Julie Hjorth-Hansen

Julie Hjorth-Hansen

Personal information
Full name	Julie Hjorth-Hansen
National team	Denmark
Born	10 June 1984 Birkerød, Rudersdal, Denmark
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, medley
Club	Birkerød SK[1]
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for Denmark European Championships (SC) 2004 Vienna 200 m medley

Julie Hjorth-Hansen (born June 10, 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. "Julie Hjorth-Hansen". Beijing 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
2. "Julie Hjorth-Hansen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
3. 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.
4. "Mare Nostrum, Canet: Laszlo Cseh On Point Again". Swimming World Magazine. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
5. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 200m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 79. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
6. "Swimming: Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
7. Lohn, John (11 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Alicia Coutts Tops Women's 200 IM Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
8. "Women's 200m Individual Medley Semifinal 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
9. "Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
10. "2009 FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Women's 200m Individual Medley Final" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
11. "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.
12. "2009 FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

External links

• NBC Olympics Profile