Carolina Kluft Biography
pentathlon. She is the current Olympic, World (three-time) and European (twice) heptathlon
champion and is regarded as one of the best female athletes in the world. She is also the
European record holder for heptathlon with a personal best of 7,032 points. This score ranks
her second on the all-time heptathlon points score list, only behind Jackie Joyner-Kersee who
set the world record of 7,291 points. Since 2002-09-16, Klüft has been continuously ranked as
the world's leading heptathlete, by the IAAF. She is the only athlete ever to win three world
titles in heptathlon.
Klüft has a perfect physique for multi-events - tall and lean for the running and jumping events
but also powerful enough to perform well in the shot put and javelin. She has always had
natural ability in the jumping events, sprinting and hurdles, and has steadily improved in the
throwing events and 800 m and now has no weaknesses across the seven events. This is