First ever Canadian medal
Posted on | July 10, 2012 | Category: Arena
Two years ago Emily Kemp took a big step and moved to the other side of the world to become an even better orienteer. Yesterday she wrote history by being the first ever Canadian to win a medal at orienteering World Championships.
“The first Canadian ever to take a medal at orienteering world championships? I think so”, Emily smiles.
Emily’s Junior World Championships career started in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2008, where she already did well and showed a specially good talent.
But this year was her real break-through, and she will be the first Canadian on the podium in Junior World Championships. “For years I have seen a lot of girls go up and get medals. Now is it my time. I can’t believe it!”, Emily says.
The Canadian is from Ottawa and started with orienteering at the age of eight. She took a big step in 2010 when she moved to St. Etienne in France. In St. Etienne there are very good opportunities for training and competing.
“I don’t know if I would have been able to get this medal without moving to France, but I do know I have increased my level significantly during these years”, she says.
This spring she was also with the French junior team on a training camp in Kosice. “I learnt how to do orienteering here. It was a very important camp.”
Junior World Championships were Emily’s big goal this year, so she will not be participating in the senior World Orienteering Championships that take place in Lausanne, Switzerland.
This is Emily’s last year in junior class and she aims to do well in the future in senior class too. Photo: Erik Borg
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