 Petersen at the 1920 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 October 1900 Ring, Horsens, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 September 1949 (aged 48) Copenhagen, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Pole vault | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | KIF Copenhagen | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 4.038 (1925) | |||||||||||||||||
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Henry Petersen (1 October 1900 – 24 September 1949) was a Danish athlete, who competed in the pole vault at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1920, placing fourth in 1924.
Career
Petersen won the Danish national pole vault title in 1920–21, 1923 and 1925–27 and improved the national record eight times from 3.69 m in 1919 to 4.03 m in 1925. He also held three national titles in the 4 × 100 m sprint relay (1919–20 and 1922) and five in team gymnastics events (between 1921 and 1927).
Petersen finished second behind Georg Högström in the pole jump event at the British 1919 AAA Championships.
He retired from sport shortly before the 1928 Olympics due to tuberculosis. He was an engineer by profession.
References
- ^ Henry Petersen Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- Henry Petersen. trackfield.brinkster.net
- "Henry Petersen". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- "AAA Championships". Daily Herald. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Amateur Champions". Daily Record. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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