Lea Jakobsen

Lea Jakobsen (born June 12, 1981 in Copenhagen ) is a former Danish rower who won the bronze medal in the foursome without helmsman at the 2008 World Championships .

The rower from Roforeningen Kvik began rowing in 1993. In 1998 she won together with Christina Jørgensen the silver medal in pairs without coxswain at the Junior World Championships , the year after she finished fourth in the quadruple sculls .

In 2006 Lea Jakobsen rowed to second place in the four-man team at the World Cup in Lucerne. In 2007 Lea Jakobsen switched to Fie Graugaard in the two without, the best result of the season was a fifth place at the World Cup in Lucerne, at the 2007 World Rowing Championships the two took tenth place. In 2008 the two competed at the World Championships in Linz in a non-Olympic four - man team without a helmsman , and won the bronze medal in the line-up of Lea Jakobsen, Lisbet Jakobsen , Fie Graugaard and Cecilie Christensen .

In 2009 Fie Udby Graugaard and Lea Jakobsen switched from oar rowing to sculling and competed in double sculls; The sixth place at the World Cup in Munich was the best placement of the season, at the World Championships they reached tenth place. In 2010 Lea Jakobsen competed with Lisbeth Jakobsen in a double scull, at the European Championships the two finished eighth and at the World Championships they came ninth. In the 2011 World Cup, the two achieved eighth and ninth place in the first two regattas; After a 14th place at the 2011 World Rowing Championships and failing to qualify for the Olympic Games, Lea Jakobsen did not take part in 2012.

Web links

• Lea Jakobsen at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )