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Karen Margrethe Harup Petersen (20 November 1924 – 9 July 2009) [2] was a Danish swimmer. She competed in four events at the 1948 Summer Olympics and won three medals: a gold in the 100 m backstroke and silvers in the 400 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle, placing fourth in the 100 m freestyle.
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.
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
Lene Køppen, women's single, World champion 1977, All England master 1979; Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, men's single, 1996 Olympic gold; Camilla Martin, women's single, World champion 1999, All England master 2002; Svend Pri, men's single, All England master 1975; Alfa Tofft (1911–2004), pioneering female player, founder of Aarhus Badmintonklub
The only eight athletes to win gold medals in two different sports at two different Olympic Games are Karch Kiraly from the United States, Oussama Mellouli from Tunisia, Daniel Norling from Sweden, Paul Radmilovic from Great Britain, Marianne Vos from the Netherlands, Bradley Wiggins from Great Britain, Walter Winans from the United States and ...
The host city for an Olympic Games had historically been chosen seven to eight years ahead of their celebration. Beginning with the 2024 and 2028 Olympics selection process in 2017, the IOC has proceeded to announce the winning bid with a longer lead-in time in order to provide time for the winning cities/regions to prepare.
Danish mountain bikers qualified for three quota places (one men's and two women's) into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's thirteenth-place-finish for men and fourteenth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021. The mountain biking squad was named to the Olympic roster on 27 May 2021. [61]
Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics; IOC code: DEN: NOC: National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark: Website: www.dif.dk (in Danish and English) in Paris, France 26 July 2024 () – 11 August 2024 () Competitors: 123 (56 men and 67 women) in 20 sports: Flag bearer (opening) Niklas Landin Jacobsen & Anne-Marie Rindom