Casper Jørgensen
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Date of birth | August 20, 1985 |
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discipline | Railway (endurance) / road |
End of career | 2010 |
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Team (s) as coach | |
2011– |
National Rail Team Endurance (Denmark) |
Last updated: April 20, 2019 |
Casper Jørgensen (born August 20, 1985 in Årslev ) is a Danish cycling coach and former racing cyclist .
Athletic career
After Casper Jørgensen had become three times champion in the team pursuit at national level , he won the round of the World Cup 2005/06 in Sydney with the Danish foursome . The following year, the four from Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen , Michael Mørkøv and Alex Rasmussen, under the leadership of German coach Heiko Salzwedel, took third place at the World Cup .
At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 Casper Jørgensen, Michael Færk Christensen , Jens-Erik Madsen and Alex Rasmussen won the silver medal in the team pursuit with a new national record time of 3: 56.802 minutes after the Danish four-man had become vice world champion in Manchester in March . In 2009 Jørgensen, Michael Færk Christensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Alex Rasmussen and Michael Mørkøv became vice world champions in the team pursuit.
Casper Jørgensen was five times Danish champion in the team pursuit from 2003 to 2007. He was also twice national champion in scratch and on the road in the team time trial . In 2007 Guillaume Tell won a stage of the Grand Prix , in 2008 the prologue of the Olympia's Tour and in 2009 the prologue of the Tour du Loir-et-Cher .
Professional
Due to persistent knee problems, Casper Jørgensen ended his cycling career in 2010. He then became an assistant to the then national coach Sven Meyer . After Meyer's departure, Jørgensen took over his post. Since then, under his aegis, the Danish four-man has made it onto the podium several times at world championships , and the team won bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games .
successes
train
- 2002
- 2003
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Danish champion - team pursuit
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Danish Junior Champion - 1000 meter time trial, single pursuit, team pursuit
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
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Danish champions - scratch, team pursuit
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World Cup in Sydney - Team Pursuit (with Jens-Erik Madsen , Michael Mørkøv and Alex Rasmussen )
- 2007
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World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Jens-Erik Madsen , Michael Mørkøv and Alex Rasmussen )
- 2008
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Danish champion - 1000 m time trial, team pursuit
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Olympic Games - Team Pursuit (with Michael Mørkøv , Jens-Erik Madsen , Alex Rasmussen and Michael Færk Christensen )
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World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Michael Færk Christensen , Jens-Erik Madsen and Alex Rasmussen )
- 2009
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World Champion - Team Pursuit (with Michael Færk Christensen , Jens-Erik Madsen , Alex Rasmussen and Michael Mørkøv )
Street
- 2007
- one stage Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 2008
- Prologue Olympia's Tour
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Danish champion - team time trial
- 2009
- Prologue Tour du Loir-et-Cher
Teams
- 2007 Team Odense Energi
- 2008 Team GLS
- 2009 Team Capinordic
- 2010 Designa Køkken-Blue Water
Web links
- Casper Jørgensen in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Casper Jørgensen in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Feltet.dk: Casper Jørgensen om career stop: En nem beslutning. In: feltet.dk. Retrieved on April 20, 2019 (dk).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jørgensen, Casper |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Årslev |