Jacob Carstensen (born 10 September 1978 in

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) is a former freestyle

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from

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, who competed in three consequentive

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for his native country, starting in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

. He won the world title in the 400m Freestyle at the

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(25m) in

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References

* 1978 births Living people Danish male medley swimmers Danish male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Denmark People from Tårnby Municipality Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Swimmers from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-swimming-bio-stub