Julie Hjorth-Hansen
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| Full name | Julie Hjorth-Hansen | ||||||||||||
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 Denmark | ||||||||||||
| Born |
10 June 1984 Birkerød, Rudersdal, Denmark | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, medley | ||||||||||||
| Club | Birkerød SK[1] | ||||||||||||
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Julie Hjorth-Hansen (born 10 June 1984) is a Danish former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events.[1][2] She placed among the top 10 swimmers in the 200 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a bronze medal at the 2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Vienna, Austria in 2:13.03.[3]
Hjorth-Hansen competed for the Danish swimming squad in the women's 200 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she cleared a FINA A-standard entry time of 2:12.74 at the Mare Nostrum Arena International Meet in Canet-en-Roussillon, France.[4][5] Hjorth-Hansen dipped under the 2:12 barrier in the prelims to secure her spot for the semifinals, checking in with a Danish record and fifth fastest time of 2:11.99.[6][7] Followed by the next morning's session, Hjorth-Hansen failed to advance to the final, as she finished her semifinal run with a tenth-place overall time in 2:12.26.[8] Hjorth-Hansen also teamed up with Louise Mai Jansen, Micha Østergaard, and Lotte Friis in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Swimming the lead-off leg, Hjorth-Hansen recorded a split of 1:59.16, and the Danish team finished the preliminary heats in tenth overall with a new national record of 8:00.81.[9]
At the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy, Hjorth-Hansen broke two new Danish records. In the 200 m individual medley, she placed fifth in the final by 0.18 of a second behind Great Britain's Hannah Miley, breaking the 2:10 barrier and lowering her record to 2:09.73.[10][11] She also helped her Danish team (Jansen, Ostergaard, and Friis) to dip under an eight-minute barrier and broke a new record of 7:55.56 in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, but finished only in twelfth place overall from the preliminary heats.[12]
References
- 1 2 "Julie Hjorth-Hansen". Beijing 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "Julie Hjorth-Hansen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ Whitten, Phillip (9 December 2004). "Austria's Markus Rogan Takes Double Gold on First Day of Euro Short Course Champs". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ↑ "Mare Nostrum, Canet: Laszlo Cseh On Point Again". Swimming World Magazine. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 200m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 79. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming: Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ Lohn, John (11 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Alicia Coutts Tops Women's 200 IM Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 200m Individual Medley Semifinal 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "2009 FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Women's 200m Individual Medley Final" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ↑ "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Ariana Kukors Nearly Clears 2:06 For 200 IM World Title, World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ↑ "2009 FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 6 April 2013.