Jacob Jepsen Barsøe (born 21 September 1988) is a Danish

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who won a silver medal at the

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and bronze medal at the

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, both in the men's lightweight sculls.

Personal life

Barsøe was born on 21 September 1988 in

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality (''Municipalities of De ...

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, Denmark. He studied at the

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Rowing

In 2011, he was selected for the Danish lightweight fours crew alongside

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gold medalists

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and

Morten Jørgensen Morten Jørgensen (born 23 June 1985 in Næstved, Denmark) is a Danish former lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Lightweight coxless fours together with Thomas Ebert, Eskild Ebbesen, and Mads And ...

, as well as

Kasper Winther Jørgensen Kasper Winther Jørgensen (born 21 March 1985, in Copenhagen) is a Danish rower. He competed in the lightweight coxless four at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad a ...

. At the

held in

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, United Kingdom, Barsøe represented

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in the men's lightweight coxless four event, alongside Ebbesen, Morten Jørgensen and Kasper Winther Jørgensen. In the first round the Danish crew finished third in their heat, behind Switzerland and South Africa, in a time of five minutes 55.64 seconds to qualify for the semifinals. They won their semifinal in a time of six minutes 3.53 seconds to reach the event final. In the final the Danish quartet led after 500 metres but were eventually beaten by both South Africa and Great Britain to finish in third place and win the bronze medal, with under half a second separating the first three boats. In 2013, he was part of the Danish crew that won the gold medal in the lightweight coxless fours at the

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in South Korea. Barsøe, Morten Jørgensen, Jacob Larsen and Kasper Winther Jørgensen won the gold medal in a time of five minutes 55.68 seconds to finish ahead of silver medalists New Zealand and bronze medalists Great Britain. The same four rowers successfully defended the coxless fours title at the

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held at

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, Netherlands. They set a world record time of five minutes 43.16 seconds in the semifinals before winning the final in a time of five minutes 47.15 seconds to again finish ahead of silver medalists New Zealand and bronze medalists Great Britain. At the 2014 European Championships held in

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, Serbia, the quartet again won a gold medal, finishing ahead of Great Britain and France in the final, with a time of six minutes 8.81 seconds. As a result of their two gold medals and world record time the team were nominated for the 2014 World Rowing Male Crew of the Year award, which was eventually won by New Zealanders

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and Eric Murray. At the

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held at

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, Aiguebelette, France, Barsøe teamed up with Larsen, Kasper Winther Jørgensen and Jens Vilhelmsen to win the silver medal in the lightweight coxless fours behind gold medalists Switzerland. At the

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held in

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, the Danish quartet featuring Jacob Barsøe, Morten Jørgensen, Jacob Søgaard and Kasper Winther Jørgensen were forced to compete in the heavyweight fours rather than their usual lightweight competition as Morten Jørgensen was over the weight requirement after missing the 2015 season due to illness. They finished last in their heat, but then went on to qualify for the final from the

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and eventually finished sixth overall. Barsøe, Kasper Winther Jørgensen, Morten Jørgensen and Jacob Søgaard have been selected to compete for

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, being held in

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, Brazil, in the men's lightweight coxless four event. The team won the silver medal, finishing more than a second behind the winning Swiss team.

References

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