Elina Eggers

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Elina Eggers
Personal information
Full nameElina Elisabeth Eggers
NationalitySwedish
Born (1987-03-12) 12 March 1987 (age 36)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+12 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport Diving
Event(s)10 m
College team Arizona State Sun Devils (USA)
ClubSK Neptun (SWE)
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Eindhoven 10 m

Elina Elisabeth Eggers (born March 12, 1987 in Stockholm) is a Swedish platform diver. [1] She is a thirteen-time Swedish diving champion, a four-time All-American athlete, and a two-time first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honoree. [2] She also won a bronze medal in the women's platform at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, with a score of 319.65, earning her a spot on the Swedish team for the Olympics. [3]

Petre represented Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed as a lone female diver in the women's platform event. She was ranked sixteenth out of twenty-nine divers in the preliminary rounds, until a much better performance in the semi-finals left Petre in ninth position, attaining a score of 315.45. [4] [5] Petre, however, finished only in twelfth place by eleven points behind Japan's Mai Nakagawa, with a score of 285.85. [6]

Petre is also a member of the swimming and diving team for the Arizona State Sun Devils, and an economics graduate at the Arizona State University in Glendale, Arizona. [7]

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