Jonas Høgh-Christensen
Danish sailor
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Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||
Born | 21 May 1981 (1981-05-21) (age 43) Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||||||||||
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
- ^ "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
- Jonas Høgh-Christensen at World Sailing
- Jonas Høgh-Christensen at Olympics.com
- Jonas Høgh-Christensen at Olympedia
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- 1956: André Nelis
- 1957: Jürgen Vogler
- 1958: Paul Elvstrøm
- 1959: Paul Elvstrøm
- 1960: Vernon Stratton
- 1961: André Nelis
- 1962: Arne Åkerson
- 1963: Wilhelm Kuhweide
- 1964: Hubert Raudaschl
- 1965: Jürgen Mier
- 1966: Wilhelm Kuhweide
- 1967: Wilhelm Kuhweide
- 1968: Henning Wind
- 1969: Thomas Lundqvist
- 1970: Jörg Bruder
- 1971: Jörg Bruder
- 1972: Jörg Bruder
- 1973: Serge Maury
- 1974: Henry Spraque
- 1975: Magnus Olin
- 1976: Chris Law
- 1977: Joaquín Blanco
- 1978: John Bertrand
- 1979: Cameron Lewis
- 1980: Cameron Lewis
- 1981: Wolfgang Gerz
- 1982: Lasse Hjortnæs
- 1983: Paul van Cleve
- 1984: Lasse Hjortnæs
- 1985: Lasse Hjortnæs
- 1986: Stig Westergaard
- 1987: José Luis Doreste
- 1988: Thomas Schmid
- 1989: Stig Westergaard
- 1990: Hank Lammens
- 1991: Hank Lammens
- 1992: Eric Mergenthaler
- 1993: Philippe Presti
- 1994: Fredrik Lööf
- 1995: Hans Spitzauer
- 1996: Philippe Presti
- 1997: Fredrik Lööf
- 1998: Mateusz Kusznierewicz
- 1999: Fredrik Lööf
- 2000: Mateusz Kusznierewicz
- 2001: Sébastien Godefroid
- 2002: Ben Ainslie
- 2003: Ben Ainslie
- 2004: Ben Ainslie
- 2005: Ben Ainslie
- 2006: Jonas Høgh-Christensen
- 2007: Rafael Trujillo
- 2008: Ben Ainslie
- 2009: Jonas Høgh-Christensen
- 2010: Edward Wright
- 2011: Giles Scott
- 2012: Ben Ainslie
- 2013: Jorge Zarif
- 2014: Giles Scott
- 2015: Giles Scott
- 2016: Giles Scott
- 2017: Max Salminen
- 2018: Zsombor Berecz
- 2019: Josh Junior
- 2020: cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2021: Andy Maloney
- 2022: Pieter-Jan Postma
- 2023: Edward Wright
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