Poul Høj Jensen

Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Poul Høj Jensen (2018)
Nickname:	PRHJ
Nationality:	Denmark
Birthday:	June 2, 1944
Place of birth:	Copenhagen , Denmark
Size:	183 cm
Weight:	78 kg
Society:	Hvidovre Sejlklub Hellerup Sejlklub Rungsted Kyst Sejlklub Aabenraa Sejl Club Denmark Royal Corinthian Yacht Club United Kingdom
Boat classes:	Soling , Drachen , Flying Dutchman , Etchells , H-Boot
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × 0 × 0 × World championships 3 × 4 × 0 × Dragons Gold Cup 5 × 0 × 0 × European championships 10 × 3 × 2 ×
Olympic games gold Montreal 1976 Soling gold Moscow 1980 Soling  Sailing world championships silver Quiberon 1973 Soling silver Visby 1979 Soling gold Torbay 1989 Dragons silver Travemünde 1993 Dragons silver Perth 1995 Dragons gold Hong Kong 1997 Etchells gold Medemblik 2009 Dragons Dragons Gold Cup gold Dublin 1990 Dragons gold Ostend 1992 Dragons gold Rungsted 1994 Dragons gold Dublin 1997 Dragons gold Cascais 2008 Dragons European championships gold Lake Garda 1997 Etchells gold Douarnenez 1999 Etchells silver Genoa 1976 Soling bronze Helsinki 1980 Soling gold Dragør 1982 Soling gold Lake Thun 1969 Dragons gold Skovshoved 1988 Dragons gold Hanko 1992 Dragons gold Pwllheli 1996 Dragons gold Laredo 2000 Dragons silver Cazaux 2005 Dragons silver La Trinité-sur-Mer 1994 Dragons bronze Helsinki 1987 Dragons gold 1978 H-boat gold 1979 H-boat

Poul Richard Høj Jensen ( PRHJ ) (born June 2, 1944 in Copenhagen ) is a former Danish regatta sailor and boat builder .

biography

After completing his military service with the Royal Danish Navy , Høj Jensen worked in the company of Paul Elvstrøm and Hans Fogh in boat building. After 15 years he left the company to set up a sailmaker with Fogh. He then founded his own company, Høj Jensen Design .

Participation in the Olympic Games

Poul Høj Jensen took part in the sailing Olympics four times.

• In 1968 at the Olympic Games in Mexico City , he started in the Flying Dutchman boat class (venue: Acapulco ). It reached number 16.
• In 1972 at the Olympic Games in Munich (venue: Kiel ) he took part with his team in the kite and reached 7th place.
• In 1976 at the Olympic Games in Montreal he started with Valdemar Bandolowski and Erik Hansen in Soling and became Olympic champion.
• In 1980 at the Olympic Games in Moscow (venue: Tallinn ) he repeated his success with his old team from 1976 and was again Olympic champion in Soling.

The Soling crew after winning the 1976 Olympic Games (from left): Poul Høj Jensen, Valdemar Bandolowski and Erik Hansen

World championships

Høj Jensen was two times world champion in the kite and was able to win five European championship titles. After his Danish compatriot Aage Birch , he is the most successful winner of the prestigious Dragon Gold Cup with five wins .

His brother Frank Høj Jensen was also a regatta sailor and, like Poul, took part in the 1972 Olympic Games off Kiel . Together as a crew they achieved seventh place in the kite class .

Honors for PRHJ

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  Image of the Certificate of Appointment and the Dannebrogorden for PRHJ

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  Yachtsman of the year 2009 (German: Sailor of the year 2009), honored by Brigadier Tony Singer from the Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS)

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  Honorary membership of the Danish Dragon Club (Danish: Dansk Drage Klub)

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  German dragon class, Goldener Drachen (English: Gold Dragon) presented by Queen Silvia of Sweden , July 15, 2009.

Web links

• Poul Høj Jensen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )