Bernhard Jensen
Canoe racer

Bernhard Jensen

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Canoe racer
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Male
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Birth:
16 February 1912(Odense, Odense Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Death:
17 June 1997
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Biography

Jakob Bernhard Christian Jensen (February 16, 1912 – June 17, 1997) was a Danish flatwater canoeist who competed in the late 1940s. He won a silver in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Jensen also won two bronze medals at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London, earning them in the K-1 4 x 500 m and the K-2 500 m events.