Further Personal Information |
Marital status |
* unknown * |
Family |
Partner Daniel Mortensen |
Residence |
Gothenburg, SWE |
Occupation |
Coach, Marketing, Student |
Languages |
English, Swedish |
Higher education |
Communications - Gothenburg University: Sweden |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She began competing in fencing in 2001. |
Why this sport? |
She became interested in the sport after falling off a horse and injuring her right arm. |
Club / Team |
Goteborgs Faktklubb: Sweden |
Name of coach |
Bjorne Vaggo [national]; Adrian Pop [personal], ROU |
Handedness |
Left |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Emmisen (baku2015.com, 23 Jun 2015) |
Hobbies |
Playing with her cats, socialising with friends. (baku2015.com, 23 Jun 2015) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning silver in individual epee at the 2007 European Championships in Ghent, Belgium. (baku2015.com, 23 Jun 2015) |
Injuries |
She was troubled by a calf injury in late 2014 and early 2015. (emmassamuelsson.webblogg.se, 12 Feb 2015)
She sustained an elbow injury in March 2013. (fencing.se, 03 Mar 2013)
She has suffered from stress fractures in her feet during her career. (bt.se, 17 Jun 2013) |
Other information |
BREAKTHROUGH In 2012 she became the first Swedish fencer in nine years to win a World Cup event when she claimed victory in individual epee in Saint-Maur, France. (fencing.se, 25 Mar 2012)
EMOTIONS She has a fierce will to win, and admits it can cause problems on occasions. "I tend to go crazy when I lose. It can get out of control sometimes and others can get hurt. I need to calm down a bit." (expressen.se, 21 Apr 2012) |