Jette Hejli Sørensen

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Jette Hejli Sørensen (born March 25, 1961 in Odense ) is a former Danish rower . She won the Olympic bronze medal in the quad scull in 1984 .

The 1.65 m tall Jette Hejli Sørensen was the helmswoman of the Danish double foursome , which took tenth place at the 1979 World Rowing Championships . In 1981, the Danes with Christine Thorsen , Lise Justesen , Birgitte Hanel , Bodil Rasmussen and Jette Hejli Sørensen reached the A-final at the World Championships in Munich and took sixth place. With Hanne Eriksen for Justensen, the Danes rowed to seventh place at the 1983 World Rowing Championships .

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , the three medal winners from 1983 - the Soviet Union, the GDR and Bulgaria - did not compete because of their Olympic boycott . In the line-up of Hanne Eriksen, Birgitte Hanel, Inger Køfød , Bodil Rasmussen and Jette Hejli Sørensen, the Danish double four won the hope run after second place in the preliminary run. In the final, the Romanians won ahead of the hosts, half a second behind the US double foursome, the Danes won the bronze medal in front of the boat from the Federal Republic of Germany.

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SURNAME Sørensen, Jette Hejli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish rower
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Odense