Orla Jørgensen

Anton Oving Orla Jørgensen (born May 25, 1904 in Gentofte ; † June 29, 1947 ibid) was a Danish cyclist and Olympic champion in cycling .

Athletic career

Jørgensen was with the team of Denmark at the Olympic Summer Games 1928 in Amsterdam Olympic champion in the team competition in road cycling . Leo Nielsen and Henry Hansen drove with him for Denmark . In the individual time trial , they placed 25th in the race.

In his Olympic victory, he also won the Zealand - Tour and Fyen-Rundt . In 1926 he had already won the team championship at the Nordic road racing championships. At the Danish road championship he was third in the victory of Poul Sørensen .

Web links

Orla Jørgensen in the Radsportseiten.net database

Orla Jørgensen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Cycling stars. In: cyclingstars.dk. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Jørgensen, Orla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jørgensen, Anton Oving Orla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish cyclist, Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH	May 25, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gentofte
DATE OF DEATH	June 29, 1947
Place of death	Gentofte

[cyclings-Cyclings-1] Cycling stars. In: cyclingstars.dk. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .