Bjarne Eltang (27 July 1960 – 17 January 2023)Bjarne Eltang's obituary
was a Danish rower.

Biography

He was born in Odense. Eltang won the world rowing championships in the lightweight single in 1983 and 1984. In 1986, Eltang won the Diamond Challenge Sculls (the premier singles sculls event) at the

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, rowing for the Danske Stud RK and defeating

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in the final. Later that year Eltang lost by 0.02 seconds to

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of Australia in the world championships lightweight singles final, taking Silver. At the

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Eltang qualified for the open men's double sculls final, with Per Rasmussen, but did not medal.

References

* * 1960 births 2023 deaths Danish male rowers Sportspeople from Odense Rowers from the Region of Southern Denmark Olympic rowers for Denmark Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Denmark {{Denmark-rowing-bio-stub