Sparta Atletik () is a Danish

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club, and one of the leading clubs in

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. The club is known for winning the major part of the individual medals at the Danish championships, and having the most athletes represented on the different national teams. The most famous athlete ever to have represented Sparta is the former

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world record-holder and current

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and

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metres distance indoors world record-holder

Wilson Kipketer Wilson Kosgei Kipketer (born 12 December 1972) is a Danish former middle distance runner. With a personal best of 1:41.11, Kipketer is tied with Emmanuel Wanyonyi as the second fastest of all time over the 800 meter distance, behind David ...

, who won gold medals representing Sparta in three successive editions of the

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, and took medals at the

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and

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. Kipketer's 800 meters world record on an outdoor track stood undefeated for almost 13 years.

Other famous athletes

* Piotr Buciarski * Mogens Guldberg * Juliane Hvid *

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* Morten Jensen * Christina Scherwin *

Rikke Rønholt Rikke Rønholt (born 1 January 1976) is a Danish athlete. She is a part of Sparta Athletics team. She started doing athletics when she was 12 years old. Back then she participated in events from 60 metres to heptathlon and shot put. When she ran h ...

Søren Wulff Johansson Søren Wulff Johansson (26 August 1971 – 8 August 2020) was a Danish decathlete. He was the first Danish person to receive a lifetime ban from sport, after failing doping tests for anabolic steroids in 1989 and 1995. Johansson was a two-time ...

External links

Official site
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