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Denmark’s Jesper Bank will skipper Germany’s first Cup team, United Internet Team Germany. (Swedish Match Tour/Guido Cantini)
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Jesper Bank’s Team Germany crew is up in arms after winning the Danish Open 2005. (©Swedish Match Tour/Stephanie Lamy)
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Jesper Bank looks for a penalty on Peter Gilmour halfway down the first run of the first finals race at Match Race Germany. (Swedish Match Tour/Guido Cantini)
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Nationality Danish
Residence Åbenrå, Denmark
WMRT.com Content
Bank Wins Danish Open
(Aug. 14, 2005)
Catching Up with Jesper Bank
(May 18, 2005)
World Match Racing Tour Results
2006-’07
6th — Danish Open ’07
5th — Monsoon Cup ’06
(Crew: Henrik Blaksjaer, Thomas Jacobsen, Mike Mottl, Jan Schoepe)
3rd — Allianz Cup ’06
(Crew: Henrik Blaksjaer, Thomas Jacobsen, Mike Mottl, Jan Schoepe)
2nd — Danish Open ’06
(Crew: Henrik Blakskjaer, Thomas Jacobsen, Matti Paschen, Jan Schoepe)
2005-’06
1st — Danish Open ’05
(Crew: Henrik Blaksjaer, Thomas Jacobsen, Mike Mottl, Jan Schoepe)
2nd — Match Race Germany ’06
(Crew: Henrik Blakskjer, Thomas Jacobsen, Mike Mottl, Jan Schoepe)
2004-’05
2nd — Match Race Germany ’05
(Crew: Henrik Blakskjær, Michael Haestbeck, Thomas Jacobsen, Markus Wieser)
2003-’04
2nd — Danish Open ’03
8th — Swedish Match Cup ’04
2002-’03
4th — Swedish Match Cup ’03
2001-’02
2nd — Danish Open ’01
9th — Swedish Match Cup ’02
2000-’01
9th — Swedish Match Cup ’01
10th — Danish Open ’00
2000
5th — Swedish Match Cup ’00
10th — Danish Open ’00
11th — ACI Cup/World Championship of Match Race Sailing
America’s Cup Affiliation
2007: United Internet Team Germany – Skipper
2003: Victory Challenge – Helmsman, 5th place Louis Vuitton Cup
Accomplishments
1988 Olympics – Bronze Medal, Soling Class
1992 Olympics – Gold Medal, Soling Class
1992 Denmark’s Sportsman of the Year
2000 Olympics – Gold Medal, Soling Class
1999 World Champion of Match Race Sailing
Six World Championships
Three European Championships
Additional Information
Although Jesper Bank’s family has no sailing heritage, the skipper can boast of a resume worthy of a child whose parents might’ve taught him how to sail at age 2. Bank’s sailing career began in the Optimist dinghy as a coincidence at age 12 because other kids on his street were sailing.
Bank’s accomplishments rank him as a cult hero in Denmark. He has won two Olympic Gold medals (Barcelona ’92 and Sydney ’00), a Bronze medal (South Korea ’88), the 1999 World Championship of Match Race Sailing, six other World Championship regattas and three European championships. The Gold in ’92 also earned him Denmark’s Sportsman of the Year Award.
But it’s the reception he received upon returning home with the Gold medals that he terms his best experience. “The enthusiasm of the victories in the Olympics and match racing was great. It was a surprise for us who participated that it moved so many people,” he says.
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