Dorthe Rasmussen

{{Short description|Danish long-distance runner (born 1960)}}

Dorthe Skovshoved Rasmussen (born 27 January 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a retired female long-distance runner from Denmark. She competed for her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1992. Her best result was finishing in 13th place in the women's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She set her personal best in the classic distance (2:29.34) in 1989.

Achievements

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1984

|Olympic Games

|Los Angeles, United States

|13th

|Marathon

|2:33:40

1986

|European Championships

|Stuttgart, West Germany

|18th

|10,000 m

|32:53.04

1989

|Egmond Half Marathon

|Egmond, Netherlands

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Half Marathon

|1:14:45

1991

|World Championships

|Tokyo, Japan

|—

|Marathon

|DNF

1992

|Olympic Games

|Barcelona, Spain

|heats

|10,000 m

|33:22.43

1995

|World Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|—

|Marathon

|DNF

References

  • {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/dorthe-rasmussen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191524/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/dorthe-rasmussen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Dorthe Rasmussen}}
  • {{World Athletics}}
  • [https://more.arrs.run/runner/2856 Profile] at Association of Road Running Statisticians

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Category:1960 births

Category:Living people

Category:Danish female long-distance runners

Category:Danish female marathon runners

Category:Olympic athletes for Denmark

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes from Copenhagen

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