Jonas Kældsø Poulsen

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Jonas Kældsø Poulsen
Personal information
Full nameJonas Kældsø Poulsen
Nickname(s)Jonas Kældsø
Nationality Denmark
Born (1985-03-21) 21 March 1985 (age 36)
Svendborg, Denmark
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Sailboard
ClubSvendborg Sunds Sejlklub
CoachJacob Holst

Jonas Kældsø Poulsen (born 21 March 1985) is a Danish former windsurfer, who specialized in the RS:X class.[1] He represented his country Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing among the top twenty-five windsurfers in his signature sailboard.[2] Poulsen trained as a member of Svendborg Sunds Sailing Club (Danish: Svendborg Sunds Sejlklub), under the tutelage of head coach Jacob Holst.[3]

Poulsen competed for the Danish sailing squad in the inaugural men's RS:X class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Building up to his Olympic selection, he scored a commendable, twenty-ninth-place finish to claim one of the 26 berths offered at the 2007 ISAF Worlds in Cascais, Portugal.[4][5] Poulsen stormed out from a poor start to a blistering top-four finish on the midway of the series. However, he struggled in the breezy conditions on the subsequent races that sent him tumbling down the leaderboard to a lowly twenty-fourth overall with 201 net points.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jonas Kældsø Poulsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ Hansen, Jens Gjesse (14 June 2008). "Jonas Kældsø – windsurfer" (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Jonas Kældsø genvinder DM-titel" [Jonas Kældsø recaptures the Danish championship title] (in Danish). Fyens Stiftstidende. 18 September 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Windsurfer sikrede dansk OL-plads" [Danish windsurfer secured an Olympic place] (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Jonas Kældsø klar til OL" [Jonas Kældsø will go to the Olympics] (in Danish). Fyens Stiftstidende. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Beijing 2008: Men's RS:X Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

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