Morten Jensen (born 2 December 1982 in Lynge) is a Danish former track and field athlete. He specialised in the long jump and also competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprints. He holds the Danish record in the long jump and formerly held the national records in the 100 metres and indoor 200 metres.
He competed at the World Championships in Athletics in 2005 and 2007, the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships, and the 2008 Olympic Games without qualifying for the final round.
He was runner-up in the 2010 Finnish Elite Games rankings, just missing out on Levern Spencer for that year's jackpot.[1]
He has been a part of the Sparta team since 2005, before then he was a part of FIF Hillerød. His coach was Leif Dahlberg after the 2010 European Championships he changed to Lars Nielsen and Anders Møller.
International competitions
edit- All results regarding long jump, unless stated otherwise
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Denmark
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| 2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 28th (qf) | 100m | 10.70 (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
| 17th (q) | Long jump | 7.25 m (wind: -0.2 m/s) | |||
| 2003 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 8th | Long jump | 7.81 m (wind: 2.0 m/s) |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 23rd | Long jump | 7.42 m |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 29th | Long jump | 7.75 m |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 3rd | Long jump | 8.00 m |
Personal bests
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editReferences
edit- ^ Sonninen, A-P (2010-08-22). Spencer takes the Finnish Elite Games jackpot in Joensuu. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-24.
