Anton Ørskov Ipsen (born 4 September 1994) is a Danish

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. He competed in the men's 400 metre and men's 1500 metre events at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Ipsen finished 20th and 18th respectively at those events. Ispen competes for

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universi ...

as a swimmer and is majoring in

industrial engineering Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information an ...

. He was named Danish swimmer of the year in 2016 and NC State's Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2017."Final Five with Anton Ipsen, Olympic swimmer, North Carolina State University." ''ISE Magazine''. October 2017: 60. He competed in three events at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

held in Gwangju, South Korea.

References

External links

* 1994 births Living people Swimmers from Berlin Olympic swimmers of Denmark Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Rudersdal Municipality Danish male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics NC State Wolfpack men's swimmers Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-swimming-bio-stub