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Niels Holst-Sørensen (born 19 December 1922) is a former Danish athlete and air force officer. He served as the commander-in-chief of the Royal Danish Air Force from 1970-1982 and Denmark's military representative to NATO from 1982-1986.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=olympic.org )〕 He won gold and silver medals at the 1946 European Athletics Championships and served as a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1977-2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=olympic.org )〕 ==Athletic career== Holst-Sørensen's first major international meeting was the 1946 European Championships, which took place in Oslo. Holst-Sørensen won the gold medal in the 400 metres with a time of 47.9 seconds. He won a silver medal over 800 metres, finishing a tenth of a second behind the Swedish athlete Rune Gustafsson in a time of 1:51.1. He was also a member of the Danish team which finished fourth in the 4 x 400 metres relay in a time of 3:15.4. Holst-Sørensen competed in the 800 metres at the 1948 Olympics in London. He qualified for the final in a time of 1:52.4,〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=sports-reference.com )〕 but finished the final in eighth place in a time of 1:53.4.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=olympic.org )〕 Holst-Sørensen won a total of ten Danish championships over 400 and 800 metres, winning both events every year from 1943 to 1947.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=dafital.dk )〕 In 1943 he won the 800 metres in a time of 1:48.9, the fastest time recorded in the world that year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=runtheplanet.com )〕 Holst-Sørensen began his career running for Herning GF, but switched to Københavns Idræts Forening in 1944.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=dafital.dk )〕 Holst-Sørensen joined to International Olympic committee in 1977 and served as a member until 2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=olympic.org )〕 He served on the IOC's coordination committees for the Winter Olympic Games in Albertville in 1992, Lillehammer in 1994, Nagano in 1998 and Salt Lake City in 2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=olympic.org )〕 He was named as an honorary member of the IOC following his retirement in 2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=olympic.org )〕 Holst-Sørensen also served as the president of the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark from 1981 to 1984.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=olympic.org )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Niels Holst-Sørensen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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