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]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Jonas Kældsø |
| Nationality |  Denmark |
| Born | 21 March 1985 Svendborg, Denmark |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Sailboard |
| Club | Svendborg Sunds Sejlklub |
| Coach | Jacob Holst |
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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Hansen, Jens Gjesse (14 June 2008). "Jonas Kældsø – windsurfer" (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Jonas Kældsø genvinder DM-titel" [Jonas Kældsø recaptures the Danish championship title] (in Danish). Fyens Stiftstidende. 18 September 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Windsurfer sikrede dansk OL-plads" [Danish windsurfer secured an Olympic place] (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Jonas Kældsø klar til OL" [Jonas Kældsø will go to the Olympics] (in Danish). Fyens Stiftstidende. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Beijing 2008: Men's RS:X Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
External links
edit- Jonas Kaeldso at World Sailing
- Jonas Kaeldsoe Poulsen at Olympics.com
- Jonas Kaeldsoe Poulsen at NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 July 2012)
- Jonas Kældsø Poulsen at Olympedia
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