Henrik Blakskjær (born 8 July 1971) is a Danish

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the

Soling class The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the 1972 Olympics until the 2000 Olympics as " Open three-person keelboat". Besides the Olympic career of the Soling the boat is u ...

at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

, together with

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 Thomas Jacobsen.

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* 1971 births Living people Danish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Denmark Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Soling Soling class sailors {{Denmark-yachtracing-bio-stub Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people)