Niels Henry Secher
Danish rower (born 1946)
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Born | (1946-06-24) 24 June 1946 (age 78) Frederiksberg, Denmark | |||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||
Club | DSR, Copenhagen | |||||||||||
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Niels Henry Secher (born 24 June 1946) is a Danish medical research scientist and retired rower. Together with Jørgen Engelbrecht, he won a world title at the 1970 World Rowing Championships[1] and finished fourth at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the double sculls event. In the single sculls, he placed eights at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2]
After retiring from competitions Secher focused on medical research, becoming professor and head of the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory at Rigshospitalet, part of Copenhagen University Hospital. His research is focused on brain blood flow and oxygenation.[3][4]
References
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- ^ "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Doppelzweier – Herren" [Rowing – World Championships. Double Sculls – Men] (in German). Sport-Komplett.de. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Niels Henry Secher". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Niels H. Secher. forskning.ku.dk
- ^ Research. rigshospitalet.dk
External links
- Niels Henry Secher at World Rowing
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World champions – Men's double sculls
- 1962:
(René Duhamel, Bernard Monnereau)
- 1966:
(Melchior Bürgin, Martin Studach)
- 1970:
(Jørgen Engelbrecht, Niels Henry Secher)
- 1974:
(Christof Kreuziger, Uli Schmied)
- 1975:
(Alf Hansen, Frank Hansen)
- 1977:
(Chris Baillieu, Michael Hart)
- 1978:
(Frank Hansen, Alf Hansen)
- 1979:
(Alf Hansen, Frank Hansen)
- 1981:
(Klaus Kröppelien, Joachim Dreifke)
- 1982:
(Rolf Thorsen, Alf Hansen)
- 1983:
(Thomas Lange, Uwe Heppner)
- 1985:
(Thomas Lange, Uwe Heppner)
- 1986:
(Alberto Belgeri, Igor Pescialli)
- 1987:
(Daniel Yordanov, Vasil Radev)
- 1989:
(Rolf Thorsen, Lars Bjønness)
- 1990:
(Arnold Jonke, Christoph Zerbst)
- 1991:
(Nico Rienks, Henk-Jan Zwolle)
- 1993:
(Samuel Barathay, Yves Lamarque)
- 1994:
(Lars Bjønness, Rolf Thorsen)
- 1995:
(Lars Christensen, Martin Haldbo Hansen)
- 1997:
(Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert)
- 1998:
(Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert)
- 1999:
(Iztok Čop, Luka Špik)
- 2001:
(Ákos Haller, Tibor Pető)
- 2002:
(Ákos Haller, Tibor Pető)
- 2003:
(Sébastien Vieilledent, Adrien Hardy)
- 2005:
(Luka Špik, Iztok Čop)
- 2006:
(Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy)
- 2007:
(Luka Špik, Iztok Čop)
- 2009:
(Eric Knittel, Stephan Krüger)
- 2010:
(Nathan Cohen, Joseph Sullivan)
- 2011:
(Nathan Cohen, Joseph Sullivan)
- 2013:
(Nils Jakob Hoff, Kjetil Borch)
- 2014:
(Martin Sinković, Valent Sinković)
- 2015:
(Martin Sinković, Valent Sinković)
- 2017:
(John Storey, Chris Harris)
- 2018:
(Hugo Boucheron, Matthieu Androdias)
- 2019:
(Zhang Liang, Liu Zhiyu)
- 2022:
(Hugo Boucheron, Matthieu Androdias)
- 2023:
(Melvin Twellaar, Stef Broenink)
This boat class is an Olympic event; see Olympic champions – Men's double sculls
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