Majken Thorup

{{short description|Danish swimmer}}

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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1979|5|1|df=y}}

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|birth_place=Hadsund, Denmark

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|sport=Swimming

|club=Aalborg Svømmeklub, Aalborg

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{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2004 Madrid |50 m breaststroke}}

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Majken Thorup Toft (born 1 May 1979) is a Danish former swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships. The same year she competed in three events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the preliminaries. She retired from swimming in 2005 due to pericarditis that resulted in her hospitalization earlier that year. During her career she set 27 national records.[http://www.bt.dk/sport/sygdom-stopper-majken-thorup Sygdom stopper Majken Thorup]. bt.dk (2005-03-21).

References

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[http://www.les-sports.info/natation-thorup-majken-resultats-identite-s10-c2-b4-o42-w9368.html Majken THORUP]. les-sports.info

[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071036/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/majken-thorup-1.html Majken Thorup]. sports-reference.com

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Category:1979 births

Category:Danish female breaststroke swimmers

Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic swimmers for Denmark

Category:Living people

Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Category:People from Hadsund

Category:Sportspeople from the North Jutland Region

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