Eskild Ebbesen

Eskild Balschmidt Ebbesen, born on 27 May 1972, is a Danish lightweight rower who, as part of the crew known as the Gold Four, won five Olympic medals, three of them gold, and six world championship gold medals. He was the flag bearer of the Danish team at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The crew raced with a fast start and a high stroke rate, aiming to be first from the beginning of every race. Ebbesen retired at the age of 40 after the 2012 London Olympics and in 2013 won the Thomas Keller Medal, the highest honour in rowing.