Carolina Evelyn Klüft (born February 2, 1983) is a Swedish athlete competing in heptathlon, long jump and pentathlon. She is the current Olympic, World (twice) and European (twice) heptathlon champion and is regarded as one of the best female athletes in the world.

She is also normally a member of the Swedish 4x100 relay team at international competitions, and was part of the team that set the national record.

Her main coach is Agne Bergvall.

Born in Sandhult, Västergötland, Carolina Klüft grew up in Växjö, where her father, mother and three sisters still live. She currently lives in Karlskrona together with her boyfriend Patrik Kristiansson, who is a pole vaulter.

She won the heptathlon at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris with a score of 7,001 points, ahead of Eunice Barber, who had 6,755 points. The score of 7,001 points made her the third woman ever to score 7,000 or more points. She was later awarded Waterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year Trophy 2003.

By heptathlon standards Klüft is excellent in the jumping events and also in sprinting and hurdling. Her throwing is solid, as is her 800 m.

Klüft also won the heptathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a score of 6,952 points, a margin of 517 points.

In 2005 she injured her foot the day before the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki. The injury affected her performance, but she still managed to win the gold medal, with a score of 6,887 points, ahead of Eunice Barber, who had 6,824 points.

Her series to date:

2000 Junior World Champion Heptathlon
2001 Junior European Champion Heptathlon
2002 European Indoor Bronze Pentathlon (last event she's lost to date)
2002 Junior World Champion (defending) Heptathlon, World Junior Record
2002 European Champion Heptathlon, current World Junior Record
2003 World Indoor Champion Pentathlon
2003 World Champion Heptathlon, 3:rd female past 7000 pts
2004 Olympic Champion Heptathlon
2005 European Indoor Champion Pentathlon
2005 World Champion (defending) Heptathlon
2006 European Champion Heptathlon (defending), championship record
Klüft is renowned for her friendly nature and exuberance when competing. This makes her very popular amongst fans and fellow athletes.

She has currently, as of September 17, 2006, been ranked the number one female pentathlete / heptathlete in the world unbroken since September 16, 2002, making it more than 4 years as number one on the list .

Kluft is one of very few athletes to at some time hold all 5 available international titles, Olympic, World Outdoor, Regional (Europe in her case) Outdoor, World Indoor and Regional Indoor. And at the age of 22 she was the youngest athlete ever to hold all 5.

When she's not training or competing she is a student at the University of Växjö.

International medals:

Heptathlon:

Olympic Games:
2004 - 6952 p - Gold

World Championships in Athletics:
2005 - 6887 p - Gold
2003 - 7001 p - Gold

European Athletics Championships:
2002 - 6542 p - Gold
2006 - 6740 p - Gold

World Junior Championships in Athletics:
2002 - 6470 p - Gold
2000 - 6056 p - Gold

European Athletics Junior Championships:
2001 - 6022 p - Gold

Long jump:

World Indoor Championships in Athletics:
2004 - 6.92 m - Bronze

European Athletics U23 Championships:
2005 - 6.79 m - Gold
2003 - 6.86 m - Gold

Pentathlon:

World Indoor Championships in Athletics:
2003 - 4933 p - Gold

European Indoor Athletics Championships:
2005 - 4948 p - Gold
2002 - 4535 p - Bronze