Morten Jørgensen
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's rowing | ||
Representing  Denmark
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | LM4− |
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2016 Rio de Janeiro | LM4− |
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2012 London | LM4− |
| World Championships | ||
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2013 Chungju | LM4− |
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2014 Amsterdam | LM4− |
| European Championships | ||
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2014 Belgrade | LM4− |
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 Andersen.[1]
Morten Jørgensen was a substitute for the crew, the Gold Four, going into the 2008 Summer Olympics. One and a half months before the event he substituted for Bo Helleberg who was injured.[2] 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 2012 Summer Olympics, Jørgensen was again part of the Danish lightweight men's four team, together with Kasper Winther Jørgensen, Jacob Barsøe and the Veteran Eskild Ebbesen,[3] but this time they could only finish third, winning the bronze medal behind South Africa and Great Britain.[1]
The following two years he was two times European Champion and two times world champion. In 2015 he was injured,[4] but made a comeback in 2016 and participated in third Olympics in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. The team this time was Kasper Winther Jørgensen, Jacob Barsøe og Jacob Larsen, with whom he won silver medals behind Switzerland.[5][6]
He retired from elite rowing after the 2016 Olympics.[4][7]
References
- ^ a b "Morten Jørgensen Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "Morten Joergensen". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ Hansen, Troels Trads (7 June 2012). "Yderligere 42 danskere udtaget til OL" [Additional 42 Danes ready for the Olympics]. dr.dk (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ a b Nielsen, Ronni Burkal (11 August 2016). "Tårerne trillede da sølvmedaljen kom om halsen: Guldfirer-roer har været to år i helvede". tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men". olympedia.org. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Rowing Lughtweight Men's Four - Finals". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Dencher, Lukas Seier; Hansen, Jørgen (3 August 2016). "Guldfirer-roer siger stop: Den sværeste beslutning i mit liv" [Gold Four rower retires: Most difficult decision in my life]. dr.dk (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
