Erika johansen wikipedia
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Erica Johansson
Swedish long jumper
Erica Johansson (born February 5, 1974) is a Swedish former athlete who specialized in the long jump. She is the 1992 World Junior Champion, the 1993 European Junior Champion, and the 2000 europeisk Indoor Champion. She also competed at the 2000 Olympic Games.
Career
[edit]Born in Landvetter, Härryda Municipality, Johansson was a promising junior who equalled the Swedish record as a 15-year-old with 6.50 meters, to win European Junior silver in 1989. A year later, she won the silver medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships, jumping 6.50 igen. She yet again jumped 6.50 when finishing fourth at the 1991 European Junior Championships, missing out on the bronze medal to Iva Prandzheva on countback. The highlights of her successful junior career was winning gold medals at the 1992 World Junior Championships with 6.65 metres, and at the 1993 europeisk Junior Championships with 6.56. Her greatest achievement at senior level came at the 2000
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The Queen of the Tearling
Novel by Erika Johansen
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Author | Erika Johansen |
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Genre | Fantasy novel |
Published | 2014 (HarperCollins) |
Publication place | United States |
Pages | 488 (first edition) |
ISBN | 978-0-06-229036-6 |
The Queen of the Tearling is the debut novel of Erika Johansen.[1] It is set on a fictional landmass several centuries in the future, and is the first novel of a fantasy trilogy.[1][2] The other books in the trilogy are The Invasion of the Tearling (2015) and The Fate of the Tearling (2016).
Plot
[edit]Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn must defeat the powers of the Red Queen, who is out to destroy her. She must journey to the royal castle to claim her throne, and is accompanied only by the loyal Queen's Guard which is led Carroll and the mysterious Lazarus. Along the way she must earn the respect of her people and fix the broken shambles of the Kingdom of Tear.
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