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Bjarne Eltang (27 July 1960 – 17 January 2023) was a Danish rower.
Biography
He was born in Odense. Eltang won the world rowing championships in the lightweight single in 1983 and 1984. In 1986, Eltang won the Diamond Challenge Sculls (the premier singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for the Danske Stud RK and defeating Steve Redgrave in the final.
Later that year Eltang lost by 0.02 seconds to Peter Antonie of Australia in the world championships lightweight singles final, taking Silver. At the 1988 Summer Olympics Eltang qualified for the open men's double sculls final, with Per Rasmussen, but did not medal.
References
Bjarne Eltang at World Rowing
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bjarne Eltang". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.