Daniel Jørgensen

Daniel Wagner Jørgensen (born 3 June 1993), who also competes as Daniel Wagner, is a leg amputee Danish Paralympic sportsman who has competed in both track and field athletics and snowboarding. As an athlete he specialises in the long jump, but also competes in sprint events.[1]

Daniel Wagner
Personal information
Born (1993-06-03) 3 June 1993
Vejle, Denmark
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Country Denmark
SportAthletics / Snowboarding
Disability classT42 (athletics)
SB-LL (snowboarding)
Event(s)Long jump
Sprints
ClubVejle IF
Coached byJoachim Lund
Medal record
Men's para athletics
Representing  Denmark
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m T42
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonLong jump T42/44
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroLong jump T42
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 London100 m – T42
Silver medal – second place2015 DohaLong jump – T42
Silver medal – second place2023 ParisLong jump – T63
Bronze medal – third place2015 Doha100m – T42
Bronze medal – third place2015 Doha200m – T42
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Grosseto Long jump – T42
Silver medal – second place2012 Stadskanaal 100m – T42
Silver medal – second place2012 Stadskanaal 200m – T42
Silver medal – second place2012 Stadskanaal Long jump – T42
Silver medal – second place2014 Swansea Long jump – F42/44
Silver medal – second place2014 Swansea 100m – T42
Silver medal – second place2014 Swansea 200m – T42
Bronze medal – third place2016 Grosseto Long jump – T42

Personal career

Jørgensen was born in Vejle, Denmark in 1993. As a youth he was a keen sportsman and took up both snowboarding and gymnastics.[2] In 2008, whilst attempting a double front flip on a trampoline at a gymnastic show he landed badly and dislocated his knee. In the resulting surgery, doctors were sadly forced to amputate his leg.[2]

Athletics career

As sprinting was part of his old gymnastics training, Jørgensen found he had a talent for running as a disability athlete, taking up disability athletics in 2010.[2] Classified as a T42 athlete, Jørgensen first represented Denmark at an international level when he was chosen for the national team at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand. In Christchurch he took part in the 100m and 200m sprints but failed to make a podium finish in either events.[2] The following year he was part of the Denmark team that travelled to London to take part in the 2012 Summer Paralympics. There he entered three events, the 100m and 200m sprint, and the long jump, in which he finished third, to claim his first international medal.[2]

In 2013 Jørgensen attended his second World Championship, held in Lyon, where as well as the sprints, he entered the long jump, finishing just outside the medals in fourth place. The following year he attended the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea where he took three medals, a bronze in the 200m and two silvers in the 100m and long jump.[2] Jørgensen showed continual improvement in the buildup to the Rio Paralympics, by winning medals in all three of his events at the 2015 World Championships in Doha.[2] The following year, Jørgensen took gold in the long jump at the 2016 European Championships with a distance of 6.70 metres. This led to a season of tournaments which saw Jørgensen and German rival Heinrich Popow exchange the World record distance on several occasions.[3][4]

Snowboarding career

Jørgensen began snowboarding while a child and continued to enjoy the sport after his accident.[2] Classified as an SB-LL boarder, he represented Denmark at the 2015 Snowboarding World Championships in La Molina. He entered two events, the snowboard cross and the banked slalom, winning a bronze medal in the latter.[2]

Wagner participates as the only Dane at the snowboarding events at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. He was also the flagbearer for Denmark at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in the opening ceremony.[5][6]

References
  1. "Doha 2015: Jorgensen, Daniel". Paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. "Jorgensen, Daniel". IPC. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. "Jorgensen smashes long jump world record in Rio". Paralympic.org. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. Butler, Nick (8 July 2016). "Whitehead and three Germans show pre-Paralympic form by breaking world records in Leverkusen". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. Sarah Fisker Henriksen (9 March 2018). "Eneste dansker til vinter-PL: 'Jeg er her for at inspirere'" (in Danish). DR. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  6. "PyeongChang 2018: Flag bearers revealed". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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