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| Birth name | Niels Laulund Henriksen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 February 1966 Gentofte, Denmark [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Niels Laulund Henriksen (born 4 February 1966) is a Danish competition rower and Olympic champion.
Henriksen won a gold medal in lightweight coxless four at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [1] At world championships, he won one gold and three silver medals between 1989 and 1995. [2]
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