Bjarne Eltang (27 July 1960 – 17 January 2023)[1] was a Danish rower.
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's rowing | ||
Representing  Denmark
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| World Rowing Championships | ||
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1983 Duisburg | LM1x |
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1984 Montreal | LM1x |
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1986 Nottingham | LM1x |
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1981 Munich | LM2x |
Biography
editHe was born in Odense. Eltang won the world rowing championships in the lightweight single in 1983 and 1984. In 1986, Eltang won the Diamond Challenge Sculls (the premier singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for the Danske Stud RK[2] and defeating Steve Redgrave in the final.
Later that year Eltang lost by 0.02 seconds to Peter Antonie of Australia in the world championships lightweight singles final, taking Silver.[3] At the 1988 Summer Olympics Eltang qualified for the open men's double sculls final, with Per Rasmussen, but did not medal.[3]
References
edit- ^ Bjarne Eltang's obituary (in Danish)
- ^ "Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Bjarne Eltang". [World Rowing]. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- Bjarne Eltang at World Rowing
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bjarne Eltang". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
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