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Lis Hartel (March 14, 1921 – February 12, 2009) was an Olympic equestrian competitor from Denmark. [1] [2]At the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games, Hartel was one of four women who were the first to compete in modern equestrian sports at the Summer Olympics, also including Ida von Nagel, representing Germany; Elsa Christophersen, from Norway; and Marjorie Haines, from the United States.
Inge Sørensen was born in Skovshoved, Denmark, the daughter of a fishmonger, in 1924. [3] She began swimming at age 3 in the harbor of Skovshoved north of Copenhagen and won her first Danish championship aged 11 in 1936 in the 200m breaststroke. [4] Because of this, she was selected for the Olympic Games in Berlin the same year. [5]
Kristine Roug (born 12 March 1975) is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion.. She won a gold medal in the Europe class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. [1] She was named Danish Sailer of the year in 1994 and again in 1996.
7.40 m Heike Drechsler East Germany: 7.22 m Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union: 7.11 m 1992 Barcelona details: Heike Drechsler Germany: 7.14 m Inessa Kravets Unified Team: 7.12 m Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States: 7.07 m 1996 Atlanta details: Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria: 7.12 m Fiona May Italy: 7.02 m Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States: 7.00 m 2000 Sydney
It was moved to the Winter Olympics with the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics and has been included in every Winter Olympic Games. Denmark's best placement in the sport was 9th by Michael Tyllesen in men's singles in 1998. Denmark's best placement in a women's event in the sport was 15th by Anisette Torp-Lind in ladies' singles in 1992.
In the women's sprint, newly crowned Olympic keirin champion Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand swept through Emma Hinze of Germany and into the semifinals, where she will face Emma Finucane of ...
This is a list of track and field athletes of Denmark who participated in the Summer Olympics. This category should only be used for Olympians of Denmark participating in athletics (sport) . All other Olympians of Denmark should be categorized into an appropriate subcategory.
Victoria Kjaer Theilvig from Denmark, newly crowned Miss Universe 2024, reacting with delight after winning the 73rd edition of the pageant in Mexico City. ... Last year saw a transgender woman ...