Claus Elming (born 20 March 1969 in

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) is a former Danish

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player and current TV host and commentator on TV 2 Sport.''Fra fodbold til football. Portræt/interview: Claus Elming '' Politiken 19.12.2002 Elming is best known for his 12 years of hosting

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(

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). He was also the host on the gameshow Pengene på bordet (

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) for four seasons and the sports show Sportsquizzen ( Question of sport) for four seasons. Elming now hosts the two popular sports podcasts NFL showet and Veloropa podcast (professional cycling). Elming first experienced American football when he went to

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as an

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. Learning from host brother Chuck Schrope (reference to page 5 in Claus's book Bogen on Super Bowl) he quickly became a fan of the sport. Claus sent his little brother, Jesper Elming, a

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ball for Christmas. Upon returning to

after a year in the

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, Claus started the Herning Hawks American football club with some other interested players. Some years later, Claus moved to

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to study at the university, where he founded the Aarhus Tigers alongside Morten hertz and Kim Møller. Elming also helped found the Danish American Football Federation, DAFF. And his father Torben Elming was later commissioner for the league. Claus Elming later moved to

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after he took a job as an NFL commentator on

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. Elming then started coaching the

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, which he did until 2002, and took them to two Danish Championships Mermaid Bowl. In 2006, Elming was inducted in the Danish American Football Federation

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. Until the

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, Elming was a

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for

, providing NFL-coverage alongside Jimmy Bøjgaard, who provided

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-commentary. The Zulu-coverage of NFL ended thereafter, when

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acquired the Scandinavian NFL-rights. However, Elming will continue as commentator at TV 2 Sport, who air a portion of the NFL matches in Denmark. Elming's favorite team is the

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References

Bibliography

* ''Bogen om NFL : amerikansk fodbold fra AFC til zone blitz'' (2004) * ''Bogen om Super Bowl'' (2006)

External links

Claus Elming blog
at TV 2
Claus Elming page
at

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The Official Claus Elming Fan Club
1969 births Living people Danish players of American football Danish television presenters People from Herning Municipality Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region Coaches of American football {{Amfoot-coach-stub