Roskilde Roklub (
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: Roskilde Rowing Club) is a rowing club based in
Roskilde
Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...
,
Denmark
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. Its home water is
Roskilde Fjord
Roskilde Fjord is the fjord north of Roskilde, Denmark. It is a long branch of the Isefjord.
Cities
The cities Frederiksværk, Frederikssund, Jægerspris, Jyllinge and Roskilde (including Himmelev), (home to the famous Roskilde Festival), all ...
.
History
The club was founded in 1890.
International performances
Carl-Ebbe Andersen,
Tage Henriksen, and
Finn Pedersen
Finn Pedersen (30 July 1925 – 14 January 2012) was a Danish rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Roskilde
Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zeal ...
won gold in Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs at the
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
.
Thomas Ebert won a bronze medal in
Men's lightweight coxless four at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
in Sydney and gold at the
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and
2008 Summer Olympics.
Kasper Winther Jørgensen and
Jacob Barsøe participated at the
2012 Summer Olympics Men's lightweight coxless four and won gold in at the
2013 World Rowing Championships
The 2013 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 25 August to 1 September 2013 at Tangeum Lake, Chungju in South Korea. The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the International Rowin ...
and again at the
2014 World Rowing Championships
The 2014 World Rowing Championships were the 44th edition of the World Rowing Championships and were held from 24 to 31 August 2014 at Bosbaan, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the second occasion on which the event had been held in Amsterdam, or ...
in Amsterdam.
See also
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Københavns Roklub
References
External links
Official website
Rowing clubs in Denmark
Sport in Roskilde
Sports clubs established in 1890
1890 establishments in Denmark
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