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Patrick Jørgensen

Patrick Jørgensen

Danish fencer (born 1991)

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Patrick Jørgensen (born 31 May 1991) is a Danish épée fencer, individual bronze medallist at the 2015 World Fencing Championships.

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Ranked No.102 before the competition, Jørgensen created a surprise by defeating notably Olympic silver medallists Gábor Boczkó and Bartosz Piasecki to reach the semi-finals, where he lost to World No.1 Gauthier Grumier. He came away with a bronze medal, the first significant achievement of his career and the first Danish medal in a men's event at the World Fencing Championships since Mogens Lüchow in 1950.[1][2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Historisk medalje til dansk fægter: Første gang siden 1950" (in Danish). DR. 15 July 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Italy's Fiamingo and Hungary's Imre win individual épée titles". Eurosport. 16 July 2015.
  • Profile at the European Fencing Confederation


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