Morten Jørgensen (born 23 June 1985 in

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) is a Danish former

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rower. He won a gold medal at the

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in Lightweight coxless fours together with Thomas Ebert, Eskild Ebbesen, and Mads Andersen. Morten Jørgensen was a substitute for the crew, the Gold Four, going into the

. One and a half months before the event he substituted for Bo Helleberg who was injured. In the initial heat, the Danish boat broke the Olympic record, only to beat it again in the semifinal. The Danish team went on to win the gold medal, beating the Polish beat by more than 1.5 seconds. The year after he won World Championship silver medals with the same boat. Four years later at the

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, Jørgensen was again part of the Danish lightweight men's four team, together with Kasper Winther Jørgensen, Jacob Barsøe and the Veteran Eskild Ebbesen, but this time they could only finish third, winning the bronze medal behind South Africa and Great Britain. The following two years he was two times European Champion and two times world champion. In 2015 he was injured, but made a comeback in 2016 and participated in third Olympics in

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. The team this time was Kasper Winther Jørgensen, Jacob Barsøe og Jacob Larsen, with whom he won silver medals behind Switzerland. He retired from elite rowing after the 2016 Olympics.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jorgensen, Morten 1985 births Living people Danish male rowers Olympic rowers for Denmark Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Denmark European Rowing Championships medalists People from Næstved 21st-century Danish sportsmen