Thor Nielsen
Danish sprint and marathon canoeist (born 1959)
Medal record | ||
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Representing Denmark | ||
Men's canoe sprint | ||
Canoe Sprint World Championships | ||
1993 Copenhagen | K-1 10000 m | |
1994 Mexico City | K-2 1000 m | |
1987 Duisburg | K-2 10000 m | |
1993 Copenhagen | K-1 1000 m | |
1985 Mechelen | K-4 10000 m | |
Men's canoe marathon | ||
Canoe Marathon World Championships | ||
1988 Nottingham | K-2 marathon | |
1990 Copenhagen | K-2 marathon | |
1998 Cape Town | K-1 marathon |
Thor Nielsen (born 11 July 1959) is a Danish sprint and marathon canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-1 10000 m: 1993, K-2 1000 m: 1994), two silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1993, K-2 10000 m: 1987), and a bronze (K-4 10000 m: 1985).
Nielsen also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth twice (K-2 500 m: 1992, K-2 1000 m: 1996).
Nielsen is currently working as the national coach of Denmark
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thor Nielsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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- 1938: Karl Widmark (SWE)
- 1938: (folding) Arne Bogren (SWE)
- 1950: Thorvald Stromberg (FIN)
- 1954: Ferenc Hatlaczky (HUN)
- 1958: Thorvald Stromberg (FIN)
- 1963: Fritz Briel (GER)
- 1966: Mihály Hesz (HUN)
- 1970: Viktor Tsaryov (URS)
- 1971: Viktor Tsaryov (URS)
- 1973: Aleksandr Shaparenko (URS)
- 1974: Oreste Perri (ITA)
- 1975: Oreste Perri (ITA)
- 1977: Oreste Perri (ITA)
- 1978: Milan Janić (YUG)
- 1979: Milan Janić (YUG)
- 1981: Einar Rasmussen (NOR)
- 1982: Milan Janić (YUG)
- 1983: Einar Rasmussen (NOR)
- 1985: Greg Barton (USA)
- 1986: Ferenc Csipes (HUN)
- 1987: Greg Barton (USA)
- 1989: Attila Szabó (TCH)
- 1990: Philippe Boccara (FRA)
- 1991: Greg Barton (USA)
- 1993: Thor Nielsen (DEN)