Jørgen Bojsen-Møller (born 17 April 1954 in Stege,

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

) 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 competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

in Seoul and won a gold medal in the

Flying Dutchman The ''Flying Dutchman'' () is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever. The myths and ghost stories are likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India C ...

class, together with Christian Grønborg. At the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

in Barcelona he received a bronze medal in the Flying Dutchman, together with his cousin Jens Bojsen-Møller.

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* * * 1954 births Living people Danish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Denmark Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Flying Dutchman class world champions World champions in sailing for Denmark 20th-century Danish sportsmen People from Møn {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub