Jesper Bank

Jesper Bank
Nationality:	Denmark
Birthday:	April 6, 1957
Place of birth:	Fredericia , Denmark
Size:	184 cm
Weight:	100 kg
Society:	Fredericia Sejlklub (FS)
Boat classes:	Soling , kite , H-boat
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × 0 × 1 × World championships 7 × 3 × 1 × European championships 3 × 1 × 1 ×
Olympic games bronze Seoul / Busan 1988 Soling gold Barcelona 1992 Soling gold Sydney 2000 Soling  Sailing world championships gold Vänersborg 1988 H-boat gold 1989 H-boat silver Canada 1991 Dragons silver Cadiz 1992 Soling gold Travemünde 1993 Dragons silver Nylanska 1994 Soling gold Sweden 1997 Dragons bronze 1997 Match race gold 1999 Match race gold 2000 Match race gold 2005 Match race European championships bronze Alessio 1988 Soling gold Oslo 1989 Soling gold Marstrand 1995 Soling silver Sandefjord 1998 Dragons gold La Rochelle 2000 Soling

Jesper Bank (born April 6, 1957 in Fredericia ) is a Danish sailor who is one of the best match race sailors in the world. Along with Paul Elvstrøm, he is Denmark's most famous and successful professional sailor.

Life

At the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000 Jesper Bank won his second gold medal in the match race against Jochen Schümann .

Jesper Bank was the skipper of the German United Internet Team Germany during the challenger round of the 32nd America's Cup 2007 . Since the campaign under his leadership had failed to achieve its ambitious goals and Jesper Bank was heavily criticized by the German press, he resigned from his post as skipper, helmsman and sporting director after the team left. It was his 2nd participation in the America's Cup. At the 31st America's Cup held on the Hauraki Gulf off New Zealand in 2003, he was the helmsman for the Swedish syndicate Victory Challenge .

In November 2008, Jesper Bank and the former CEO Claus Olsen bought the Elvstrøm Sails sailmaker in Åbenrå (Denmark) from the owner Peter Jørgensen. Bank was already a member of the board of directors of the company from 1992 to 2001. The sailmaker, founded by the multiple Danish Olympic champion Paul Elvstrøm , is to increasingly manufacture large-area sails for yachts over 70 feet in length and for maxi yachts .

In 1992, Bank was voted Denmark's Sportsman of the Year together with Jesper Seier and Steen Secher and has been a member of the Hall of Fame for Danish Sports since 2009 .

successes

Olympic games

• 1984 Los Angeles, USA, boat class : Soling , 12th place
• 1988 Busan , Korea, boat class: Soling, bronze medal
• 1992 Barcelona , Spain, boat class: Soling, gold medal
• 2000 Sydney , Australia, boat class: Soling, gold medal

World championships

• 1988 H-Boot Gold
• 1989 H-Boot Gold
• 1991 dragon silver
• 1992 Soling silver
• 1993 Dragons Gold
• 1994 Soling silver
• 1997 dragon gold
• 1997 Match Race Bronze
• 1999 Match Race Gold
• 2000 Soling - Match Race Gold
• 2005 Danish Open - Match Race Gold

European championships

• 1988 Soling silver
• 1989 Soling Gold
• 1995 Soling Gold
• 1998 dragon silver
• 2000 Soling Gold

Scandinavian championships

• 1987 H-boat bronze
• 1989 Dragon Gold
• 1990 Soling bronze

Web links

• Jesper Bank in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Video: Jesper Bank (Portrait: What is sailing to you), English

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Photo: Henrik Blakskjaer, Jesper Bank and Thomas Jacobsen of Denmark on their way to Gold in the Open Soling Match Race at Rushcutters Bay on Day 15 of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. In: Getty Images . September 30, 2000, accessed February 9, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Getty Images: Louis Vuitton Act 6: MALMØ, SWEDEN - AUGUST 25: Skipper Jesper Bank of the United Internet Team Germany, takes the wheel during the Louis Vuitton Act 6 on August 26, 2005 in Malmø, Sweden. , accessed on February 8, 2020
3. ↑ Getty Images: Sweden's Victory Challenge yacht "Orn" is skippered by Jesper Bank (C) at the helm during their race against Team New Zealand's "NZL-60" on the first day of racing in the one-week Americas Cup International Regatta on the Hauraki Gulf in Auckland, February 11, 2002. Retrieved February 8, 2020
4. ↑ NEW OWNERSHIP AT ELVSTRØM SAILS . Elvstrøm Sails. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 3, 2008. 
5. ↑ Jesper Bank buys Elvstrøm Sails . Sailing. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original on December 9, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 3, 2008.