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Danish Sports Name Of The Year
The Sports Name of the Year ( da, Årets Sportsnavn) is an annual award presented to the Danish sportsperson or team judged to have delivered the best performance of the year. The award was inaugurated in 1991 and is awarded jointly by the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (''Danmarks Idrætsforbund'', ''DIF'') and Team Danmark; prior to 2019, DIF presented the award with the newspaper ''Jyllands-Posten''. In addition to the award the winner is granted a monetary prize, which as of 2019 stands at 75,000 Danish kroner. The Danish women's national handball team have won the award three times, the most of any team or individual. Seven individuals (Mette Jacobsen, Eskild Ebbesen, Thomas Ebert, Tom Kristensen, Caroline Wozniacki, Lasse Norman Hansen and Viktor Axelsen) have won the award twice. The most recent winner is Jonas Vingegaard who was awarded the prize for 2022 in January 2023. He won the 2022 Tour de France The 2022 Tour de France was the 109t ...
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National Olympic Committee And Sports Confederation Of Denmark
The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark ( da, Danmarks Idrætsforbund, ''DIF'') is the National Olympic Committee representing Denmark. List of presidents The following is a list of presidents since its creation in 1905. Member federations The Danish National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 32 Olympic Summer and 4 Winter Sport Federations in Denmark. See also *Denmark at the Olympics References External links Official website
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Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie '' Deep Impact'' * Tom Buchanan, the main antagonist from the 1925 novel ''The Great Gatsby'' * Tom Cat, a character from the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons * Tom Lucitor, a character from the American animated series ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' * Tom Natsworthy, from the science fantasy novel ''Mortal Engines'' * Tom Nook, a character in ''Animal Crossing'' video game series * Tom Servo, a robot character from the ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' television series * Tom Sloane, a non-adult character from the animated sitcom ''Daria'' * Talking Tom, the protagonist from the ''Talking Tom & Friends'' franchise * Tom, a character from the '' Deltora Quest'' books by Emily Rodda * Tom, a char ...
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Christian Frederiksen
Christian Frederiksen (born 31 January 1965) is a Danish-Norwegian sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992. Frederiksen moved from Denmark to Norway after the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He found better success at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with eight medals. This includes six golds (C-2 1000 m: 1989, 1993; C-2 10000 m: 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993), one silver (C-2 500 m: 1993), and one bronze (C-2 10000 m: 1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...). References * * * 1965 births Living people Danish male canoeists Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the ...
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Arne Nielsson
Arne Nielsson. Arne Nielsson (born May 11, 1962) is a Danish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992. Nielsson also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with six golds (C-2 1000 m: 1989, 1993; C-2 10000 m: 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993), one silver (C-2 500 m: 1993), and one bronze (C-2 10000 m: 1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...). Since his retirement from elite sports, Arne Nielsson has worked as a professional coach and he has been writing several books about cognitive coaching and mental training with hint to sportspeople as well as business people. References * * * 1962 births Canoeist ...
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Denmark National Football Team
The Denmark men's national football team ( da, Danmarks herre-fodboldlandshold or ''herrelandsholdet'') represents Denmark in men's international football competitions. It is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU), the governing body for the football clubs which are organised under DBU. Denmark's home stadium is Parken Stadium in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen; their head coach is Kasper Hjulmand. Denmark were the winners of the Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games and silver medalists at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. However, as amateurs who prohibited their internationals from becoming professionals at foreign clubs, Denmark did not qualify for the FIFA World Cup until 1986, although they won another Olympic silver in 1960. Denmark has remained competitive in international tournaments. Triumph in the 1992 European Championship in Sweden marked the team's most prominent victory, defeating defending champions the Netherlands in the semi-final and world c ...
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Sailing (sport)
The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records. Racing formats include both closed courses and point-to-point contests; they may be in sheltered waters, coast-wise or on the open ocean. Most competitions are held within defined classes or ratings that either entail one type of sailing craft to ensure a contest primarily of skill or rating the sailing craft to create classifications or handicaps. On water, a sailing competition among multiple vessels is a regatta, which usually consists of multiple individual races, where the boat crew that performs best in over the series of races is the overall winner. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing from large yacht to ...
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Steen Secher
Steen Klaaborg Secher (born 9 April 1959 in Torsted, Horsens, Midtjylland) is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion. He received a bronze medal in the Soling Class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci .... References External links * * * 1959 births Living people Danish male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors of Denmark Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in sailing H-boat class sailors European Champions Soling People from Horsens Municipality Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze ...
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Jesper Seier
Jesper Seier (born 21 September 1965) is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the Soling Class at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, together with Jesper Bank and Steen Secher Steen Klaaborg Secher (born 9 April 1959 in Torsted, Horsens, Midtjylland) is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion. He received a bronze medal in the Soling Class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summ .... References External links * 1965 births Living people Danish male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors of Denmark Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in sailing European Champions Soling {{Denmark-yachtracing-bio-stub Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics ...
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Jesper Bank
Jesper Bank (born 6 April 1957 in Fredericia) is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion. He received a bronze medal in the '' Soling Class'' at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and again at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. This makes Jesper Bank among the most winning regatta and match-race sailors seen. Between 1978 (nationally) relatively 1987 (internationally) and 2000 achieved he to be: * Twice Olympic champion and additional one time bronze medallist. * 8 times World Champion and additional 5 times medallist. * 3 times European Champion and additional 3 times medallist. * Scandinavian Champion and additional two times bronze medallist. * 9 times national Danish Champion and additional a single Bronze medal. The international and some national results though as skipper in 3-crew boat classes. He sailed for Victory Challenge in the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup and United Internet Team Germany in the 2007 Lo ...
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1992 In Sports
1992 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * Alpine Skiing World Cup * Men's overall season champion: Paul Accola, Switzerland * Women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger, Austria American football * Super Bowl XXVI – the Washington Redskins (NFC) won 37–24 over the Buffalo Bills (AFC) **Location: Metrodome **Attendance: 63,130 **MVP: Mark Rypien, QB (Washington) * Orange Bowl (1991 season): ** The Miami Hurricanes won 22-0 over the Nebraska Cornhuskers to win the AP Poll national championship *Steve Emtman is the No. 1 pick in the 1992 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts * June 25 – death of Jerome Brown (27), Philadelphia Eagles player, in a car crash * Steve Young (American football), quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, wins the 1992 NFL MVP * November 29 – Dennis Byrd of the New York Jets is paralyzed from a neck injury during a game against the Kansas City Chiefs. He made a recovery that bordered on the miraculous; althoug ...
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Swimming (sport)
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, such as te ...
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1991 In Sports
1991 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * Alpine Skiing World Cup ** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg ** Women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger, Austria American football * Super Bowl XXV – the New York Giants (NFC) won 20–19 over the Buffalo Bills (AFC) **Location: Tampa Stadium **Attendance: 73,813 **MVP: Ottis Anderson, RB (New York) * Thurman Thomas of the Buffalo Bills is named the NFL MVP * Orange Bowl (1990 season): ** The Colorado Buffaloes won 10–9 over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to win the AP Poll national championships * Desmond Howard, University of Michigan wide receiver seals the Heisman Trophy with a 93-yard punt return in Michigan's 31–3 hammering of Ohio State. * World Bowl '91: London Monarchs won 21–0 over the Barcelona Dragons in the inaugural World Bowl. * Quarterback Stan Gelbaugh of the London Monarchs is named the World League of American Football's inaugural seasons Mos ...
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