Mads Glæsner

Mads Glæsner
Personal information
Full nameMads Glæsner
Nationality Denmark
Born (1988-10-18) 18 October 1988 (age 36)
Tårnby, Denmark
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
ClubVallensbæk-VAT
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Denmark
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2012 Istanbul 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dubai 1500 m freestyle
Disqualified 2012 Istanbul 400 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2011 Szczecin 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2011 Szczecin 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Rijeka 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Istanbul 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Istanbul 1500 m freestyle

Mads Glæsner (born 18 October 1988[1] in Tårnby) is a Danish swimmer.[2] He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400 metre freestyle and the 1500 metre freestyle disciplines. His swimming club is Vallensbæk-VAT but he trains at the National Training Center in Copenhagen.

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 400 m freestyle and the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay.[2]

In June 2013, Glæsner was stripped of a gold and bronze medal from the 2012 World Short Course Championships after testing positive for levomethamphetamine.[3]

However, upon appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Glaesner's 1500-metre freestyle gold medal was reinstated based on the fact that a test after that race, two days after his initial positive test following the 400-metre free, was clean. He still forfeited the 400-metre freestyle bronze, which he did not appeal.[4]

Since then, he has competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 400 m freestyle.[5]

References

  1. ^ "ol.dk profile". Retrieved 23 August 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mads Glæsner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  3. ^ "FINA Doping Panel Decision: Mr. Mads Glaesner (DEN)". FINA. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  4. ^ Keith, Braden (4 February 2014). "Mads Glaesner Appeal Upheld, He Will Retain World Championship Gold". SwimSwam.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Rio 2016 - Men's 400m Freestyle". www.Rio2016.com. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2017.


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