Emma Johansson

Emma Johansson
Personal information
Full name Emma Johansson
Born 23 September 1983
Sollefteå, Sweden
Team information
Current team ORICA-AIS
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2005–2006 Bizkaia Panda software Durango
2007 Vlaanderen–Capri Sonne–T-Interim
2008 AA-Drink Cycling Team
2009–2010 Red Sun Cycling Team
2011–2012 HiTec Products-UCK
2013– Orica-AIS
Major wins
National Road Race Championships (2010–2012, 2014)
National Time Trial Championships (2012–2014)
Ronde van Drenthe (2009)
Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (2011, 2013)
Tour de Free State (2012)
Infobox last updated on
29 September 2013

Emma Johansson (born 23 September 1983 in Sollefteå[1]) is a Swedish professional racing cyclist. She won the silver medal in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2] After having finished second in the 2009 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio and third in Ronde van Vlaanderen, she won the Ronde van Drenthe and took the overall lead of the UCI Women's Road World Cup, a lead which she kept after another second place in La Flèche Wallonne Féminine. Johansson is the second Swedish cyclist to have worn the UCI World Cup leader jersey after Susanne Ljungskog.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in women's road race finishing 6th and in the women's time trial finishing 14th.

She is as of 8 January 2011 married to the former Norwegian cyclist Martin Vestby, who is also her personal manager.

Career highlights

Source:[3]

2008 – AA-Drink Cycling Team 2008 season
1st Overall, Trophée d'Or Féminin
1st Stage 1
2nd National Road Race Championships
2nd  Silver Olympics road race
4th World Championships road race
2009
1st Ronde van Drenthe
2nd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
2nd La Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal
2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2010
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
1st GP Mameranus
2nd Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
3rd World Championships road race
3rd GP de Plouay
3rd Open de Suède Vargarda
2011
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
1st Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
1st Omloop van het Hageland
1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2nd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
1st Stage 3b
2nd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2nd GP Stad Roeselare
3rd GP Ciudad de Valladolid
3rd Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
2012
1st National Road Race Championships
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st Overall Tour de Free State
1st Stage 3
2nd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
5th Overall Giro Donne
1st Stage 9
6th Olympic Road race
2013
1st UCI World Ranking 2013
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
1st Stage 1 & 5
1st Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
2nd GP de Plouay
2nd Overall UCI Women's Road World Cup
2nd UCI Road Race World Championships
2nd Tour of Flanders
2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2nd Draai van de Kaai
3rd World Cup, Ronde van Drenthe
2014 – Orica-AIS 2014 season
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st National Road Race Championships
1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
1st Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda
1st Le Samyn
1st Boels Rental Hills Classic
1st Stage 6 Holland Ladies Tour
2nd Overall UCI Women's Road World Cup
2nd Overall The Women's Tour
1st Stage 1
2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2nd Omloop van het Hageland
3rd UCI Road Race World Championships
3rd Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen)
3rd Emakumeen Saria
2015
3rd Le Samyn des Dames
10th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Cooke wins women's road cycling race". Associated Press. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  3. ↑ Profile at Cycling Quotient

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