Henrik Jørgensen (athlete)
Henrik Jørgensen may refer to: * Henrik Jørgensen (runner) (1961–2019), Danish marathon runner * Henrik Jørgensen (footballer) (born 1966), Danish former footballer * Henrik Jorgensen (Paralympian) Henrik Jorgensen is a Danish Paralympic athlete and boccia player who has competed in five Paralympic Games. Career Henrik made his Paralympic debut in 1984, competing in athletics and boccia. In New York/Stoke Mandeville 1984 he wo ...

Henrik Jørgensen (runner)
Henrik Høve Jørgensen (10 October 1961 – 26 January 2019) was a Danish marathon runner, who won the London Marathon in 1988. He finished 5th in 1985 in 2:09.43 hours – this time remains the Danish national record and stood as the Nordic record for over 30 years until beaten by Sondre Nordstad Moen in 2017. Born in Herlev, Jørgensen represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1984 and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He was a two-time national champion in the men's 5000 m The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stand .... Jørgensen competed for Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA until 1982, returning to Denmark later that year. . Jørgensen died on Bornholm in January 2019 aged 57, from a heart attack during a training run Da ...
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Henrik Jørgensen (footballer)
Henrik Jørgensen is a Danish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently goalkeeping coach at Vejle Boldklub. Jørgensen spent the first few years of his career in his native Denmark, playing for sides such as Boldklubben 1909, AGF and Viborg FF. Jørgensen moved to Scottish side Dundee United at the start of the 1994-95 season, joining the Scottish Cup winners as replacement for Guido van de Kamp. In his first game, Jorgensen conceded five goals and although he featured in the following Scottish League Cup match, keeping a clean sheet, his only other first-team appearance was as a substitute. His transfer to United from Viborg was brought into question some months later when it was reported that the transfer was the centre of ' bung' allegations, with United denying the earlier sacking of manager Ivan Golac was related to the incident. Several months later, the Scottish FA announced it would ask the Danish FA for information regarding the transfer. ...
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