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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]
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.
nb1 Marion Jones was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2000. nb2 Crystal Cox was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2004. nb3 Dominique Blake was accidentally given her Olympic medal and she returned it in 2017. [8] a Original silver medalists, Russia, and 4th place finishers, Belarus, were stripped of their results for doping offenses. Following ...
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.
Last year saw a transgender woman from Portugal place in the top 20. Months before the 2023 competition, 22-year-old Rikkie Valerie Kolle became the first transgender Miss Netherlands.
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 ...
The Denmark women's national football team (Danish: Danmarks kvindefodboldlandshold) represents Denmark and Greenland in international women's football.The team is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, the Algarve Cup, and ...