Denmark at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Denmark at the Paralympic Games
Flag of Denmark IPC code  DEN NPC Dansk Handicap Idræts-Forbund
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London
Competitors	28 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Peter Rosenmeier
Medals Rank: 50	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 4	Total 5
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Denmark competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012.

Athletics

Olympic Stadium

• Mikael Krarup Andersen
  • 1500m, 5000m.
• Jackie Christiansen F44
  • Men's Shot Put - F42/44 .
• Jacob Dahl
  • shot put, javelin throw.
• Ronni Jensen
  • discus throw.
• Daniel Wagner Jørgensen F42/T42
  • Men's Long Jump - F42/44 .
  • 100m, 200m.
• Marianne Maibøll
  • 100m, 400m and 800m wheelchair racing.

Cycling

Brands Hatch - Road cycling

• Thomas Gerlach
  • road race and time trial (handcycling).
• Alan Schmidt
  • road race and time trial (tricycling).

Equestrian

Greenwich Park.

• Annika Dalskov - horse: Aros A'Fenris
  • Mixed Individual Championship Test - Grade III .
  • Mixed Individual Freestyle Test - Grade III .
• Line Thorning Jørgensen
  • Di Caprio.
• Caroline Cecilie Nielsen
  • Leon.
• Liselotte Scharff Rosenhart
  • Priors Lady Rawage.
• Susanne Jensby Sunesen
  • Thy's Que Faire.

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

Women's team

• Karina Jørgensen
• Maria Larsen
• Mette Præstegaard Nissen
• Kamilla Bradt Ryding
• Elisabeth Weichel

Group C

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	4	0	0	28	4	+24	12
Great Britain	4	2	1	1	10	9	+1	7
Brazil	4	2	0	2	8	15	−7	6
Finland	4	1	1	2	10	13	−3	4
Denmark	4	0	0	4	3	18	−15	0

30 August 2012 19:45	Denmark	0 – 2	Brazil	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU)
		Report	Bonfim Vieira dos Santos 2

1 September 2012 21:00	Denmark	2 – 3	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Christl Daentler (GER), Tony Connolly (USA)
	Jørgensen 2	Report	Leppänen 2 Heikkinen 1

3 September 2012 13:45	China	8 – 1	Denmark	Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
	Chen 4 Wang S. 3 Ju 1	Report	Jørgensen 1

4 September 2012 09:00	Great Britain	5 – 0	Denmark	Copper Box, London Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
	Sharkey 3 Luke 1 Ottaway 1	Report

Sailing

Weymouth and Portland, Dorset

• Jens Als Andersen - 2.4mR.

Shooting

Royal Artillery Barracks

SH1 (competitors with normal strength and function in arms and hands, but could be using a wheelchair)

• Berit Kirstine Gejl
  • 10m air rifle prone, 50m rifle prone.

SH2 (competitors with impaired strength and/or function in arms and hands. Shooting stand supports the firearm's weight)

• Jonas Legaard Andersen
  • 10m air rifle prone.

Swimming

Aquatics Centre

• Lasse Winther Andersen
  • 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 200m indiv. medley, 4 × 100 m medley, 50m freestyle.
• Mikkel Hollbaum Asmussen
  • 100m breaststroke, 100m butterfly, 100m backstroke, 4 × 100 m medley.
• Jonas Larsen
  • 100m freestyle, 150m indiv. medley, 200m freestyle, 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke.
• Niels Korfitz Mortensen
  • 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 200m indiv. medley, 4 × 100 m medley, 50m freestyle.
• Amalie Østergaard Vinther
  • 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 200m indiv. medley, 400m freestyle, 50m freestyle.
• Kasper Zysek
  • 400m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley.

Table tennis

ExCeL

• Peter Grud Rosenmeier
  • Men's Singles - Class 6 .

References

• Paralympisk magasin (Danish)