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Denmark At The 1960 Summer Olympics
Denmark competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 100 competitors, 88 men and 12 women, took part in 46 events in 15 sports. Cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen died during the team time trial. Medalists Gold * Paul Elvstrøm — Sailing, men's Finn individual competition * Erik Hansen — Canoeing, men's K1 1,000 metres kayak singles Silver * Hans Fogh and Ole Erik Petersen — Sailing, Flying Dutchman * William Berntsen, Steen Christensen and Søren Hancke — Sailing, 5.5 Metre * Poul Andersen, John Danielsen, Henning Enoksen, Henry From, Bent Hansen, Poul Jensen, Flemming Nielsen, Hans Nielsen, Harald Nielsen, Poul Pedersen, Jørn Sørensen and Tommy Troelsen — Football (soccer), men's team competition Bronze * Erik Hansen, Arne Høyer, Erling Jessen and Helmuth Nyborg — Canoeing, men's K1 4x500 metres kayak relay Athletics Boxing Canoeing Cycling Eight male cyclists represented Denmark in 1960. ; Team time trial * Knud Enemark Jense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 National Olympic Committees, Denmark Denmark at the Olympics Sports governing bodies in Denmark, Olympic 1905 establishments in Denmark Sports organizations established in 1905 {{Denmark-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 1960 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics program in Naples. Seven races were scheduled. 64 sailors, on 31 boats, from 31 nations competed. Results DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified 13px = Male, 13px = Female Daily standings Conditions at Naples Of the total of three race areas were needed during the Olympics in Naples. Each of the classes was using the same scoring system. The center course was used for the Flying Dutchman. Notes References * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Flying Dutchman Flying Dutchman The ''Flying Dutchman'' ( nl, De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Du ... Flying Dutchman (dinghy) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Nielsen
Harald Ingemann Nielsen (26 October 1941 – 11 August 2015) was a Danish footballer who played as a forward. He played professionally for Italian club Bologna F.C. where he was the league top scorer (''capocannoniere'') in Bologna's 1964 Serie A championship winning season. Harald Nielsen played 14 games for the Denmark national team in 1959 and 1960, scoring 15 goals, and he was known as ''Guld-Harald'' (Gold-Harald). He was a football entrepreneur having continuously worked for the professionalization of both the Danish national team and the national league. Club career Harald Nielsen was born in Frederikshavn and started his footballing career in hometown club Frederikshavn fI, where he debuted in the second-highest Danish league in March 1959. From his position of center forward, Nielsen finished the top scorer of the league as Frederikshavn won promotion to the Danish football championship. In the top Danish league, Nielsen debuted for Frederikshavn against Boldklubben F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Nielsen (footballer)
Hans Christian Wedelsted Nielsen (10 May 1928 – 5 March 1990) was a Danish amateur association football defender. He played 25 matches for the Danish national team from May 1958 to June 1961, and won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Born in Odder, Hansen started his career at Odder IGF but would spend most of his career with nearby top-flight club Aarhus Gymnastikforening (AGF). After ending his playing career, Nielsen worked as a salesman, and was a lifelong volunteer in the AGF youth department."Navne – Fodboldspilleren – Hans Chr. Nielsen", Berlingske Tidende ''Berlingske'', previously known as ''Berlingske Tidende'' (, ''Berling's Times''), is a Danish national daily newspaper based in Copenhagen. It is considered a newspaper of record for Denmark. First published on 3 January 1749, ''Berlingske'' ..., 8 March 1990 He died on 5 March 1990 in Aarhus. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flemming Nielsen
Flemming Gert Nielsen, known simply as Flemming Nielsen, (24 February 1934 – 16 November 2018) was a Danish football player in the midfielder position, who won a silver medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He played professionally for Italian club Atalanta BC and Scottish club Morton. Born in Copenhagen, Nielsen played as an amateur for local clubs B 93 and AB. He made his debut for the amateur-only Danish national team in June 1954, and played five games and scored two goals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He played his last national team game in October 1960, having played a total 26 games and scored four goals for Denmark, before turning professional. He signed a professional contract with Italian club Atalanta BC and played three seasons in Serie A for the club. He played a total 92 games and scored eight goals for Atalanta in the Serie A, and won the 1963 Coppa Italia with the club. He then moved on Greenock Morton in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poul Jensen (footballer Born 1934)
Poul Jensen (28 March 1934 – 6 July 2022) was a Danish footballer who played 32 games for the Denmark national football team between 1959 and 1962, 21 of those as team captain. Jensen played his entire career as right back for Vejle Boldklub. In 1958, Jensen took part in one of the clubs' biggest triumphs as Vejle won the Double. The next year the triumph was followed up as Vejle Boldklub went on to win the title once again, with Jensen selected as captain. He played 202 games league games and scored three league goals for Vejle, and played a total 259 games and scored five goals in all competitions for the club. Jensen made his debut for Denmark in 1959 in a game against Iceland and went on to play thirty-two matches, captaining the team in twenty-one of them. In the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Jensen was part of the Danish team who reached the Final, picking up a silver medal as they lost to Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bent Hansen (footballer)
Bent Hansen (13 September 1933 in Copenhagen – 8 March 2001) was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player who won a silver medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He played a total of 58 national team matches from 1958 to 1965, in which he scored a single goal. On the club level, Bent Hansen played his entire senior career with Copenhagen club B 1903. Hansen was a player of great stamina and positional sense with good technique, and his game was riskless without surprise or use of trickery, but also without mistakes. He made his debut for the senior Danish national team in a friendly match against the West Germany national football team on 24 September 1958. On 23 September 1959 Hansen scored his only international goal, as Denmark drew the Czechoslovakia national football team 2-2 in a qualification game for the 1960 European Nations' Cup. At the 1960 Olympics, he played in the position of right halfback on the Danish team, often lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry From
Henry Petersen From (1 June 1926 – 31 August 1990) was a Danish association football goalkeeper. He played 31 games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He spent his entire club career at AGF Aarhus, with whom he won four Danish football championships and four Danish Cups. Biography Born in Aarhus, From started playing football with Aarhus Gymnastik Forening (AGF). He was a reserve goalkeeper at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but did not play there. From was a stalwart goalkeeper in the AGF team which won the Danish championship three years in a row, from 1955 to 1957, as well as the 1955 and 1957 Danish Cup trophies. He made his Danish national team debut in May 1957, and quickly established himself as Denmark's leading goalkeeper. From was the starting goalkeeper as Denmark won silver medals at the 1960 Olympic football tournament. In the semi-finals against Hungary, Denmark were leading 1–0 when Hungary were awarded a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henning Enoksen
Henning Enoksen (26 September 1935 – 25 September 2016) was a Danish footballer, who most prominently won a silver medal with the Denmark national team at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He played a total of 54 national team games and scored 29 goals from 1958 to 1966, and also played for the Denmark U21 national team. Among other clubs, he played for Vejle Boldklub and AGF Aarhus in Denmark. Honours Vejle BK * Danish 1st Division: 1958 * Danish Cup: 1957–58, 1958–59 Aarhus GF * Danish Cup: 1964–65 Individual * Danish 1st Division topscorer: 1958, 1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ..., 1966 References External links * Vejle Boldklub profile 1935 births 2016 deaths Danish men's footballers Association football forwards Denmark under-21 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Danielsen
John Danielsen (born 13 July 1939) is a Danish former footballer who played as a midfielder. During his club career he played for Boldklubben 1909. He earned 27 caps for the Denmark national team, won a silver medal in football at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and was in the finals squad for the 1964 European Nations' Cup. He played for 1909 from Odense in Denmark. He was transferred to the German club Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are best known for the ..., later returning to play for B 1909 again at the end of his career in the early 1970s. References External links * 1939 births Living people Footballers from Odense Danish men's footballers Association football midfielders Denmark international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Den ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poul Andersen (footballer, Born 1930)
Poul Andersen (2 January 1930 – 30 December 1995) was a Danish footballer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References 1930 births 1995 deaths Men's association football defenders Danish men's footballers Olympic footballers for Denmark Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Skovshoved IF players {{Denmark-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 1960 Summer Olympics – 5
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation. From prehistory until the second half of the 19th century, sailing craft were the primary means of maritime trade and transportation; exploration across the seas and oceans was reliant on sail for anything other than the shortest distances. Naval power in this period used sail to varying degrees depending on the current technology, culminating in the gun-armed sailing warships of the Age of Sail. Sail was slowly replaced by steam as the method of propulsion for ships over the latter part of the 19th century – seeing a gradual improvement in the technology of steam through a number of stepwise developments. Steam allowed scheduled services that ran at higher average speeds than sailin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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