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This is a list of people from
Denmark notable for their involvement in
sports or
athletics .
Badminton
Morten Frost , men's single,
All England master 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1987
Peter Gade , men's single, All England master 1999
Lene Køppen , women's single,
World champion 1977,
All England master 1979
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen , men's single,
1996 Olympic gold
Camilla Martin , women's single,
World champion 1999,
All England master 2002
Svend Pri , men's single, All England master 1975
Alfa Tofft (1911–2004), pioneering female player, founder of Aarhus Badmintonklub
Basketball
Bicycle racing
Kim Andersen ,
road bicycle racing
Thorvald Ellegaard ,
track cycling , six-fold world professional champion in sprint
Niels Fredborg , track cycling, Olympic gold medalist 1972
Lasse Norman Hansen , track cycling, Olympic gold medalist 2012
Michael Rasmussen , road bicycle racing,
King of the Mountains in the
2005 and
2006
Tour de France
Bjarne Riis , road bicycle racing,
Tour de France winner 1996
Ole Ritter , road bicycle racing, two silver medals at the world championship
Jesper Skibby , road bicycle racing
Rolf Sørensen , road bicycle racing, Olympic silver medalist 1996
Jakob Fuglsang
Michael Valgren
Jonas Vingegaard , road bicycle racing,
Tour de France winner 2022
Boxing
Cricket
Fencing
Ivan Osiier , épée, foil, and sabre fencer, Olympic silver (épée), 25-time Danish champion
Ellen Osiier (1890–1962), Olympic fencing foil champion
Daniel Agger , defender,
Brøndby IF 2004–2006, 2014–present;
Liverpool F.C. 2006–2014
Mads Hamberg Andersen
Preben Arentoft ,
Greenock Morton ,
Newcastle United F.C. ,
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Martin Arlofelt , defender
Frank Arnesen
Lars Bastrup
Nicklas Bendtner ,
Arsenal F.C. 2006–2014;
VfL Wolfsburg , 2014-present
Kresten Bjerre
Per Bjerregaard
Harald Bohr (1887–1951), Olympic silver medalist and mathematician; brother of
Niels Bohr
Tonny Brogaard , goalkeeper
Charles Buchwald , Olympic two-time silver medalist
Henrik Bundgaard , goalkeeper
Frederik Christensen
Nick Christensen , forward
Tochi Chukwuani
Sebastian Denius
Preben Elkjær
Christian Eriksen
Martin Fisch
Dalibor Gotovac , defender
Thomas Gravesen
Jacob Gregersen
Jesper Grønkjær
Morten Hamm
John Hansen (born 1924)
Johnny Hansen (born 1943)
Karl Aage Hansen
Ronni Hansen , midfielder
Thomas Helveg
Casper Hyltoft
Henning Jensen
John Jensen
Martin Jørgensen
Pauli Jørgensen
Gökcan Kaya
Simon Kjær
Kasper Køhlert
Nicolaj Køhlert
Brian Laudrup , forward,
Rangers F.C. 1994–1998;
Euro 92
Finn Laudrup
Michael Laudrup ,
Juventus FC 1985–1989;
FC Barcelona 1989–1994
Martin Laursen
Søren Lerby
Marianne Løvendorf , defender
Knud Lundberg
Ole Madsen
Nils Middelboe
Kim Milton Nielsen referee
Klaus Moesgaard
Jan Mølby , player and manager
Richard Møller Nielsen
Allan Nielsen
Harald Nielsen
Casper Olesen
Jesper Olsen
Lars Olsen
Morten Olsen , player and coach
Flemming Østergaard
Gitte Pedersen
Christian Poulsen
Roald Poulsen
Flemming Povlsen
Carl Aage Præst
Erik Rasmussen
Thomas Rohde
Dennis Rommedahl
Per Røntved
Ebbe Sand
Kasper Schmeichel
Peter Schmeichel , goalkeeper,
Manchester United 1991–1999;
Euro 92 ,
CL98/99
Rang Shawkat , defender
Allan Simonsen , 1977
European Footballer of the Year
Emilio Simonsen
Ebbe Skovdahl , manager, most notable for popularity at Aberdeen football club
Jørgen Leschly Sørensen
Thomas Sørensen , goalkeeper,
Stoke City
Jon Dahl Tomasson , forward,
A.C. Milan 2003–2005,
VfB Stuttgart 2005–,
UEFA Cup 2002
Stig Tøfting
Simon Trier
Kim Vilfort
Michael Zacho
Handball
Lars Agersted , right winger
Anja Andersen ,
handball player;
1996 Olympic gold
Anders Christensen , right winger
Morten Stig Christensen , handball player turned TV host
Mikael Fruelund , right back
Kristian Gjessing , left back
Simon Hammer , left winger
Michael Sahl Hansen , playmaker and line player
Mikkel Hansen , left back
Anne Hykkelbjerg , line player
Claus Kjeldgaard , centre back
Simon Krogh , playmaker
Sascha Juul , left winger
Pelle Larsen , line player
Nikoline Nielsen , left back
Stefan Nielsen , left winger
Jesper Storm , line player
Ice hockey
Motorsports
Automobile racing
Michael Christensen ,
Porscheworks driver
Casper Elgaard ,
24 Hours of Le Mans driver
Nicolas Kiesa ,
Formula One driver
Tom Kristensen , only driver to win
24 Hours of Le Mans nine times (
1997 ,
2000 ,
2001 ,
2002 ,
2003 ,
2004 ,
2005 ,
2008 ,
2013 )
Jan Magnussen ,
Formula One driver
Kevin Magnussen , Formula One driver
Motorcycle speedway
Hans Andersen
Kenneth Bjerre
Erik Gundersen , three-time
Speedway World Champion (
1984 ,
1985 ,
1988 )
Hans Nielsen , four-time World Champion (
1986 ,
1987 ,
1989 ,
1995 ); won the inaugural
Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995
Ole Olsen , three-time World Champion (
1971 ,
1975 ,
1978 ); first Dane to win the Speedway World Championship
Bjarne Pedersen
Jan O. Pedersen ,
1991 Speedway World Champion
Nicki Pedersen , two-time World Champion (
2007 ,
2008 )
Jonas Raun
Rowing and sailing
Tennis
Wrestling
Other
Morten Andersen ,
American football , 2nd most points and field goals ever in the
NFL
Peter Eastgate ,
World Series of Poker main event champion
Rune Glifberg , professional skateboarder
Helle Gotved (1912–2006), developed a new approach to gymnastics
Gus Hansen , high-stakes poker player
Niels Holst-Sørensen , European champion athlete and commander-in-chief of the Royal Danish Air Force
Martin Kampmann , mixed martial artist
Oliver Venndt Kaszas , beach volleyball player
Bent Larsen , 1956
International Grandmaster in
chess
Ole Laursen , kickboxer
Gunnar Nielsen , runner; former world record holder over 1500 metres
Nicholas Pettas , kickboxer
Mikael Lai Rasmussen ,
rugby union player
Pernille Svarre , pentathlonist
Helle Trevino , IFBB professional bodybuilder
See also
References