Bjarne Eltang
Danish rower (1960–2023)
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's rowing | ||
Representing  Denmark | ||
| World Rowing Championships | ||
 | 1983 Duisburg | LM1x |
| 1984 Montreal | LM1x |
 | 1986 Nottingham | LM1x |
 | 1981 Munich | LM2x |
Bjarne Eltang (27 July 1960 – 17 January 2023)[1] was a Danish rower. He was born in Odense. Eltang won the world rowing championships in the lightweight single in 1983 and 1984. In 1986 he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley, defeating Steve Redgrave in the final. Later that year Eltang lost by 0.02 seconds to Peter Antonie of Australia in the world championships lightweight singles final, taking Silver.[2] At the 1988 Summer Olympics Eltang qualified for the open men's double sculls final, with Per Rasmussen, but did not medal.[2]
References
- ^ Bjarne Eltang's obituary (in Danish)
- ^ a b "Bjarne Eltang". [World Rowing]. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- Bjarne Eltang at World Rowing
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bjarne Eltang". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
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World champions – Lightweight men's single sculls
- 1974:
(Bill Belden) - 1975:
(Reto Wyss) - 1976:
(Raimund Haberl) - 1977: (Reto Wyss)
- 1978:
(José Antonio Montosa Ortega) - 1979: (Bill Belden)
- 1980:
(Christian-Georg Warlich) - 1981: (Scott Roop)
- 1982: (Raimund Haberl)
- 1983:
(Bjarne Eltang) - 1984: (Bjarne Eltang)
- 1985:
(Ruggero Verroca) - 1986:
(Peter Antonie) - 1987:
(Wim Van Belleghem) - 1988: (Alwin Otten)
- 1989:
(Frans Göbel) - 1990: (Frans Göbel)
- 1991:
(Niall O'Toole) - 1992: (Jens Mohr Ernst)
- 1993:
(Peter Haining) - 1994: (Peter Haining)
- 1995: (Peter Haining)
- 1996: (Karsten Nielsen)
- 1997: (Karsten Nielsen)
- 1998: (Stefano Basalini)
- 1999: (Karsten Nielsen)
- 2000:
(Michal Vabroušek) - 2001: (Sam Lynch)
- 2002: (Sam Lynch)
- 2003: (Stefano Basalini)
- 2004: (Peter Ording)
- 2005:
(Vasileios Polymeros) - 2006: (Zac Purchase)
- 2007:
(Duncan Grant) - 2008: (Duncan Grant)
- 2009: (Duncan Grant)
- 2010: (Marcello Miani)
- 2011: (Henrik Stephansen)
- 2012: (Henrik Stephansen)
- 2013: (Henrik Stephansen)
- 2014: (Marcello Miani)
- 2015: (Adam Ling)
- 2016: (Paul O'Donovan)
- 2017: (Paul O'Donovan)
- 2018: (Jason Osborne)
- 2019: (Martino Goretti)
- 2022: (Gabriel Soares)
- 2023: (Andri Struzina)
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