Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The highest result came in women's curling, where the Danish team finished 5th.

Denmark's only medal at the Winter Olympics came in women's curling in 1998

Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place at Karuizawa, who had hosted the equestrian events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The 1998 Nagano Olympics marked the first time that curling was held as an official Olympic sport...

.

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
Johnny Albertsen Johnny Albertsen Johnny Albertsen is an alpine skier from Denmark. He competed for Denmark at the 2010 Winter Olympics.His best result was a 40th place in the Super-G.-External links:...	Downhill Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill The Men's Downhill competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was scheduled for Saturday, February 13th, but was postponed due to rain and warm temperatures; the competition was held on Monday, February 15th.The vertical...	2:00.12	53	colspan="2"	2:00.12	53
	Super-G Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's Super-G The men's Super-G competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia on February 19, 2010....	1:35.69	40	colspan="2"	1:35.69	40
Markus Kilsgaard Markus Kilsgaard Markus Kilsgaard is an alpine skier from Denmark. He competed for Denmark at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-External links:...	Giant slalom Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom The men's giant slalom competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia. Originally scheduled for February 21st, it was rescheduled to February 23rd, due to delays of preceding alpine events....	colspan="2"	colspan="2"	colspan="2"
	Slalom Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom The men's slalom competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, on February 27, 2010....	colspan="6"

Kilsgaard originally finished his first run in 1:26.32 ranked 66th, but was disqualified after his skies were found not to conform with rule B2.1.2, regarding the distance between the ski boot sole and the running surface of the ski.

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
Yina Moe-Lange Yina Moe-Lange Yina Moe-Lange is a Danish 2010 Olympian alpine ski racer. She was born in Tokyo, Japan where she skied first time at Mount Zaō when she was 3. Her mom’s job as a diplomat had previously brought the family to Tokyo, Japan. At age 4 she spoke fluently Japanese...	Giant slalom Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom The women's giant slalom competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, on February 24. Following the first run, the event was postponed due to heavy fog in the afternoon; the second run was held the next morning, February 25.Viktoria...	1:24.68	58	1:18.99	47	2:43.67	47
	Slalom Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom The women's slalom competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia on February 26, 2010.The race was held in challenging weather conditions of fog, snow, and warm temperatures...	1:02.75	66	1:01.95	51	2:04.70	52

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Time (misses)	Rank
Øystein Slettemark	10 km sprint Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint The men's sprint competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on February 14, 2010.- Results :- References :*, from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-13.*...	30:55.8 (3+4)	86
	12.5 km pursuit Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit The men's pursuit competition in biathlon at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on February 16, 2010...	colspan="2"
	20 km individual Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's individual The men's individual competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on February 18, 2010. Two silver medals were awarded for a second-place tie. No bronze medal was awarded.- Results :...	1:01:12.9 (2+1+2+3)	88

Slettemark competes for Greenland

Greenland

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...

 on the World Cup, but since Greenland does not have an NOC he competes for Denmark during the Olympics.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jonas Thor Olsen Jonas Thor Olsen Jonas Thor Olsen is a Danish cross country skier who has competed since 1999. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 48th in the 50 km, 78th in the 15 km, and was lapped in the 30 km mixed pursuit events....	15 km freestyle Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle The men's 15 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 15 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia, at 12:30 PST....	39:01.8	76
	30 km pursuit Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit The men's 15 kilometre + 15 kilometre double pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 20 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia, at 13:30 PST....	Lapped	55
	50 km classical Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre classical The men's 50 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 28 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 09:30 PST. on the final day of the Games....	2:25:00.9	48

Men's tournament

Team: Ulrik Schmidt

Ulrik Schmidt

Ulrik Schmidt is a Danish curler. He currently skips the Danish national team, while he throws third stones.Schmidt's first international appearance was at the 1984 World Junior Curling Championships, where he skipped the Danish team to a 9th place finish...

 (skip), Johnny Frederiksen

Johnny Frederiksen

Johnny Frederiksen is a Danish curler from Hvidovre. He is the skip of the men's Danish national team.Frederiksen skipped Denmark at three World Junior Curling Championships , two European Curling Championships and five World Curling Championships...

, Bo Jensen

Bo Jensen

Bo Jensen is an internationally elite curler from Denmark.For the 2009/2010 competitive season he has played Second for Ulrik Schmidt's team from Denmark. At the 2009 Moncton World Championships Team Denmark placed seventh with a 5 - 6 record...

, Lars Vilandt

Lars Vilandt

Lars Vilandt is an internationally elite curler from Denmark. Currently he competes as the Lead for a team skippered by Ulrik Schmidt....

 and Mikkel Poulsen

Mikkel Poulsen

Mikkel Poulsen is an internationally elite curler from Denmark.He made his world championship debut at the 2008 World Championships in Grand Forks, USA. He also competed at the 2009 Moncton World Championships...

 (alternate).
Standings

Matches
Draw 1 16 Feb 9:00 PST

Draw 3 17 Feb 14:00 PST

Draw 4 18 Feb 9:00 PST

Draw 5 18 Feb 19:00 PST

Draw 6 19 Feb 14:00 PST
Draw 7 20 Feb 9:00 PST

Draw 9 21 Feb 14:00 PST

Draw 11 22 Feb 19:00 PST

Draw 12 23 Feb 14:00 PST

Women's tournament

Team: Angelina Jensen, Madeleine Dupont

Madeleine Dupont

Madeleine Dupont is a Danish curler from Hvidovre. She won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004...

, Denise Dupont

Denise Dupont

Denise Dupont is a Danish curler. She throws third rocks for the Danish national team, skipped by Angelina Jensen....

, Camilla Jensen

Camilla Jensen

Camilla Louise Jensen is a Danish curler. She currently plays lead for Angelina Jensen.Jensen was a member of the Danish team that won a silver medal at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship. Later that year, she won a silver medal at the European Mixed Curling Championship playing third for...

 and Ane Håkansson Hansen

Ane Håkansson Hansen

Ane Håkansson Hansen is an internationally elite curler from Denmark. She's got a MSc in biology and is currently a PhD student in Exercise and Sport Sciences at the University of Copenhagen....

 (alternate).
Standings

Matches
Draw 1 16 Feb 14:00 PST

Draw 3 17 Feb 19:00 PST

Draw 4 18 Feb 14:00 PST

Draw 5 19 Feb 9:00 PST

Draw 6 19 Feb 19:00 PST
Draw 7 20 Feb 14:00 PST

Draw 8 21 Feb 9:00 PST

Draw 10 22 Feb 14:00 PST

Draw 12 23 Feb 19:00 PST

Freestyle skiing

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Sophie Fjellvang-Sølling Sophie Fjellvang-Sølling Sophie Fjellvang-Sølling is a Danish freestyle skier. She competed for Denmark at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Women's ski cross. She was selected as her nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies.- References :...	Ski cross Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's ski cross The women's ski cross event in freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, took place on 23 February at Cypress Bowl Ski Area.-Qualification:-1/8 Round:The top 32 qualifiers advanced to the 1/8 round...	1:20.41	20	3				21

Snowboarding

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Julie Lundholdt	Snowboard cross Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's snowboard cross The women's snowboard cross competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Cypress Mountain on February 16, 2010.-Qualification:-Quarterfinals:The top 16 qualifiers advanced to the quarterfinals round...	1:31.29	1:44.62	15	4			15

Speed skating

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cathrine Grage Cathrine Grage Cathrine Grage is a Danish Olympic speedskater. Grage and fellow skater Oliver Sundberg are the first Danish speedskaters to reach international competition levels since Kurt Stille ended his career in 1964....	3000 m Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres The women's 3000 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on 14 February 2010.-Records:Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows....	4:20.93	27
	5000 m Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres The women's 5000 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on 24th February 2010.-Records:Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.-Results:...	7:23.83	14

Aspirants

The following athletes did not qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics, but were listed by the Danish Olympic Committee as aspirants.

• Christian Vial, alpine skiing
• Sebastian Sørensen
  Sebastian Sørensen
  Sebastian Sørensen is a Danish cross country skier who has competed since 2002. He finished third in the 10 km qualification for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic....
  
  , cross-country skiing
• Asger Fischer Mølgaard, cross-country skiing

External links

• Danish National Olympic Committee's official site