Henrik Høve Jørgensen (10 October 1961 – 26 January 2019) was a Danish marathon

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, who won the

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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

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in 2017. Born in Herlev, Jørgensen represented his native country in the men's marathon at the

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and the

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. He was a two-time national champion in the men's 5000 m. Jørgensen competed for

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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 Danish distance runner Anna Holm Baumeister is Jørgensen's daughter.

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