Mads Reinholdt Rasmussen (born 24 November 1981 in

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) is a Danish

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and double World Champion and Olympic Gold winner in the

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s, with his partner Rasmus Quist Hansen. Rasmussen and Quist placed fourth in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

in Athens, third in the

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in Beijing, and first in the

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in London.

References

* * 1981 births Living people Danish male rowers Olympic rowers for Denmark Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Denmark People from Guldborgsund Municipality Rowers from Region Zealand 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-rowing-bio-stub