Personal information | |
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Nationality | Danish |
Born | Odder | 17 February 1979
Sport | |
Sport | Rowing |
Partner | Katrin Olsen |
Updated on 7 September 2012 |
Juliane Elander Rasmussen (born 17 February 1979, in Odder) is a Danish rower. She weighs 61 kilograms, [1] and is therefore in the lightweight class. She lives in Copenhagen.
In the first race at the lightweight double sculls at Beijing, Rasmussen and team-mate Katrin Olsen were in third place behind Japan, but finished in second place, and qualified for the semi-final. [2] In the semi-final they came fourth (only the three best qualify for the final), and were eliminated. [3] Their class was later won by The Netherlands.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Rasmussen and team-mate Anne Lolk Thomsen reached the final, which they finished in fourth place. [4]
Denmark competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 91 competitors took part in 55 events in 14 sports.
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