Paul Lindemark Jørgensen

Paul Lindemark Jørgensen
Nationality:	Denmark
Birthday:	July 29, 1916
Place of birth:	Copenhagen
Date of death:	2nd December 1988
Place of death:	Taarbæk
Size:	170 cm
Weight:	74 kg
Society:	Taarbæk Sejlklub
Boat classes:	Dragons
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Mexico City 1968 Dragons

Paul Lindemark Jørgensen (born July 29, 1916 in Copenhagen , † December 2, 1988 in Taarbæk ) was a Danish sailor .

successes

Paul Lindemark Jørgensen, who sailed for Taarbæk Sejlklub , took part twice in the Olympic Games in the kite boat class . In 1960 he was in Rome alongside Niels Markussen as a crew member on the Danish boat Chok under skipper Aage Birch . With 4715 points, the Chok finished the regatta in sixth place. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , Lindemark Jørgensen, Markussen and Birch competed together again and this time secured the silver medal. While the Americans under skipper George Friedrichs were clearly Olympic champions with five wins and a second place , the Danes placed second with 26.4 points ahead of the German boat around Paul Borowski with 32.7 points in the regatta taking place in Acapulco Rank.

Web links

• Paul Linde Mark Jørgensen in the database of World Sailing (English)
• Paul Lindemark Jørgensen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )