Personal information | |
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Full name | Jens Jacob Andersen |
Nationality | Danish |
Born | Tikøb | 16 May 1892
Died | 3 May 1955 62) Copenhagen | (aged
Sailing career | |
Class | 12' Dinghy |
Club | Øresunds Sejlklub Frem |
Jens Jacob Andersen was a sailor from Denmark, who represented his country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Hjalmar "Hjallis" Johan Andersen was a speed skater from Norway who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games of Oslo, Norway. He was the only triple gold medalist at the 1952 Winter Olympics, and as such, became the most successful athlete there.
Anja Jul Andersen is a former Danish team handball player and current coach. She is an Olympic champion, World champion and two times European champion. In 1997, she was named IHF World Player of the Year. She is widely regarded as one of the best female handball players of all time. She was admitted to the Danish Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
Jim Ronny Andersen is a Norwegian badminton player. He is the bronze medalists at the 2011 and 2015 World Senior Championships in the men's singles 35+ event.
Denmark competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 100 competitors, 88 men and 12 women, took part in 46 events in 15 sports. Cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen died during the team time trial.
Denmark competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 129 competitors, 115 men and 14 women, took part in 73 events in 15 sports.
Denmark competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 119 competitors, 54 men and 65 women, took part in 66 events in 14 sports.
The men's ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics took place at the 70-meter (230 ft) Olympiaschanze in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on 18 February. Thirty-eight competitors from thirteen nations competed, with the event being won by Norway's Alf Andersen ahead of countryman Sigmund Ruud and Czechoslovakia's Rudolf Burkert.
Gabriela "Gaby" Andersen-Schiess is a former Swiss long-distance runner who participated in the first women's Olympic marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Though living in Sun Valley, Idaho, and working as a ski instructor at the time, Andersen-Schiess represented Switzerland in the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
Carl Albert "Flisa" Andersen was a Norwegian pole vaulter, high jumper, and gymnast who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Norway competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 102 competitors, 96 men and 6 women, took part in 72 events in 14 sports. Earlier in the year, Norway had hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, 21 events in shooting were contested. A contested 22nd event may have taken place as a list of medal winners are known but the event is unknown.
Jordal Amfi was an indoor ice hockey rink in Oslo, Norway, the first bearing that name. The venue opened in 1951 to host the 1952 Winter Olympics. Jordal was also the site of the 1958 and the 1999 IIHF World Championship. It would in the following decades also serve several boxing matches and concerts.
David Emil Andersen is an Australian-Danish former professional basketball player. One of Australia's most experienced and successful players, Andersen won 12 league championships abroad and played in Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey and France. He also played in the NBA, spending two years in the league between 2009 and 2011. In 2018 and 2021, he won championships with Melbourne United in the National Basketball League (NBL).
Camilla Røseler Andersen is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She is widely regarded as one of the best players Danish handball has ever seen. With 846 goals she has scored the most goals in the Danish Women's national team, ever and she has played the 4th most matches on the national team.
Greta Marie Andersen was a Danish swimmer who won a gold and a silver medal in 100 m freestyle events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. In the mid-1950s she moved to the United States, where she set several world records in marathon swimming in the distances up to 50 miles.
Mads Christian Kruse Andersen is a Danish lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the lightweight coxless four event together with Thomas Ebert, Eskild Ebbesen, and Morten Jørgensen, making up the Gold Four.
Johan Frederik Kobberup Andersen was a Danish sprint canoeist from Aarhus who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won a silver medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Anne Nymark Andersen, also known as Anne Nymark Rylandsholm, is a former Norwegian footballer, world champion and Olympic medalist. Her twin sister Nina Nymark Andersen is also a football player.
Denmark participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.
Espen Andersen is a Norwegian nordic combined skier.