Niels Markussen
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| Full name | Niels Peter Markussen | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 September 1934 Helsingør, Denmark | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 July 2008 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Class | Dragon | ||||||||||||||
| Club |  Royal Danish Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Niels Peter Markussen (6 September 1934 – 11 July 2008)[1][2] was a Danish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist.[3] He won a silver medal in the Dragon class at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Paul Lindemark Jørgensen and Aage Birch.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Niels Markussen's obituary". afdoede.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 December 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "Niels Peter Markussen | Dødsannoncer i Danmark" [Niels Peter Markussen | Death notices in Denmark]. afdoede.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Niels Markussen". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Niels Markussen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
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- 1934 births
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- Olympic sailors for Denmark
- Olympic silver medalists for Denmark
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Royal Danish Yacht Club sailors
- Sportspeople from Helsingør
- Sailors (sport) from the Capital Region of Denmark
- Danish Olympic medalist stubs
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