Jesper Roesen

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Jesper Roesen
Personal information
Full nameJesper Roesen
NationalityFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Born (1975-05-02) 2 May 1975 (age 49)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Taekwondo
Event68 kg
ClubHwarang Taekwondo Klub
Coached byBjarne Johansen
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Edmonton Featherweight (−67 kg)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Jeju City Lightweight (−72 kg)
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Helsinki −64 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Eindhoven −67 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Riga −72 kg

Jesper Roesen (born 2 May 1975 in Copenhagen) is a retired Danish taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's featherweight category. [1] Considering one of Europe's top taekwondo players in his own division, Roesen held three European titles (1996, 1998, and 2005), obtained two silver medals at the World Championships (1999 and 2001), and represented his nation Denmark at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [2] Throughout his sporting career, Roesen trained full-time for Hwarang Taekwondo Klub in Rødovre, under his personal coach and master Bjarne Johansen. [3]

Roesen began his taekwondo training with Master Kytu’s Hwarang Taekwondo Klub at fourteen years old. [4] In 1996, Roesen's sporting career thrived with his first ever European title in Helsinki, Finland, and then continued to add one more in Eindhoven, Netherlands two years later. Roesen also permitted a chance to represent his nation Denmark at the World Taekwondo Championships, where he placed second behind South Korea's No Hyun-goo in 1999 and U.S. fighter Steven López in 2001. [5]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Roesen qualified for the Danish squad in the men's featherweight class (68 kg), by registering his entry and placing third from the European Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. [6] [7] Roesen got off to a flying start with a seamless 11–10 victory over Argentina's two-time Olympian Alejandro Hernando, before ending his Olympic debut by hopelessly losing the quarterfinal match 11–13 to South Korea's Song Myeong-seob. [8] [9]

In 2005, Roesen brought home his third gold medal in the final against Dutch fighter Tommy Mollet at the European Championships in Riga, Latvia, marking the end of his illustrious, fifteen-year-old taekwondo career. [2]

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