. DR (in Danish). Ritzau. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Sydkorea skyller bueskytter ud af OL" [South Korea flushes archers out of Olympics]. Sjællandske Nyheder (in Danish). Ritzau. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Maja JAGER: Denmark's Athlete of the Year for 2013". Lausanne: World Archery Federation. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Flytning har gjort dansk OL-deltager bedre" [Relocation has made Danish Olympic participant better]. Politiken (in Danish). Ritzau. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Maja Jager er Årets Sportsnavn 2013" [Maja Jager is the Sports Name of the Year 2013]. TV2 Sport (in Danish). Ritzau. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (2 July 2015). "Mike Rowbottom: Archery's target audience growing thanks to Denmark Maja Jager and Brazil's "new Neymar"". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media Company. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "To danske medalje-pletskud ved EM i bueskydning" [Two Danish medal spot shots at the European Archery Championships]. Politiken (in Danish). Ritzau. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Sølvmedalje i Baku giver Maja Jager stor VM-selvtillid" [Silver medal in Baku gives Maja Jager big World Cup confidence]. Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Ritzau. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Helkov, Jeppe (29 July 2015). "Dansk favorit ude af VM i bueskydning" [Danish favorite out of archery World Championship]. Berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ Burkel Nielsen, Ronni (27 July 2015). "Dansk damehold skuffede ved VM i bueskydning" [Danish women's team disappointed at archery World Championship]. Berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Bueskytter misser OL-pladser: Kun spinkelt håb tilbage" [Archer misses Olympics places: Only slim hope remains]. Berlingske (in Danish). Ritzau. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Heilskov, Niels Anton (1 September 2018). "Dansk bueskytte skyder sig til sølv i flot comeback ved EM" [Danish archer shoots to silver in fine comeback at European Championships]. DR (in Danish). Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Lindved, Frederik; Hedegaard Petersen, Anne (22 June 2019). "Bronze til Danmark: Bueskytter sikrer første medalje ved European Games" [Bronze to Denmark: Archers secure first medal at European Games]. DR (in Danish). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Maja Jager taber tæt dyst ved European Games" [Maja Jager loses close contest at European Games]. TV2 Sport (in Danish). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Pedersen, Kristian (14 June 2019). "Pletskud: Bueskytten Maja Jager sikrer OL-billet" [Spot shot: Archer Maja Jager secures Olympic ticket]. DR (in Danish). Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ McCurry, Justin; Ingle, Sean (24 March 2020). "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Maja Jager ryger ud af OL i 16.-delsfinale". Berlingske (in Danish). Ritzau. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
External links
- Maja Jager at the World Archery Federation
- Maja Jager at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)