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carolina klüft carolina evelyn klüft triple jump , long jump , heptathlon and pentathlon sandhult , sweden 150px swe swedish women 's athletics track and field 2 february 1983 carolina klüft photo2be.jpg carolina klüft
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carolina klüft

carolina evelyn klüft -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born 2 february 1983 -rrb- is a swedish retired athlete competing in heptathlon , triple jump , long jump , and pentathlon .
she won the olympic heptathlon title in 2004 .
she is also a three-time world and double european heptathlon champion .
klüft first rose to prominence by winning the heptathlon at the 2002 european championships and setting a new world junior record of 6,542 points .
she then won the 2003 world championships becoming the third athlete ever to score over 7,000 points .
she is 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 , behind jackie joyner-kersee who set the world record of 7,291 points .
klüft was unbeaten in 22 heptathlon and pentathlon competitions since march 2002 , winning nine consecutive gold medals in major championships .
she is the only athlete ever to win three world titles in heptathlon .
on september 2 , 2012 at the finland-sweden athletics international at ullevi carolina klüft officially ended her career and retired from sports .
