Jonas Høgh-Christensen
| Jonas Høgh-Christensen medal table |
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 Denmark
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| Olympic games | ||
| silver | London 2012 | Finn dinghy |
| World championships | ||
| gold | Split 2006 | Finn dinghy |
| bronze | Melbourne 2008 | Finn dinghy |
| gold | Vallensbæk 2009 | Finn dinghy |
| bronze | Falmouth 2012 | Finn dinghy |
| silver | Gaeta 2016 | Finn dinghy |
Jonas Høgh-Christensen (born May 21, 1981 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish sailor .
successes
Jonas Høgh-Christensen took part in four Olympic Games in the Finn-Dinghy boat class . In 2004 in Athens he finished ninth, four years later in Beijing he improved to sixth. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 , he led the overall standings after ten races, but fell behind Ben Ainslie after the medal race , who finished the last race one place ahead of Høgh-Christensen. As a runner-up he received the silver medal. He finished the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro in 16th place. At the World Championships , Høgh-Christensen won the title in 2006 in Split and in 2009 in Vallensbæk Kommune . He also won bronze in 2008 and 2012 and silver in 2016.
His father Jens Christensen competed in the 1980 Olympic sailing regatta.
Web links
- Jonas Høgh-Christensen in the database of World Sailing (English)
- Jonas Høgh-Christensen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Høgh-Christensen, Jonas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen , Denmark |