Jonas Høgh-Christensen
Appearance
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||
Born | 21 May 1981 Copenhagen, Denmark | (age 43)||||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
Class(es) | Finn, ILCA 7, Europe | ||||||||||||||
Club | Royal Danish Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jonas Høgh-Christensen (born 21 May 1981) is a Danish sailor,[1] winner of the Finn Gold Cup in 2009.[2] He has represented Denmark in the Finn class at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics at which he won the silver medal, narrowly missing out on the gold to British sailor Sir Ben Ainslie, who that day became the first person to win medals in five different Olympic Games in sailing, surpassing Danish Sailor Paul Elvstrøm who won four gold medals (but no silver).
References
[edit]- ^ "Jonas Høgh-Christensen". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "Jonas Høgh-Christensen". Sailing.org. ISAF World Sailing. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
External links
[edit]- Jonas Høgh-Christensen at World Sailing
- Jonas Høgh-Christensen at Olympics.com
- Jonas Høgh-Christensen at Olympedia
Categories:
- Danish male sailors (sport)
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Olympic sailors for Denmark
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Olympic silver medalists for Denmark
- Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Finn
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Finn
- Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Finn
- Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Finn class world champions
- World champions in sailing for Denmark
- Royal Danish Yacht Club sailors
- Sailors (sport) from Copenhagen
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen
- Danish yacht racing biography stubs