Jørgen Jørgensen (cyclist)

Jørgen Jørgensen (April 1936 – January 2016[1]) was a Danish former cyclist. He competed in the 100 km cycling team time trial at the 1960 Summer Olympics as a member of the four-man Danish team alongside Knud Enemark Jensen, Niels Baunsøe, and Vagn Bangsborg.[2] The event was held on 26 August 1960 at the Viale Cristoforo Colombo in Rome, and the temperatures during the race reached 42 °C (108 °F).[3] He dropped out of the race during the first lap due to heat stroke.[4]

Jørgen Jørgensen
Jørgen Jørgensen, c. 1960
Personal information
Full nameJørgen Breiholt Jørgensen
NicknameBendy
Born(1936-04-01)1 April 1936
Copenhagen, Denmark
DiedJanuary 2016(2016-01-00) (aged 79)
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Professional team
CC Gladsaxe

Athletic career

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The following are Jørgensen's results:[5]

1957

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Date Country Race Position Distance
10-09-1957   SWE Sex-Dagars 1957 "Ronde van Zweden" 2 175 km

1958

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Date Country Race Position Distance
10-08-1958   DEN Nationalt mesterskab "National Championship" 12 173.6 km

1959

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Date Country Race Position Distance
08-03-1959   DEN Nationalt mesterskab "National Championship" 3 168 km
02-05-1959   DDR Závod Míru 1959 "Peace Race" Stage 1 † 9 119 km

†: The athlete is not listed as having competed in any stages other than the 1st stage of the 1959 peace race, and is not listed amongst the finishers of the entire race.[6]

1960

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Date Country Race Position Distance
03-05-1960   CZE

  SVK

Závod Míru 1960 "Peace Race" Stage 2 † 6 145 km
10-05-1960   POL Závod Míru 1960 "Peace Race" Stage 8 † 10 117 km
15-05-1960   DDR Závod Míru 1960 "Peace Race" Stage 12 † 10 40 km
16-05-1960   CZE

  SVK

  POL

  DDR

Závod Míru 1960 "Peace Race" Overall Standings † 28 2295 km
26-08-1960   ITA Olympic Men's 1960 Team time trial DNF 100 km
22-10-1959   DEN Odense 1960 Fyen Rundt 3 225 km

†: The athlete is only listed in some stages of the 1960 peace race, but was given a final standing and therefore likely participated in the other stages.

References

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  1. ^ "'Sovsen' er død | Feltet.dk ('Sovsen' is dead)" (in Danish). m.feltet.dk. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Jørgen Jørgensen Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Knud Enemark Jensen Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 18 April 2020. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ Maraniss, David (July 2008). Rome 1960: the Olympics That Changed the World (First Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.). New York. pp. 110–113. ISBN 978-1-4165-3407-5. OCLC 214066042.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Archives, Cycling. "Jørgen Bendy Jørgensen". www.cykelsiderne.net. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  6. ^ Archives, Cycling. "Závod Míru 1959". www.cykelsiderne.net. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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